Animal Airlifts & Field Work Update
ANIMAL AIRLIFTS
RWANDA
January 2008
Bóthar sent its first airlift of 2008 of 65 in-calf heifers to Kigali in Rwanda at 9.00pm Tuesday the 22nd of January. After months of preparation in the tiny central African country of Rwanda, sixty five families are today receiving one dairy heifer each which has been promised to them by Bóthar.
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November 2007
IN November 2007, Bóthar sent three airlifts of animals to Rwanda.
The first airlift consisted of 62 in-calf dairy heifers followed by another
airlift of 69 in-calf dairy heifers. 40 of these in calf heifers were donated
from the Bóthar support group in Roscommon.
In late November we proved that pigs really can fly when 50 pigs
joined 50 in-calf dairy heifers in an airlift to Rwanda. All the animals
are now settled in with their new families.
UGANDA
November 2007
IN early November Bóthar airlifted 230 dairy goats from all over Ireland
to families in Uganda who had been preparing for the last year to receive
them. This was first airlift of animals from Ireland to Uganda since
1995.
FIELD WORK UPDATES
Empowering through livelihood
BÓTHAR is continuing its support of projects in India. In partnership with the Indian NGO,Co-operative Outreach of India, Bóthar will
target poor rural families. In the newly formed state of Uttaranchal, 350
families will improve their nutrition and increase their family income
through raising goats, poultry and getting milk from water buffaloes.
Improved farming techniques will be encouraged with better quality
livestock.
UKRAINE
Helping farmer families of ‘Prydunavia’ Farmers Association to improve
swine breeding and production
FOR the first time Bóthar has active projects in the former Soviet Republic of Ukraine. Small farmers there are still feeling the after affects
of collectivisation and it is very difficult to make a living from the land.
Alongside our project partner Heifer International Ukraine we have a
pigs project in Prydunavia Village in the Odessa Region. The project will
target 27 farmer families and one orphanage. Each will receive three
gilts and one boar per village. The project will ensure long term food
security. Unemployment is high in the area and pig farming will help
generate an income. The project will also provide a water boiler for the
Utkonosivka Orphanage, a freezing chamber for storing meat and
working overalls for the children. The children will also be educated
about animal husbandry.
BANGLADESH
Economic Growth and Environmental Restoration
Tree-Planting Project
THROUGH a partnership with a Bangladeshi NGO, Beacon of Light,
Bóthar has implemented a tree planting project in the Sirajgonj District,
primarily targeting schools. Students will plant the trees on their own
home plots. The trees will prevent soil erosion; provide fruit, shade and
shelter for livestock and building material for houses and livestock units
once the plantations are established. They will also be important in
limiting the effects the numerous floods have had in the area.
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Improvement of Poultry Farming
IN the Kikoti area of Congo, Bóthar is helping the Sisters of St. Namur
to educate the local population on rearing poultry in a successful and
sustainable manner. This will provide families with essential animal
protein in their diet. The local beneficiaries will be trained in vaccinating
young chicks and in improved techniques in poultry production.
Chicken feed and vaccinations will be provided also.
NEPAL
Economic Development of Poor and Marginalised
Community through Skill Based Women Empowerment in
Livestock Management
BÓTHAR is continuing its partnership with Animal Health Training
and Consultancy Service (AHTCS) in the Makawanpur, Dhading and
Kaski Districts of Nepal. 375 families comprising mostly of marginal
groups such as Dalits and Janajati will be targeted, with all families being
headed by women. The first year involves capacity building. The
following year is resource mobilisation through goat distribution. The
final year of the project involves setting up co-operatives.
LITHUANIA
The Development of Sheep Husbandry
and Traditional Handicraft Activities in the Sargeliai Community
IN partnership with Heifer International, Bóthar will provide 8 families
in the Sargeliai village with 80 sheep (4 rams and 76 ewes). Through
sheep husbandry and traditional Lithuanian handicraft activities, this
project will improve the socio-economic standards and welfare of the
community, and increase incomes, the quality of nutrition and
employment opportunities. Project families will participate in different
courses to improve their knowledge and skill levels in animal husbandry
and handicrafts. The acquisition of sheep will enable the families to
develop farming and sheep husbandry, as well as enable the community
to engage in traditional Lithuanian handicrafts. Project participants will
learn to use sheep wool to design and produce wool clothing. The project
will also provide veterinary support to project participants.
ESTONIA
Co-operation of Farmers for Rabbit and
Sheep raising on Hiiumaa Island
THE island dwellers off Estonia’s mainland have found it difficult to
make a living from agriculture. In conjunction with Heifer International,
Bóthar will provide 15 small-scale farm families on Hiiumaa Island in
Estonia with 50 meat rabbits and 55 sheep. By introducing domestic
animal breeding on project participants’ farms, this project will improve
the island’s socio-economic situation, promote co-operation between
Hiiumaa farmers, and encourage sustainable sheep and rabbit smallscale
farming for local people for profit generation.
Co-operation of Farmers for Agricultural Animal
Husbandry in Rouge land
THIS project aims to alleviate the economic problems in the Rouge
community of Estonia’s Võrumaa through the development of
sustainable small-scale animal husbandry. Bóthar and its partner Heifer
International will provide 20 small-scale farm families with 30 meat
rabbits (25 females and 5 males), 55 sheep of Estonian local breed (50
ewes and 5 rams), 3 heifers of the Estonian local cattle breed, and 2
mares of the Estonian local horse breed. By providing animals to rural
families, Heifer will help to improve the nutrition quality and socio -
economic conditions of the local people. Increases in personal income
will enable project participants’ children to receive a better education,
and provide better health care for entire families. Project activities will
strengthen and consolidate the community.
PAKISTAN
Income Generating Buffalo Scheme for the poor
communities in Pakistan
BÓTHAR has recently struck up a partnership with Tanzeem-Nau-
Jawana (Youth Association) in Pakistan. Their project will target 20
families in the Mirpur area. Each family will be given one heifer and one
bull each, of the buffalo variety. The project will help them move
towards self-reliance by increasing their income through the milk these
buffaloes provide.
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