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COWS (NOT HORSES) TO STAR AT SANDOWN PARK!

10 April 2008

COWS, not horses, will be the focus of attention at Sandown Park next month.

Founded in 1988, Send a Cow enables poor farmers in Africa to become self-reliant by providing them with livestock, training and advice.

‘We work with some of the most vulnerable groups in Africa, including children orphaned by war, families affected by AIDS, and disabled people,’ said Send a Cow’s Chief Executive Martin Geake. ‘Providing livestock really can help transform their lives. We will be at the National Christian Resources Exhibition at Sandown Park (May 13-16) to encourage churches to help even more families escape a life of poverty by holding fundraising events in our 20th anniversary year.

‘Our new Church Pack contains fundraising ideas for groups, individuals and children and resources for worship - all inspired by the biblical miracle of the feeding of the five thousand.’

Families helped by Send a Cow pledge to pass on the skills and benefits they gain to another family in need – meaning that just a little assistance from the organisation can go a long way

The organisation was born when a group of UK dairy farmers sent pregnant cows from their own herds to poor families in Uganda. Nowadays, Send a Cow works in 10 countries in Africa, providing a variety of locally-bought animals and other assistance. It also supports new and established projects by supplying them with cows, goats, bees, donkeys, breeding goats, bulls, oxen, sheep - even fruit trees.

Visitors to CRE will be invited to help by becoming a church representative for Send a Cow. Other plans for the organisation’s 20th anniversary celebrations include a network of Big Birthday Bashes, a Thanksgiving Service in Bath Abbey, and a Pass It On appeal.

‘We hope to expand substantially over the next decade, giving more African farmers the means to work their way out of poverty for good,’ said Martin Geake.

Up to 350 organisations will exhibit at National CRE (May 13-16) and more than 14,000 visitors are expected to attend. Worship, debt, emerging church and children and the Bible are among several key subjects in a series of practical seminars and workshops. An extensive arts programme will include presentations from the London Community Gospel Choir and Saltmine Theatre Company.

Chinese evangelist and author Brother Yun will speak at CRE for the first time on Wednesday 14 May. With the Olympics held in Beijing in August, Yun, whose remarkable story is recounted in his book The Heavenly Man, will challenge complacency in western churches.

More info:

www.sendacow.org.uk
www.creonline.co.uk

 * For more information contact Laura Martin at Send a Cow on 01225 874222 or Stephen Goddard (CRE) 01744 733898.

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