Send a Cow stuff
Here are some useful files and resources for anyone supporting Send a Cow. These resources help to explain what we do and give examples of people who we have helped. There are presentations, animations and many children’s stories presented for kids - all useful for assemblies, class presentations and fundraising.
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Outline maps of Africa
Colour-in Africa maps for display or country location
If you are doing a project on African countries, or are supporting Send a Cow in some way - get children to locate the countries using these maps. Useful for photocopying to A3 to annotate for display and in two versions - with country names and without. You might even find them useful to learn your African countries, or go one step further - download our free Africa map screensaver for your desktop/whiteboard.
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Colouring in Cowpower sheet
Something for younger children about Send a Cow
If you are supporting Send a Cow in some way, or running an event, this sheet will give children something fun to colour in and take home. It is taken from the CowPower animation and very simply sums up how a cow can help a family in Africa. A PowerPoint file of the animation is included too.
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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 three to choose from: Organic Farming in Eastern Uganda, how people, land and animals live in harmony; our Rwanda DVD, about life for genocide survivors 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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Berna’s story
The story of a 15 year old Ugandan orphan
Berna is from the Rakai district of southern Uganda, on of the places where AIDS first took hold in Africa. Her story highlights how a gift of goats and chickens from Send a Cow made a real difference in her life and the lives of her brothers and sisters. There are several resources linked to her story: a series of lessons and an assembly called Berna’s goats and chickens, the Pink Poster and the goats and chickens Powerpoint.
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Bag Gardens in action - stories
Three case studies of how Bag Gardens help families
These simple stories show how using Bag Gardens can really help families grow more food. They can be easily understood by children and printed out to use as part of an African Gardens display. The ‘Gardens background’ file helps set the scene to our work. Elias and Julia can also be seen on the Cabbages and Cowpats DVD using their Keyhole Garden.
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Google Earth African tours
Fly through tours bringing Africa into 3D with Google Earth
These lesson ideas and the tour file will help introduce Africa to your class. Try visiting Tazo’s Tour on Cowforce.com and use the Google Earth fly through to teach about landforms, population densities and vegetation cover. Or simply use Tazo’s Tour along with the lesson ideas to bring further learning about the continent. The tours are visually impressive and add an extra dimension to learning about Africa. If you haven’t got Google Earth, download it for free using this link http://www.earth.google.com
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Theresa and Kobwemi’s story
Grandparents whose cow helps many children
This older couple help to look after their 12 grandchildren. Their case study highlights the importance of looking after children who have lost their parents as a result of disease and conflict. The ‘Milk & Veg’ assembly is linked to this story and the couple appear on the blue poster.
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Betty and George’s story
A short bag garden story
Growing things in bag gardens and composting are the main themes of this story. Betty and George are parents to seven children and their story shows how helpful a simple technique taught by Send a Cow can be.
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Sanyu and Justine’s story
Two Ugandan girls who help in the school farm
This is the story of two schoolgirls who drink milk from a cow given to their head teacher by Send a Cow. The school has a whole farmyard of animals now that are looked after by the schoolchildren and help the pupils to stay healthy. Many of the children in the school are orphans, but are now able to get an education to help them out of poverty. Their picture is on the front of the blue poster.
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Matia’s story
Matia is 10 and part of an orphan headed household
Matia is one of eight orphans growing up in a household in southern Uganda. His story shows how the milk and manure from their cow has helped them to overcome malnutrition and extreme poverty. This story is linked to the ‘Tough Choice’ lesson and Matia’s picture is on the front of the blue poster. The .kmz file is a short Google Earth Tour showing where Matia lives (click on it if you have Google Earth, then click on the sub-folder and play.)
