Materials & DVDs
Find resources linked to our posters, packs and the Cabbages and Cowpats DVD. The materials are listed on the left where lessons, ideas and files written to use with them can be found.
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Janvier’s story
The story of an 18 year old genocide survivor from Rwanda.
Janvier’s story focuses on the importance of the manure from his cow and the bumper harvest of vegetables that comes from his healthy soils. He lives with his brothers and sisters as an orphan headed household.
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Bag Garden Starter Kits
Small gardens, ideal for small hands
Bag Gardens are a type of African garden that Send a Cow teaches families how to make in Africa. They are also a great way to get your pupils involved in a growing project, learning about healthy eating and life in an African country - with plenty of related resources and images to help you. These mini-gardens make the most of soil, compost and waste water, are easy to weed and can be grown in schools. Use the link below to find out more - and order a Bag Garden Starter Kit for £12, or call us on 01225 874222.
www.sendacow.org.uk/africangardens
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Karabo’s life in Lesotho Powerpoint
Questions and pictures exploring life in Lesotho
This Powerpoint invites pupils to look at similarities and differences between their lives and that of Karabo from Lesotho. These slides show several pictures from her everyday life, including her home, school and doing jobs and a series of questions are posed to get children thinking. This resource can act as a good starting point for discussion and is linked to other resources about Karabo’s life. For more information for Welsh schools wanting to partner with a Lesothan school, visit the Dolen Cymru website.
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Life in Lesotho - video clip
A day in the life of Karabo
Find out what nine-year-old Karabo does during her day and see how Send a Cow have helped her family. If you don’t have access to Vimeo.com at school, register for an account on their website at home and then you can download all our videos using the link on the bottom right of each video page. For more information for Welsh schools wanting to partner with a Lesothan school, visit the Dolen Cymru website.
A child’s day in Lesotho - keyhole gardens in action from Send a Cow on Vimeo.
You can download these videos for use in schools (if Vimeo is blocked) by creating a Vimeo.com account, going to the video and choosing the ‘download’ option on the right.
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Colouring in bookmarks
Fun for kids and great for books
These bookmarks are designed for kids to colour in. They feature five different aspects of Send a Cow’s work and could be used for your class, group or event - with the obvious benefit of encouraging them to read more! They are also printed on recycled paper, which is easier to colour on. So, help your children find out about our work and prompt them to read, by ordering some for free using the Order and sign up page.
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Free stickers
Order some stickers for your kids
We have four different types of sticker sheets that you can order for your class, group or event if you are supporting Send a Cow in some way. They have been tested on kids… and they love them!
The ‘T1’ sheet has enough stickers for a class of 30.
The ‘T2’ is reward sheet with fun graphics such as ‘eggcellent work’.
The ‘K1’ sheet has small and large round stickers - good for groups.
And the ‘K2’ sheet is our cool Cowforce sheet with lots of different designs on it.
You can order several of these sheets and other materials for free, using the Order and sign up page.
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Keyhole Gardens - video clips
Find out how Keyhole Gardens are used at home & school
A Ugandan group and school children in Lesotho show how to make a Keyhole Garden in these two videos. If you don’t have access to Vimeo.com at school, register for an account on their website at home and then you can download all our videos using the link on the bottom right of each video page.
How to make a Keyhole Garden from Send a Cow on Vimeo.
Keyhole Gardens in Lesotho from Send a Cow on Vimeo.
You can download these videos for use in schools (if Vimeo is blocked) by creating a Vimeo account, going to the video and choosing the ‘download’ option on the right.
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DVDs - older pupils & staff
Show a DVD to staff or use for discussion with KS4+
As well as Cabbages and Cowpats, we also have some free DVDs that are suitable for older pupils or to help enthuse staff about Send a Cow’s work. There are two to choose from: Harvests in Uganda, how people, land and animals live in harmony and our Lesotho & Ethiopia DVD, highlighting different approaches, like keyhole gardens, used when working in upland areas. Call us for a copy of these DVDs on (01225) 874222.
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Karabo’s life information boxes (+Welsh)
Background info on Karabo from Lesotho
These information boxes give insights into nine year old Karabo’s life, they can be cut up and handed out to table groups to discuss the questions are posed on each one. The boxes can also be used to promote discussion on their own, or by viewing this video piece (watch the Life in Lesotho video clip) or Karabo’s life in Lesotho Powerpoint. For more information for Welsh schools wanting to partner with a Lesothan school, visit the Dolen Cymru website.
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Read to Feed fundraising
Encourage reading and raise money for children in Africa
Read to Feed is a great way to both get your pupils reading more and raising money for children in Africa through Send a Cow. Not only that, the books that they read can be linked to learning about Africa and the environment. The pack contains all you need to get your class going: bookmarks with stickers to keep children focussed, sponsorship forms and certificates to reward them. You can order a pack in the Order and sign up page., but to keep our costs down we ask that you please only order if you are definitely going to use it.
