Hula Carts
In Lesotho, southern Africa, many working horses suffer injury and distress every day as a result of poorly made and overloaded carts.
Local people are reliant upon their horses to make a living, but they lack the skills and knowledge to care for horses effectively.
Many carts cause repeated injuries, which do not get the chance to heal, meaning that the horse’s health and condition deteriorates over time.
Working in partnership with specialist vehicle development company eRanger, World Horse Welfare has developed a solution to this problem – the Hula Cart.
The Hula Cart has a simple to build, cost-effective design. The size of the cart prevents intolerable loads being placed on the horses pulling them and by training and equipping local people, the carts will be produced in Lesotho. To source the materials and build each cart costs just £500.
With your help, we aim to raise enough money to build and supply as many Hula Carts as possible – each cart will immediately improve the life of a horse in Lesotho.
How you can help
Hold a fundraising event either as an individual or group to support the Hula Cart project.
This is how you can help:
- Get together with your friends and decide what you would like to do to raise money
- Tell us what you plan to do by completing the event registration form (see below)
- Promote your event and advertise locally (see below)
- Let your family and friends know, to make sure you get lots of help
- During your event take some photographs and send them to us with a write up telling us all about it
- Send the money you raise to World Horse Welfare so we can build a Hula Cart and make a working horse’s day.
You could organise a sponsored ride, a garage sale or horse show, perhaps hold a sponsored tack clean, tombola or any other type of event to have fun and raise funds.
About World Horse Welfare
In 2007, World Horse Welfare established a training programme in Lesotho, teaching local people skills in farriery, saddlery, equine nutrition and business skills.
Each course is designed to improve the welfare and working lives of horses in Lesotho.
Useful Materials
Complete this form to register your fundraising event with us.
Three documents to ensure that your event goes smoothly, safely and you that have fun.
This poster can be printed at any size, make sure you select ‘Print to Scale’ when sending it to your printer.
Use this form to record donations from family, friends and supporters.
