Cow bank

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Not many banks in Scotland would give you a cow. However, SCIAF supporters have helped to set up many cow banks in Cambodia.

Here's how they work.

• Poor people often can’t afford cows. They can cost over £200 each.

• SCIAF helps to buy a small number of cows [females] – maybe about 5-10.

• We then ask the village to decide who should get these cows first.

• These lucky families receive the cows and put them to work on the land.

• Having a cow improves their income and they can sell or use the milk it provides. They can also use cows to plough or do work on the land. This means they can grow much more food.

• The family repay the loan by donating the first female calf back to the bank.

• This is then given to another family and over the space of a few years everyone in the village gets a cow.

You can also get pig, sheep and goat banks too!