Villagers' startup goat loans improve their lives

Ablimit Tudi, a 67-year-old farmer in Kashgar, the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, enthusiastically supports a "gift goat" program that began in the district in December 2011.

He and his wife received a 5,400 yuan ($872) startup loan that year, which they used to buy five pregnant goats.

Their livestock doubled at the beginning of 2012 when five kids were born, which the couple sold at the end of 2012 for 7,500 yuan. The original goats have since given birth to another 10 kids, which can be sold for more than 20,000 yuan.