Irish dairy farmers put their shoulders to thewheel in ‘Together for Yemen’ charity initiative

Farmers asked to give a cow's daily milk yield to help Yemenis

Mike Magan, Killashee, Co Longford (centre), with Lakeland Dairies’ General Manager of Member Relations, Eamon Duignan (left), and Chairman, Alo Duffy. Lakeland Dairies is supporting the Together For Yemen initiative which aims to raise funds for famine-stricken Yemen.

A Co Longford dairy farmer is credited with the emergence of a novel fundraising initiative that will bring the entire Irish dairy industry together, as part of a concerted effort to raise funds for war-torn Yemen.

Mike Magan’s Together For Yemen initiative aims to collect the value of the milk of one cow for one day from every farmer in Ireland, in order to buy Irish whole milk powder for the famine relief work of the Red Cross in Yemen.