Visual aids
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Send a Cow online Gift Catalogue
Donate to our work in a tangible way
Our gift catalogue is online too! It’s where you can donate towards our work - giving things like cows and goats to bees and trees. Children respond really well to being given an amount of money to raise and fundraise towards tangible help. Click on the link below to visit the online catalogue.
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Categories: Fun ideas, Visual aids and Tools for the job
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Map poster
Poster showing where we work, with 'Pass it on' examples
You can order this poster using the Order & sign-up page. It is for use in schools, groups, churches or wherever you want people to find out about Send a Cow’s work. The poster includes examples of how we work in three countries and has a map of Africa showing the countries that we work in, all with the theme of ‘Pass it on’ - a key part of why our work is so successful.
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Cabbages and Cowpats DVD (+Welsh)
A fun DVD about Africa and Send a Cow
Our brand new ‘Cabbages and Cowpats’ DVD has been produced for primary schools and group use. It features short films about children’s lives in Lesotho, African gardens and Send a Cow’s work in Africa. The DVD is strong on promoting sustainability and healthy eating, it’s accompanied by toe-tapping music, engaging animations and an easy-to-follow storyline - much of it has a Welsh language option. Your kids will watch it until the cows come home! Watch some clips using the links. To buy a copy for just £6 (including p&p) call us on (01225) 874 222. Or use the order form.
www.cowforce.com/cabbages-and-cowpats
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Categories: Visual aids, DVDs, Keyhole gardens, Geography and Other useful stuff
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Send a Cow - Our Work - video clip
Find out how cows can help poor families in Africa
This video, mainly from Uganda, introduces how cows can help - click play to view. This video is hosted on YouTube, if you have restricted access to this site (as is the case in some Primary schools) you will not be able to view this video online.
The high-quality version of this video can be found on our Cabbages & Cowpats DVD. Order a copy here.
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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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Categories: Background info, Visual aids and Geography
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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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Categories: Art, Lesson ideas and worksheets and Visual aids
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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. View some clips using the link or call us on (01225) 874222.
www.sendacow.org.uk/sendacowinaction
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Categories: Visual aids and DVDs
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Four African tales - animations
Fun animations that help to explain our work
These delightful, short animations, called ‘Four African Tales’ give an easy to follow explanation of some of Send a Cow’s work in Africa. They are ideal for use in an assembly and on an interactive whiteboard and they’re created to educate and bring a smile to children’s faces as they find out how we go about helping poor families get out of poverty.
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Categories: Animations and Visual aids
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‘Goats and chickens’ Powerpoint
A simple summing up of help from goats and chickens
A simple Powerpoint giving some background pictures and information about Uganda, which then explains how goats and chickens can benefit an African family. The slides loosely link with Berna’s story and include some background notes. If you would like to donate to Send a Cow using our gifts website, featuring goats and chickens, please use the link below.
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Categories: Background info, Visual aids, Tools for the job and Pink poster
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‘How a cow can help’ Powerpoint
A visual resource that introduces just what cows can do
How can a cow help a family? This Powerpoint spells it out in an easily understood and visual way that can be adapted for various age groups. A useful resource for lessons and assemblies to introduce how difference a cow can make to a poor family. Information and notes can be found below each slide. If you would like to donate to Send a Cow using our gifts website, featuring cows and other gifts, please use the link below.
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Categories: Assemblies, Visual aids and Tools for the job
