JOIN OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST ... costs €1800 to send an in-calf Irish dairy cow to...

Contact Schools Development Offi cer Niamh Mulqueen for further assistanceLocall: 1850 82 99 99Email: [email protected]

Bóthar, Old Clare Street, V94 X4X9, Limerick.www.bothar.org

School visits - please use the enclosed booking form to request a visit from a member of the Bóthar team to talk to your class about the families Bóthar assists. You are under no obligation to fundraise for us following that visit but we hope that you will!

Bóthar na mBó Posters to chart your fundraising tally

Fundraising event posters

Sponsorship cards

Visit the ‘Get Involved’ section of our website for fundraising ideas and download your fundraising support pack. Log on to www.bothar.org

COW-OMETER

Coláiste na Trócaire, Rathkeale, Co. Limerick.

Castletroy College, Limerick.

St Killian’s Communtity College, Wicklow.

Mount Temple College, Clontarf, Dublin.

Sancta Maria College, Louisburgh, Co. Mayo.

MAKE A DIFFERENCE THIS YEAR!

Give the gift of

an Irish dairy cow

to a struggling

family in Rwanda

TEACHERS’ HANDBOOK

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Resources available to assist you in your fundraising:

It costs €1800 to send an in-calf Irish dairy cow to Rwanda. Your donation covers the cost of the Irish dairy cow, the training and preparation needed for a family to receive an animal, the transportation of the animal and full veterinary back up for a number of years.

Giving the gift on an Irish dairy cow to a very poor family in Rwanda would change their lives forever.

Locally, Irish cows are known as Supercows! An Irish dairy cow will produce up to 20 times as much milk as a local cow.

This will provide the family with delicious, nutritious milk for themselves and give them a surplus to sell at the local market.

Irish dairy cows are friendly and easy to manage. As they are sent in-calf, the recipient family must promise to give the fi rst female to another family in the community.

All donations raised by participating schools will go towards our dairy cow projects in Rwanda.

By raising €1,800 you can send me to Africa and change a family’s life…

forever.

€1,800

€450

SEE HOW FAR YOU

CAN GET TO!

IN-CALF IRISH

DAIRY HEIFER

CROSSBRED COW

SHAREOF A COW

Every donation counts!

JOIN OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HUNGER AND POVERTY !

Emmanuel Ndayishimiye, Rwanda with an Irish dairy cow from Bóthar.

Photo: Sean Curtin

Suitable for: ✔ CSPE ✔ LCVP

✔ TY ✔ RE ✔ LCA

Pictured at a recent Heifer Collection in Roscrea were students from Pobalscoil Inbhear Scé, Kenmare, Co. Kerry

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25 COWSFOR

25 YEARS1991-2016

What does my donation cover?Your donation covers the training & preparation of a family to receive the animal, the transportation of the dairy cow to it’s new family and full veterinary assistance for the family for a number of years.

Will�the�cow�be��happy�in�Africa?The cows all enjoy a peaceful life in their new home. As the climate there is similar to a warm Irish summer all the year round they do not fi nd it too hot. They are also well fed and well looked after because their new family regards them as being worth their weight in gold.

What is the lifespan of an Irish dairy cow in Africa?Cows live longer lives in Africa than they would in Ireland for various reasons, including a more favourable climate. With proper care, Bóthar cows can live and be productive for as long as 14 years.

I would like to request a visit from a member of the Bóthar team to talk about the families Bóthar assists.

School Name:

School Address:

Eircode:

Class:

Teacher’s Name:

Contact Number:*

Email:*

Requested date for visit:

Requested time:

* Please note: Requested visits must be confirmed by Bóthar who will telephone you or email you upon receipt of this form.

School Visit Booking Form

PLEASE RETURN YOUR BOOKING FORM IN THE FREEPOST ENVELOPE SUPPLIED.

I enclose a Cheque/PO/Money Order/Bank Draft for the sum of €being the proceeds of Bóthar na mBó from the school named below.Signed (Co-ordinator):

PRINT (Co-ordinator):

Please print the name and address of your school as you would like it to appear on your certificate:

School Name:

School Address:

Eircode:

Email:

Telephone:

Number of animals sponsored:

Name your cow(s):

Thank you for your generosity. We will keep you updated on how your gifts are changing lives in the developing world.

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Donation Return Form 407

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�?What is

Bóthar na mBó is our Secondary Schools programme that has two objectives:

to educate students in Ireland about life in the Developing Worldand

to raise funds to send Irish dairy cows to individual families in the Developing World.

2.individual families in the

Why send Irish dairy cows to poor

families?An Irish dairy cow will produce on average 20 times more milk daily than a local African cow in our African project countries. A local dairy cow will only supply 1-2 litres of milk per

day. After our project families use some milk for themselves, they will have

extra milk left over to sell toearn an income.

HOW ARE THE ANIMALS TRANSPORTED?

All the cows are transported by land and air as this is the quickest and least stressful method. Up to 70 animals may travel together. They are gathered at Roscrea Co. Tipperary and taken from there by road to either Shannon or Schiphol airport, Amsterdam. There, they are carefully transferred to a specially-adapted cargo plane. The animals are good travellers; cows will normally settle down and sleep for most of the ten-hour fl ight.

On arrival in Africa they are fed and watered and then are taken by road to be distributed to their new families, who receive them amid great rejoicing.

How is the cow cared for?Before receiving the animal each family must complete a course in dairy cow care and management. They must build a housing unit with milking, sleeping and exercise areas and plant the correct fodder grass. Great care is taken in this preparation which is done months before the cow arrives and, as you can imagine, all of the family from the youngest to the eldest are anxious that everything is ready for their precious cow. In addition, each family is provided with full veterinary back up so that professional help is available at no cost to the family in the fi rst few years.

If you would like for the children in your school to participate in our Bóthar na mBó programme please take the following steps:

Nominate a teacher to act as co-ordinator.

Invite a Bóthar representative to come and talk to your class (use the enclosed booking form).

Choose activities your class would like to engage in to learn more about the work that Bóthar does in the developing world. (Lesson plans and group exercises available on bothar.org)

Download our fundraising target poster to highlight your fundraising progress.

Collect the monies and return them to Bóthar with the enclosed donation form, making sure to name your cow!

Bóthar will acknowledge your donation and invaluable support with a school certifi cate and a presentation photo for your class.

How�can�my�class�get�involved?

cargo plane. The animals are good travellers;

following steps:

1 Invite a Bóthar representative to come and talk to your class (use the enclosed booking form).

2 Choose activities your class would like to engage in to learn more about the work that Bóthar does in the developing world.

and then are taken by road to be distributed to Download our fundraising target poster to highlight your fundraising progress.

must complete a course in dairy cow care and

management. They must build a housing unit Bóthar will acknowledge your donation and invaluable support with a school certifi cate and a presentation photo for your class.

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