“One Sheep per Family” Community Project

In June 2014 Virunga Lodge launched the “One Sheep per Family” project, to provide one sheep to each of the families in four nearby villages. The sheep manure provides natural and effective fertiliser for growing crops. As well as providing manure, selling lambs provide income for the family.

For the project to work effectively, the community is divided up into 14 groups and each group is given nine females and one male. After all females produce an offspring, the breeding males are rotated to a different group for genetic diversity. A new family takes over caring for the male and donates one female offspring back to the previous ram caretaker.

With the generous support of the guests, all 155 families in Sunzu village and 205 families in Bugyeo village have now received a sheep under this successful initiative! As of September 2023, 170 families in Kigugu and 132 families in Nyagatoki village have received a sheep. We are aiming to provide the families in the village with 40 more sheep by the end of 2024.

Click on the ‘donate’ button below to support this project.

Donate one sheep to one of the Kigugu community families - $40

Donate 10 sheep to 5 families- $400