Daga Sanarwa 'Yan'uwa
Tun daga shekara ta 1945, yayin da Turai ke fama da kufai na shekaru da yawa na yaƙi, sama da maza da yara maza 7,000 ne suka yi balaguro cikin jirgin ruwa don aikin jinƙai. Sun kasance 'yan kawaye-masu hannu da hannu da kuma jama'a daga kowane fanni na rayuwa: malamai, ɗalibai, ma'aikatan banki, masu wa'azi, kafintoci - waɗanda aka ɗauke su don su kula da dubban dawakai da karsana da aka aika don ramawa.
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Hukumar ba da agaji ta Majalisar Ɗinkin Duniya, ƙungiyar agaji ta ƙasa da ƙasa dake samun tallafi daga ƙasashe 44 ne suka tabbatar da shirin na kauye. Cocin of the Brethren's Heifer Project, wanda dan ma'aikacin darika Dan West ya fara, ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen taimakawa wajen daukar masu aikin sa kai da kuma tura dabbobi. Daga karshe an aika sama da dabbobi 200,000 zuwa Turai da wasu kasashen da yaki ya lalata. A ƙarshe shirin ya rikide zuwa Heifer International na yau.
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