Kenya Hope 2009

Kenya Hope 2009

carolyn@kenyahope2009.com

Milk Project

After the cows arrived we realized that the girls needed cleaning up. So a couple of days after they had settled into their new home, we grabbed some buckets of water and a bit of soap and started scrubbing. We bathed them in the milking stall to avoid any issues of having a noncompliant participant. Tumaini and Hope certainly did not sparkle afterwards, but they did look much better!

Cups of milk (New glasses!)

First sip of milk

The MILK PROJECT has been financed for 1 year. In order to maintain milk production, the cows must be bred again. My goal for this coming year is to finance the insemination, feeding and maintenance of the cows so that the children will continue to receive daily milk. Help make this a reality for these children with your financial support!

Nepia grass for cows

Kenya Hope 2009 was created with the goal of bringing milk to the orphanage. When I returned this summer to Shelter Children Rehabilitation Centre, I had the exciting task of making that dream a reality. After multiple dairy farms had been visited, Hope and Tumaini were found! Right away we knew these girls were the cows we wanted for Shelter!

Dairy meal

I had been expecting that the average milk production would only be 15L milk/day/per cow. I was ecstatic as was Shelter when we found Holsteins that produced over 50L/day (total). Tumaini produces 38L/day and Hopeproduces 22L/day. The man pictured in the photo above and to the left is Bogwa. He is the farmhand who looks after the animals. The cows are milked three times a day: 4:00 am, 1:00 pm and 6:00 pm.

16 Liters of milk

Before the milk is given to the children, it is boiled for 30 minutes and then served in the evening after dinner. Each child receives at least one cup of warm milk! Due to the large volume of milk, Shelter is now able to cook with milk in preparing porridge and other meals.The director Mary and the staff of Shelter are incredibly pleased to be able to provide milk for all of the children and to have enough to cook with! The kids absolutely LOVE drinking milk. Unlike the milk in North America, it is surprisingly sweet.

Dispensing milk in new glasses in the heating cannister.

"Giving life a new hope"

Kenya Hope 2009

carolyn@kenyahope2009.com