Send a Cow

Who we are

Founded by Christian farmers in the UK at the height on milk crisis in 1988, Send a Cow is an international development charity with a difference. We work hand in hand with some of Africa’s poorest communities, encouraging them to decide which families – many of them widowed or child-headed households - need help to thrive. We provide a proven package of on-going support and practical training, including farming skills, gender equality, sanitation and money management - alongside livestock and tools - to ensure some of Africa’s most marginalised people have the confidence, knowledge and skills to help themselves. Within a few months malnourished families are eating regularly and are able to pay for children to attend school. Within a year farmers are diversifying their income streams to ensure they survive the hungry months and unexpected disasters like drought.

Send a Cow doesn’t put cows on planes anymore, but we have already lifted over 1.3m people out of poverty and we have big plans to give millions more the hope and the means to secure their own futures from the land.