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Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Residents of Makueni County have embarked on an ambitious initiative to promote \u2018a home adopt a donkey\u2019 project across the county. The locals have formed self-help groups intended to ensure that each home, especially those from the remote parts, acquire at least a donkey each.<\/p>\n

The most targeted areas are those that lie in Arid and Semi \u2013 Arid areas. Group members say the animal was important and helpful in ASAL areas since they help residents with lots of domestic chores, just like human beings.<\/p>\n

\u201cDonkeys have helped us a lot, we use them for various domestic chores like; ferrying water, ploughing, and transportation of farm produce and construction materials,\u201dsays Utonyi Wa Mang\u2019oi Self- Help Group member, Angela Mutiso.<\/p>\n

The locals spoke to reporters at Utonyi village in Kibwezi East sub-county on Sunday. The project is funded by Inades Formation Kenya NGO with support from Brook East Africa.<\/p>\n

The project is aimed at ensuring that residents had healthy donkeys that are well taken care of and their rights protected so as to effectively benefit from the animals.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe haven\u2019t experienced incidences of donkey theft lately. We don\u2019t have people stealing donkeys to slaughter for meat sale to earn money,\u201d Mutiso said.<\/p>\n

Mutiso said their donkeys were safe. She said Inades Formation Kenya was playing a major role in sensitizing residents on the need to take good care of donkeys.<\/p>\n

They offer medical services alongside food supplements to the donkeys as well as funding the groups to do businesses through grants. \u201cThis area is very dry, it\u2019s arid hence can\u2019t survive without at least a donkey in every home,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Kivuthi Donkey Owners Self \u2013 help group chairman Jonathan Mailu said Inades encouraged them to establish the group two years ago. The group he said has 38 members.<\/p>\n

\u201cInades trained us on how to take good care of our donkeys including treatment, feeding, and administering first aid services to the animals,\u201d Mailu said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of our donkeys don\u2019t fall sick easily, we have veterinary officers accessible with ease,\u201d Mailu said. Inades representative Onesmus Mwangangi said they had similar projects in Makueni, Machakos and Kajiado counties.<\/p>\n

He said the project was funded by Brook East Africa with the objective of taking good care of donkeys as well as advocating for their rights through community sensitisation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe reach out to residents who use donkeys. Donkeys are mostly used in Asal areas like here where we are today, Kibwezi East Sub-county in Makueni county, it\u2019s very dry,\u201d Mwangangi said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWater here is found far away from homesteads. So, without donkeys, it\u2019s difficult especially for who spend lots of time looking for the commodity on daily basis,\u201d Mwangangi said.<\/p>\n

Mwangangi said donkeys are saviors to such communities since they off burden the residents from lots of work thereby giving them opportunities to get time to engage in other income generating activities to earn a living.<\/p>\n

He said the organization had partnered with the county governments of Makueni, Machakos and Kajiado to implement the project, especially in public sensitisation. Mwangangi urged the public to take good care of their donkey as well as ensure they enjoyed their rights.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have various projects in Kibwezi East and West. Here, donkeys are usually one, two or three in a home while goats and cattle are many. Those who have been sensitised always take good care of their donkeys,\u201d he said. He said donkeys had rights to be food, water, protection, natural environment and association.<\/p>\n

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