Cow Costs

Since so many of you have now asked.....let me give you a brief rundown of what a cow costs here and how you can participate if you want to.

We plan on roughly 1 million Uganda shillings for each cow we need to purchase. That's roughly $500 US dollars, depending on the exhange rate. To put it in perspective for you, an average daily income for a Ugandan might be $4000-$5000 shillings which is $2-$3 US dollars. I know ya'll can do the math, but to save you some time.....that's about $60-$90 per month or $720-$1080 per year. As a farmer or villager, that could be considerably less and would depend on how well your crops do. So....potentially, they would have to save close to a year's worth of wages to ever be able to afford a cow. Hope that helps a little.

Many have asked how they can give towards this wonderful project. You can always scroll down the blog and look for the "Online Giving" link on the right hand side. This will take you to AIM's giving site. Choose "Projects" from the drop down list and then choose "Heifer Project - Hollenbeck" from the list. All money given this way will go directly to the Heifer Project. You can also send contributions directly to AIM and specify it for Account 000807004 - Heifer Project.

Thanks so much for your interest and I will make sure we post updates as funds are raised.