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The Goat Foundation · Founded 2019

Giving hope by giving goats.

A widows’ economic-empowerment movement working in Africa. Anne Musau is its Founder, President and CEO.

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Mission

Restore dignity. Break the cycle of poverty.

The Goat Foundation works in solidarity with the vulnerable and excluded widows in society, restoring dignity and breaking the cycle of poverty through productive assets.

Vision

A world without poverty, hunger and injustice.

“A world without poverty, hunger and injustice in which every widow enjoys the right to life with dignity.”

Values: Causeism · Vulnerable widows · Self-reliance · Community partnership

How it works

A goat, a skill, a habit — and a duty to pass it on.

  1. Productive assets

    Each widow receives dairy goats, in pairs. Goats are bought from local farmers so the money circulates in the community.

  2. Training

    Animal husbandry, financial literacy and a culture of saving — so the asset becomes income, and income becomes ownership.

  3. Pass It On

    Once her herd is established, each widow gives the first female kid to another widow. The gift multiplies.

  4. Causeism

    The foundation’s founding idea: anyone whose life has been transformed has a duty to transform someone else.

Impact

The numbers so far.

  • 1,000+widows empowered
  • 2,000+goats donated
  • 60%of goats have reproduced
  • 5Kenyan counties

Where

  • Machakos
  • Kilifi
  • Kitui
  • Makueni
  • Siaya

Target: 1 million widows by 2036. Figures from thegoatfoundation.org/impact, October 2026.

  1. 2019

    Founded.

  2. 2020

    50 widows in Kathiani, Machakos.

  3. 2023

    100 widows / 200 goats in Mariakani (famine relief) · 100 widows / 200 goats in Kitui Central (drought relief) · 23 June, International Widows’ Day: 200 widows / 400 goats in Miambani Ward.

  4. 2024

    Fifth giveback, Majajani, Kilifi — 200 goats to 100 widows.

Partners

It takes a community.

Inter-faith organisations, dairy-goat breeders, governments and local administrations, churches, grassroots community-based organisations and widow groups. Main partner: Cause Vision. Financially Fit Woman is also a partner.

  • Cause Vision
  • Financially Fit Woman
  • Inter-faith organisations
  • Dairy-goat breeders
  • Local administrations
  • Churches & CBOs

Give a goat. Change a widow’s economy.

Donations go directly through The Goat Foundation.

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