Indigenous cattle … cross- bred with Holsteins … now produce as much as
2.6 gallons of milk a day.
producing as little as 2 quarts of milk a day during the dry season now produce as much as 2.6 gallons. “Indeed, crossbred cows give
more milk than local ones,” Ka said. “For example, with this single cross- bred dairy cow, I milk [2.6 gallons] a day. Tis daily amount of milk allows me to cover the needs in milk for the family, to sell part of it to the mini-dairy unit of the [Fedannde Jolof], and to transform some of it into butter oil, which I sell for 2,500 CFA (about $5) per liter, whereas even three local cows cannot give me as much milk daily.” One cow in the partnership can
now bring in as much as $400 a month in products made from the raw milk, Ka added. “Tanks to the program, I have
four crossbred cows and a bull calf that I plan to feed and sell later, and, if possible, use the money to make the pilgrimage to Mecca,” he said. Te program improves the qual-
ity of life for the families of the herders, Ka said. “It is programs like this that
remind ELCA members what an impact mission support has around the world,” said Andrea Walker, ELCA area program director for Madagascar, West and Central Africa. “It is truly ‘God’s work. Our hands.’ as our offerings go to places we may never see, yet make a differ- ence in the lives of our brothers and sisters around the globe.”
Author bio: Hensel, a member of St. Luke Lutheran Church, Park Ridge, Ill., is director of communica- tions for Presence Health Foundation in Chicago. This article was first published at
www.livinglutheran.com.
ELCA World Hunger by the numbers
Fedannde Jolof, an animal husbandry center in Senegal, is one of more than 200 programs in nearly 60 countries supported by gifts to ELCA World Hunger (
www.elca.org/hunger).
A crossbred cow from Fedannde Jolof can produce 2.6 gallons of milk per day— three times more than the average indigenous cow.
Income from the sale of milk and butter is enough to cover a family’s basic needs, like school fees and medical expenses.
In 2014, ELCA members and friends gave $4.6 million in ELCA Good Gifts (www.
elca.org/goodgifts) to advance the work of ELCA churchwide ministries like ELCA World Hunger.
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