Goat Sponsorship

Partner with a family by sponsoring a pair of goats.

Sponsor a family for $470

Link to lead to PushPay.
Please input “Global Missions: India” for fund and “Goats” in memo line.

Why goats?

Goats can help a family. in many ways. They provide milk, which can be used for nourishment and used to mix in teas/chais, and can be used for butter, cheese, and supplementing everyday foods.

These dairy products can also be sold for additional income, providing a sustainable revenue stream.

As many of these families have experience in farming, their knowledge in agriculture will also enable the goats to provide fertilizer and encourage better crop yields by helping to clear land.

Partner with a family and make all the difference.

How the program will work

Our goal is to sponsor support for 50 families, where each family will be provided a pair of young adult goats. Providing vital benefits for the recipient family, the program will also facilitate in building community engagement through a model of seeding support forward to another family.

When the goats of the primary recipient family produce offspring, they will gift the offspring to another family in the local village. With gestation being 6 months, the reach of 50 families will have expanded to 100 families in just a years time. By asking families to seed support forward, those participating in the program will be empowering other families as well.

Seeding families with appreciating

income producing assets

Program accountability

Sponsors can expect updates from the program with pictures of the families, their goats and how they are doing.

Local village leaders, many of them our own sponsored Beloved Women, will work with their local pastors and church networks to organize and administer the program to ensure transparency and accountability, as well as program feedback.

They will coordinate the acquisition of the livestock, report on the family to Rise India, and ensure families send updates in a timely manner.

A small portion of the program proceeds will go to the administration of these activities to ensure it is running smoothly.

Project update:
beta test launch

Since the 2025 team came back, New Mercy launched the program in a beta test to gather feedback on the goat sponsorship program. In the past 3 months, it has proven to be a great success, even leading to a 2nd generation of goats!

New Mercy’s Goats

  • Lalitha

    Her goat gave birth to 2 babies, 1 male and 1 female on 5/13.

  • Sumaitra

    Her goat gave birth to one female on 5/12.

  • Kasturi Gasti (pictured in yellow saree)

    We got her 2 goats as soon as she came home, her goat gave birth to 2 males.

  • Sumitra

    These are Sumitra’s goats. One had a baby the same day, giving birth at the marketplace. Each goat has given birth to female kids.

Learn more…

  •  It will cost ₹20,000 (~$235) per goat, or $470 to sponsor 1 family with a pair.

  • Rise India will coordinate the procurement process of sourcing the goats.

  • The administration and organization will be coordinated with Rise India, the local church and pastoral leadership to determine which families are most in need and are most viable for raising goats.

    Leaders will report on the families and goats to Rise India, and ensure families send pictures with updates.