To celebrate her 7th birthday, Ruby set up a fundraiser with Oxfam Australia to buy a buffalo for a Cambodian farmer. She asked her friends to contribute to this fund rather than buy her a present.
A “buffalo bank” works by giving a poor family a buffalo to help them plough their fields and use for breeding. Once the buffalo has bred, the new baby buffalo is returned to the bank so that another family can benefit from these gentle giants.
“Having a buffalo is important for me and my family. We use it for ploughing and to transport things. Before, when I had no buffalo, I had to rent a buffalo from another farmer in the village. First, I would have to help him plant his rice crop, then I would rent his buffalo. Sometimes I would pay in rice, sometimes I would pay in cash. Now that I have a buffalo, I no longer need to pay rice to another farmer to rent his buffalo.” Mr Phao Bontim, Sma Koh village, Cambodia.
Thanks to a wonderful response from friends and family, Ruby was able to contribute $625 to the Oxfam buffalo project.
A “buffalo bank” works by giving a poor family a buffalo to help them plough their fields and use for breeding. Once the buffalo has bred, the new baby buffalo is returned to the bank so that another family can benefit from these gentle giants.
“Having a buffalo is important for me and my family. We use it for ploughing and to transport things. Before, when I had no buffalo, I had to rent a buffalo from another farmer in the village. First, I would have to help him plant his rice crop, then I would rent his buffalo. Sometimes I would pay in rice, sometimes I would pay in cash. Now that I have a buffalo, I no longer need to pay rice to another farmer to rent his buffalo.” Mr Phao Bontim, Sma Koh village, Cambodia.
Thanks to a wonderful response from friends and family, Ruby was able to contribute $625 to the Oxfam buffalo project.
