Community livestock groups are established in remote communities to loan livestock to the most vulnerable young widows and single moms. They pay their livestock loans by giving the first female livestock offspring to other vulnerable mothers in the community.

Livestock loans are complemented with animal husbandry and family health training. This contributes to livestock survival and enhances the benefit from the livestock investment. Family health training includes reproductive health, family planning, gender-based violence, and child health and nutrition. Trained women become health advocates in their village.

Livestock groups composed of widows from communities in conflict have integrated peacemaking. We facilitate conflict resolution, and each woman demonstrates reconciliation by passing on offspring to a woman of the ‘enemy’ tribe, which was responsible for killing her husband and stealing her livestock. See more at peacemaking.