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Californian’s Gift of Two Cows Provides Milk For Tanzanian Orphans

By Epoch Times ——--April 22, 2010

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image - Peter Valk The kindness of strangers still exists, as an elder from rural Tanzania learned after he was gifted two cows from a total stranger in San Francisco. Each week, The Epoch Times asks locals around the world one question, and publishes the results in the column called “Global Q&A .” In early March, the featured question was, “What one improvement would you like to make to your home?”
While respondents in Asia, Europe, and North America mentioned items such as heat pumps and spare bedrooms, a kind-looking man from Tanzania stood out with a different sort of answer. “Because I’m old and weak now, and cannot work in my field anymore, I would like to have a cow that could give me milk to improve my health. I can also make some money from it as there is a high demand for milk here,” replied Abel Thomas Simwaba, identified as a retired laboratory assistant from the village of Mahango in Tanzania. More...

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