Fight poverty in Africa with sustainable agricultural programmes - making a donation to Send a Cow organisation

Make a donation to Send a Cow and become part of a chain of giving. For every person they help directly, another 10 will go on to benefit.

Your donation will mean some of the poorest families in Africa receive gifts of livestock such as cows, goats, bees or poultry. It will mean that they also receive training in organic farming methods and other services to help them make the most of their gift. It will mean hope and renewed life.

And these people can then become donors themselves - passing on the gifts and training to other families in need. Creating a chain of giving that keeps on going.

- Donation £10 could provide four fruit tree saplings, giving a family a source of income

- Donation £25 could provide a week's worth of support for a community group

- Donation £45 could provide a farmer with the basic equipment to demonstrate techniques and provide training sessions, including a garden fork, watering can, welly boots, a spade, wheel barrow, garden rake, hoe and improved seeds.

- Donation £200 could transform a community. When Send a Cow works with a community, they include everyone, empowering those marginalised to take control of their animals, their fields, and their lives.

About Send a Cow

Send a Cow runs sustainable agricultural programmes in seven countries in Africa to help small-scale farmers overcome poverty and malnutrition. They were founded in 1988 by a group of UK farmers who sent cows to families in post-conflict Uganda. They are a Christian charity, which treats all people equally regardless of race, gender or creed. All those they work with undertake to pass on the benefits they gain, such as livestock and skills, to another family, so their work goes on multiplying throughout communities.

You can help them by making a donation to Send a Cow organisation - http://www.sendacow.org.uk//index.php

Donate your money to fight the poverty with Practical Action

Offer the hand of friendship to poor communities by making a donation to Practical Action today.

- Donation £10 could buy a life-saving fuel-efficient stove for six families in Darfur, reducing the time women spend collecting firewood, fearing for their lives.

- Donation £25 could provide farmers in Sudan with a plough and soft harness that is kind to the donkey that pulls it, increasing productivity and reducing soil erosion.

- Donation £40 could buy a specially-designed potter's wheel which is culturally acceptable to women in Bangladesh, as it can be operated by pedals instead of sitting astride the wheel, allowing women at last to earn the money they desperately need to feed their families.

About Practical Action

For over 40 years Practical Action has been investing in simple and extremely effective technologies that give people the power to change their lives. Their experience tells them that you can't solve poverty by giving handouts, instead they work together with people in their homes and communities. They work at the heart of desperate communities across the world, helping people to find simple, sustainable solutions to problems they face.

You can help them by making a donation to Practical Action - http://practicalaction.org/