I'm only going to be in Kitale for 3 days ...on my way to Congo...more on THAT later...
I just have to drop in on one of my favorite cows...donated by Sandy Green's small group for the children at Patricia Sowa's HIV Home, Discover to Recover.
HERE'S HOW 'HOLY COW' WORKS !!!!
- A person or small group donates $450. to SADDLEBACK CHURCH's HOLY COW designated acct.
- The Holy Cow training team from Deliverance Church, Kitale Kenya, selects a needy family from the community.
- The family builds a simple 'zero-grazing' shed to house and shelter the gift cow.
- The recipient family completes a course, taught by team members from the Department of Agriculture, in raising and caring for this gifted asset.
- The milk cow is awarded, delivered and dedicated.
- The milk from the morning is SOLD and used for income for school fees and materials.
- The milk from the evening milking is fed to the children for calcium, vitamins, protein , and fat.
- After a year the HOLY COW is artificially inseminated by the Agriculture team.
- The first offspring calf goes BACK into the HOLY COW Program and is donated to another family.
- The second and third calf belong to the recipient family, so now they own 3 HOLY COWS.
IN 2004, we started HOLY COW with just one cow donated to Patricia and Frances Sowa, who had been fired from their jobs when it was discovered they were both HIV positive.
Today there are over 150 cows and calves in the program and it continues to grow from the inside out.
