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Revolving sheep success

revolving sheep bank

Tasmania’s only homegrown international charity has succeeded with an experimental project to help poverty-stricken nomads in Tibet.

The Benevolent Organisation for Development, Health & Insight (BODHI) launched the Revolving Sheep Bank, a 5-year micro-credit project, in 2000 with the purchase of ewes and nanny goats from wealthier nomads to lend to poor nomad households in the community. 

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