Buffalo
Buffalo
Do you have a friend who’s always wanted to own a buffalo? Well now you can buy them that buffalo. This one ploughs paddocks, makes baby buffalos and changes the lives of the people who receive it.
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.
