WHY a DONKEY? There are no roads. A donkey is the only transport for everything from collecting water and firewood to taking a mother in labour to hospital. It is difficult to survive without a donkey. Donkeys now cost almost twice an average family’s annual income in local markets. Why Farm Tools and Donkey Ploughs? Families cannot afford farm tools. They till the desert with handmade wooden tools, often digging for water with their bare hands. Providing farm tools and a donkey plough enables families to increase substantially what they can grow to feed their children.