Nicaragua Mission Project
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| The Cow Project
The first two calves are given back to the project to be raised for other families. After that, the family "owns" the cow and subsequent calves.
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To date
about 575 families in and around the mission settlements of Camoapa have a cow.
With a $100 donation, we buy a milk cow and when she is pregnant with her first calf, it is
given to a family - given to the MOTHER of the family. The cow will birth a calf
for each of
the next 7 years, thus supplying the family with milk, cream, cheese - and the
offspring.
For every
12 to 15 cows in a settlement, a bull is provided .
The
mother of the family
also signs a contract stating that the cow will be cared
for, that two calves will be returned to the project, that each month two
homemade cheese will be given to another family or an elderly person .... and
that they will work together as a group.