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Animal Husbandry
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Poultry Farming
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Poultry farming has always been carried
out in villages, because people can look after the chickens while attending to other
daily chores of village life, without much extra effort. Raising chickens for eggs
and meat is an excellent means of generating income.
SABA advises villagers interested in poultry farming to increase the number of chickens
raised from their existing 4-5 to 70-80 chickens. SABA offers loans to motivated
individuals to make this expansion a reality.
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Success Story: Mr.
Asad, from the village Pind Mattay Khan, took a SABA loan of Rs.
12,000 and started
a small poultry farm of 70 chickens. His business is such a success that he is repaying
the loan ahead of time by selling eggs. Within one year, he will triple the size
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Fish Farming
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Fish farming is a great small business.
Fish is often
more affordable as a source of protein for low income families in
developing countries, especially near rivers, lakes and oceans. Fish farming can
be very fruitful as a business catering to a large consumer base.
SABA provides loans to small-scale entrepreneurs who wish to establish a fish farm.
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Success Story: Mr.
Bashir Ahmad took a loan of Rs. 3,000 and started a fish farm. He has paid off the
loan and is making a respectable living for his family. Since that time he has expanded
his operation five-fold. |
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Milk Producing Livestock
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Maintaining livestock animals that
produce milk provides a continuous source of steady income. SABA lends money to
families who wish to purchase and raise a cow or buffalo in order to sell milk.
Income is virtually guaranteed by virtue of the fact that milk is a staple food
item, rich in protein and fat.
A number of people have obtained a loan for milk producing cows and buffalos from
SABA, and relate similar experiences. The program has helped them to raise their
quality of life and fulfill their dreams. Each person, each family is an example
and great success story on their own. All of the original recipients have paid off
their loans, demonstrating the viability of this effort. InshaAllah we will keep
expanding this program.
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Success Story: Mr.
Muhammad Rafique says that his mother Mussarat Bibi took a loan of Rs. 20,000 and
their family bought a buffalo with it. Within 18 months they were able to return
the loan through small monthly installments by selling the milk of the buffalo.
Now it’s a great pleasure for him that they are the owners of a buffalo. It is helping
them not only to meet their household expenses but the income also pays for the
education of his sisters. Prior to the implementation of this program, it was impossible
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Mini Buffalo Farm
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Livestock animals are extremely valuable
and useful. Not only are they a source of milk that can be sold, but they can be
sold as draft animals in agricultural or hauling work. They can also be sold for
meat.
Establishing a buffalo farm where buffalos are bred to provide continuous generations
of new buffalos is a wonderful way to meet the demand for such animals by others
who wish to
use them in various ways. SABA provides funds to help families acquire
enough buffalos to start a small breeding farm.
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Success Story: We
found a family with three young female buffalos eating up their profits, with no
offspring and no milk because they did not have a male buffalo. Br. Nadeem bought
them a male buffalo and now with Allah’s blessing the family turned these three
young buffalos into money-making buffalos. All three have produced offspring and
now the family has milk to sell. Each bufalo is now worth Rs. 30,000, whereas previously
they could only have been sold for Rs. 7,000 (a profit of Rs. 23,000 each in less
than a year, for a profit of Rs. 69,000). Adding the value of three offspring at Rs. 2,000 each, the total profit is Rs. 75,000. The loan has been paid back to SABA
and the family is on its way to success Insha’Allah.
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Teddy Goat Farm
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Raising goats can also be a means to
better income and selfsufficiency for needy families. Goats can be sold for meat
and their milk can be sold as well. SABA loans money to families wishing to start
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Success Story: Br.
Nadeem came across a family that was poor and in debt. After asking several questions,
he found that they had several teddy goats. Br. Nadeem worked out a business plan
for them, and helped set up proper food and medical care for the goats, and built
sheds to protect the goats from harsh weather. He also ensured that the family had
a strong, healthy male goat that could ensure future generations of goats so that
the family could become self reliant. In less than a year, the family is not only
out of debt, but they have also paid back SABA Trusts the Rs. 25,000 loan. The great
and amazing thing is that they now have significant savings of thousands of rupees
and the business is growing by leaps and bounds as teddy goats have multiple offspring
twice a year.
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