BotharBothar is an Irish

programme.We give money to

this charity.It helps pay for cows

and goats to go to Africa.

It helps a lot of families.

BotharThe animals are

delivered by cargo planes or trucks.

Irish Cows give 20 litres of milk a day.

African cows only give one litre.

That is a very big margin.

BotharAn Irish goat gives

up to 5 litres of milk a day.

An African goat would only give a quarter of a litre a day.

BotharThe animals are

trained well before being flown off to Africa.

The families go into training for a few months to learn how to take care of an animal.

BotharWe also give sheep

and chickens.We give families 50

chicks at once.Sheep are given to

people in cooler mountainous countries.

BotharThe people we give

animals to have to have a secure pen or stable to keep the animal in.

It needs to have an exercise and a milking area.

BotharA goat pen needs to

be raised off the ground and it needs to have little cracks for the waste to fall through.

This can be used as fertilizer for the crops.

BotharCows are to be fed a

crop called elephant grass.

It is like regular grass except it grows up instead of out.

It has all the nutrients a cow needs.

BotharSince all cows given

are in calf if a boy calf is born you keep it, if a girl calf is born you give it to another well trained family. If the cow keeps producing male you sell them to buy a girl calf and then you give the calf to the family.

Bothar.Cows are given to a

big family.Goats are give to a

medium family.Chickens are given

to a small family.Sheep are given to a

medium family.