Goats and hogs help Tudela families grow income and community savings

World Vision Philippines’ livelihood project surpasses distribution goals by up to 90%, as families turn small-scale livestock into lasting income

TUDELA, MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL — Families in Tudela are turning goats and piglets into additional income, community savings, and new livelihood opportunities through a livestock project supported by World Vision Philippines and local government partners.

The project distributed 19 goats and 16 piglets to 34 participating families from 10 Community Savings and Credit Association groups, commonly known as CoMSCA. The 35 animals exceeded the project’s original target of 20.

World Vision worked with the Municipal Agriculture Office (MAO) and Barangay Local Government Units to source healthy livestock from local suppliers and ensure that proper animal health and safety measures were followed, particularly amid concerns over African Swine Fever in the province.

A livelihood owned by the community

The livestock belongs to the CoMSCA groups, which select members to care for the animals.

Under the groups’ agreed income-sharing arrangement, caretakers receive 70 percent of the earnings from the livestock, while 30 percent goes back to the group’s shared fund. This allows the groups to support more members and invest in other livelihood activities.

The approach is already generating results.

Of the 16 piglets distributed, 12 were raised for eventual sale. Six have since been sold for a combined ₱80,066, with about ₱24,000 returned to the participating CoMSCA groups.

The groups used part of the income to purchase another set of piglets for additional families and establish a poultry buy-and-sell activity.

Four of the 19 goats have also given birth to six kids, increasing the number of animals available to the community.

Skills to sustain the livelihood

Families didn’t just receive livestock; they received the tools to manage it. 

“World Vision provides us with training in partnership with the Department of Agriculture, teaching us how to raise our livestock better,” shares Miraflor Quirog, a livestock caretaker in the community.

CoMSCA members also joined a financial literacy training covering savings, credit, interest, and budgeting. “CoMSCA has given us so much,” Miraflor adds. “Not just by getting us into the habit of saving, but it’s also a community, a group of mothers united in our shared experiences.”

Most recently, families participated in a livestock insurance orientation with the MAO and the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC), learning how to protect their assets against future loss.

Broader change through simple steps

The Tudela livestock project reflects a wider truth about how change happens through child sponsorship: support for one child ripples out to strengthen the whole community around them—their families, neighbors, and local economy. As families build stronger livelihoods, they raise stronger, more stable homes for the children World Vision Philippines works alongside every day.

“(As a caretaker, I realize that) raising goats is not just for your own benefit, but also to help your family, your neighbors, and other members of the livelihood program,” says Aiza Sarit, another goat farmer in Tudela. 

World Vision Philippines will continue working with the Municipal Agriculture Office and barangay partners to provide technical support, monitor the animals’ health and progress, and document beneficiaries’ stories in the coming months.

About World Vision Philippines 

World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization working with vulnerable children, families, and communities across the Philippines to overcome poverty and injustice. For more information, visit worldvision.org.ph.

For media inquiries and interview requests, please contact: 

Shirley “Lei” Kimmayong 

Communications Manager 

World Vision Development Foundation 

lei_kimmayong@wvi.org 

+63 949 996 4619