Emmanuel Church - Christmas 2004 Appeal
Stop Press : A total of £947.45 has
been raised ... Thank You
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Send
a Cow gives direct, practical help to poor farmers in Africa, by providing,
cows and other livestock, training in livestock rearing and organic farming,
and low-cost veterinary and advice services.
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The gift of just one cow can make an enormous difference to a desperately
poor East African family, enabling them to combat malnutrition with protein-rich
milk and earn an income from the sale of the surplus milk. Manure from
cows and other livestock can also double and even treble crop yields –
making a real difference to families dependent on tiny plots of exhausted
soil for their living. Families can invest their increased income in a
better future: sending their children to school, or starting new enterprises,
such as poultry breeding. |
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of our livestock goes to women, because they are usually the poorest people
in their communities and because this is the best way to ensure that help
reaches the whole family. Our initial gifts go on multiplying indefinitely,
as each woman who receives livestock promises to hand on her animal's
first female offspring to another poor woman farmer, who will do the same
in her turn. We also work particularly with disabled people, child-headed
orphan families and families bringing up young orphaned relatives.
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"Send a Cow" now work in Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Ethiopia and Lesotho. What we raise in donations will decide how we can help |
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The costs are - COW
- £750 |
