The initiative, led by three individuals 'wanting to help', resulted in food, supplies and fodder being donated to farms in the area.
The initiative, led by three individuals "wanting to help", resulted in food, supplies and fodder being donated to farms in the area.
Anton Bence, who initiated the project, said he became aware of how dry the area was when he travelled through Aberdeen for a weekend away with his wife. “We spoke to the farmer where we stayed and he told us that he’d already sold off his sheep and that he planned to sell off his cattle the following week as there was nothing for them to eat on the farm and that fodder had become very expensive,” says Bence.
The conversation stayed with him after returning to Despatch, but it was on the evening of Guy Fawkes that he decided to act. Bence posted a comment on his town’s "Inwoners van Despatch" Facebook group.
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