The original goat project started in 2021 as a Go and Do Likewise Foundation experiment. Go and Do Likewise Foundation has been active in Haiti and the Dominican Republic since 2012. It has founded and supported various children’s homes, feeding programs, landfill ministries, churches, and prison ministries working closely with in-country missionaries. Our question in 2021 was whether it would be possible to start a program that could grow organically, but most importantly, empower the recipients economically rather than creating dependence. To date, we have given over 200 goats helping families gain financial stability while allowing them to give back organically to their own communities and help their own neighbors with the young goats they bred and raised.
Dan Auker serves as our "goat expert". He raises goats in Pennsylvania and graciously volunteers to teach and train our staff and and families receiving goats how to best care for the goats