"I am a poor livestock farmer. These animals were my only source of income. Almost all were killed by disease. I sold goats to support my family. Now that they are dead, I don't know what to do. Poverty has hit my house and I do not know how I will feed my family."
A livestock farmer - Cameroon, 2012
"How I will I pay the school fees for my children next year now that all 7 of my goats have died? Who will help me?"
A widow - Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2012
"For farmers, the death of these animals is a hard blow because goats are a real source of money. They enable us to send our children to school, barter, survive. They are the basis of our society."
A villager - Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2012
"It has been hard to put together dowries ever since this epidemic started decimating our goats. A young man might plan to bring a goat to his in-laws as a preliminary dowry present, but on the day he is to visit, the goat dies"
. A village head - Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2013
"Three of the five goats given to one of our daughters died the day after the dowry ceremony. We decided to start accepting cash instead of goats"
. A villager - Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2013
