Avonbourne School
A Business & Enterprise College
Farm Africa
Helping to reduce poverty in eastern and South Africa
Pupils at the school sold Fairtrade foodstuffs and other goodies on May 2 during lunchtime to raise money for the goat, under the Farm Africa scheme.
Farm Africa is a British charity and international non-government organisation (NGO), which works to reduce poverty in eastern and South Africa. It does this by working in partnership with farmers and herders to help them manage their natural resources more effectively and build sustainable livelihoods on their land. A dairy goat, which costs £30, is just one way of doing this because its milk can be drunk or sold to help pay for medicine and schoolbooks. Plus, the goats' manure is a great fertiliser for crops.
“Our students have been looking at Farm Africa as part of a module on globalisation; how the global economy works and how it is a major disadvantage to many people in the world, said teacher, Victoria Hall.
“We looked at Farm Africa as a small scale sustainable may of helping people in poverty and the students have formed small 'charities'/ NGO's to raise money for Africa. Many of them decided to sell Fairtrade food."
Approaching £500 was raised in total - well done to evryone involved.
Click here for more information on the scheme.
