Children's stories
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Marie-Roses’ story
Marie-Rose is a 14 year old Rwandan girl
Marie-Rose has worked hard to get out of poverty through looking after her goats. Her sisters and her get money from breeding them and selling goat kids and vegetables at the market. Her daily routine is included in her story and forms a Maths lesson, you can also play the dodgeball game that she plays in her spare time. Marie-Rose’s picture is on the front of the blue poster.
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Mpho’s story (+Welsh)
Mpho is a four year old boy from Lesotho
Mpho lives with his mum and grandma, Mametseliso. Their story shows how Send a Cow training in natural farming methods can supply whole communities with the means to grow healthy food. A great case study if you are looking at the importance of healthy eating and/or growing plants and vegetables. The .kmz file is a short Google Earth Tour showing where Mpho lives (click on it if you have Google Earth, then click on the sub-folder and play.) There are various resources linked to this story mainly around using his keyhole garden and what he eats in, Mpho’s food miles and 5 a day with Mpho.
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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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Bounceball
Simple but fun playground game
A Rwandan ball game for the playground which Rose from Rwanda plays, much like more traditional forms of play from the UK. It is quite easy to explain, but difficult to do! A good outdoor activity for an Africa day breaktime.
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Milk and veg assembly
How a cow changed a family forever
Using Theresa and Kobwemi’s story, this assembly highlights the huge difference a cow can make to a family - from the amount of milk produced and the increase in vegetables. The theme of the assembly incorporates the importance of healthy eating and drinking milk for children in the UK and links in well with QCA Unit 3A - Teeth and eating.
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Matia’s tough choice
Problem solving activity from real life
This lesson takes Matia’s story one-step further and shows the realities for a group of orphans. Pupils are asked to empathise with the orphans’ dilemma and discuss what choice they should make using the scenarios and facts given to them about real life in Uganda. There are opportunities for discussion, problem solving and numeracy in this thought provoking lesson.
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Healthy harvest assembly
The positive power of fruit and veg!
An assembly about growing food in Rwanda. Great for Harvest and useful all year round, telling the story of a genocide orphan called Janvier. This assembly highlights the importance of healthy food in a visual and fun way. To get a copy of our Harvest materials and view other ideas, please use the link to the main Send a Cow website.
