Hello fellow Rotarians
It’s been a while since I sent out a progress update regarding our Fodder For Farmers – S.A. Drought Relief project.
We’d love you all to go to bed tonight with a SMILE on your face
… hoping this image below will achieve the goal 😊
… hoping this image below will achieve the goal 😊
Olivia and Ashleigh are the 2 young children of farmers in Jabuk, about 40 minutes past Tailem Bend on the road to Sydney.
Mum and Dad (Nerissa and Brenton Forster) were really struggling to see light at the end of the tunnel.
The Drought hit their farm hard and they were desperate to survive.
We received these thank you cards by Snail Mail last week – what a delightful surprise.
We received these thank you cards by Snail Mail last week – what a delightful surprise.
Rotary and our partners at Farmers Relief Agency delivered 11 Tonne of Hay direct to the Forster’s farm in July.
This was a life saver for their entire family.
Olivia and Ashleigh now see smiles on mum and dad’s faces for the first time in ages; not to mention the very happy sheep and cows on their farm.
They bound out of bed now with renewed hope!
Brenton & Nerissa’s farm is one of 245 Farms to receive Rotary fodder so far!
- On Average – we’ve delivered about 10 Tonne of fodder per farm
- We’ve delivered to farms from : Eyre Peninsula through to the Mid-North region; Flinders Ranges; Riverland; Murraylands; Murray Mallee; Cooke Plains; South East and across the Adelaide Hills
- Some farms get 700kg Bales of first grade hay; Some get 1 Tonne Bags of high nutrient; high protein Sheep Pellets perfect for mummy sheep and separate pellets for their cuddly lambies!
- We’re directly aware of 5 Farmers Lives we’ve saved now … just by turning up! Our caring truckies (farmers also themselves) often stick around for a chat AND of course provide a delivery of HOPE in the form of fodder.
AS I TYPE …
2 more Triple Deck truck loads of Hay are on the way over the Nullabor, carrying 192 bales weighing 134 Tonne.
2 more will come the following week.
2 more will come the following week.
By Friday 29th August, a further 18 Farms will have received hay deliveries, taking our total farms helped to 263.
Our aim continues to focus on delivering responsible volumes of fodder to each Farm to get them through the 5 months ahead, until local hay supplies have either grown in their own fields, or become available again in the local fodder stores at affordable prices.