Send a Cow
It’s not just chicken feedVisitors to Junior Farm at Wroxham Barns have contributed almost 1,000 to a charity that helps poor farmers in Africa become self-reliant.
The money has been raised through the sale of bags of animal feed, which visitors buy to feed the cows, ponies, sheep, goats, ducks and chickens as they walk around Junior Farm.
The bags of feed cost just 40p, with 5p from each sale going to Send a Cow, a Christian charity that assists poor farmers in Africa by providing them with livestock, training and advice.
Almost 1,000 has been raised in the past 12 months and Wroxham Barns’ Director Ian Russell has donated an additional sum to bring the total to the full 1,000. This will not only enable Send A Cow to buy a cow at a cost of 750, but leaves a further 250 to buy, for example, two goats, six beehives, eight fruit trees or a complete irrigation system.
Ian Russell said "This shows that every 5p donated to charity really does help. We have over 90,000 visitors to Junior Farm a year, so even if only a small percentage of these bought the bags of feed, the amount can build up very quickly."
Junior Farm at Wroxham Barns is open every day from 10am to 5pm. Entry costs 2.85 with under 3s free. Visitors to Junior Farm during half term week can take part in plenty of hands-on activities, including bottle-feeding the Aberdeen Angus cross Freisian calves named Schumacher, Ducati, Ferrari, Mercedes, Rossi and Fernando.
For further information about Send A Cow, visit their website at www.sendacow.org.uk/.
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