chicks and hens

we are so lucky to have a great school staff and administration to work together on these projects! the school officials step up to the plate- taking on more work- to help make these projects work. they will keep track of the families- to see if the family fulfills it's contract to send eggs in to the school- this is something we couldn't do- we don't have the staff or the volunteers who live near the school- this project's success depends upon the teachers and staff helping - you can see why I feel we are so lucky. The administration thought it best to start small- and build- also- depending upon how this goes- to add a pig to each group of chickens. We've given 30 chickens to each of 3 families plus start up feed and advice on raising them. The school had each family sign a contract too. the "traveling sisters" who volunteered going to Lang Son with Son our program manager- helped tremendously- delivering the chickens and feed! they sent photo-s but I am having tech difficulties getting them here. I hope to have them write something that I'll post here- so you can get there first hand view of the project - when I heard about the "plus one pig" i was all for it- but couldn't wrap my head around- what was 1 pig going to do? would they eat it or sell/eat it ? and then- where is the next pig going to come from? I had a quick chat with Valerie, founder and president of FIV- she explained to me when the pigs are old enough to "date" one pig can go out with another- and that's where the next pig will come from!!! - hmmm, that illusive obvious!