Most of the animals we donate to rural schools are bred, not slaughtered, and the offspring sold to buy sacks of corn, rice, and other lunch staples. At day schools, even the youngest students can learn to care for smaller animals such as rabbits. The milk produced by cows on a school campus is processed and sold at local dairies such as the one in Rulindo, and at boarding schools can be added to student breakfasts. Inyange Girls Boarding School of Sciences began with one donated cow, now has four (one is about to have a calf— in the video below, students learn what to feed her as the birth approaches).

Eggs add protein to school lunches, hens too old to lay are sold. And vocational programs use livestock to train future veterinarians and farmers; in 2022 we donated goats to Ndama Vocational Secondary School, to help their high school students learn animal husbandry skills (see video below).