Over 3.1 million children die each year due to a sever lack of food. In Africa, four out of every ten children do not complete the primary level of school. Half the population of Africa lives on less than $1 per day. Give a goat was founded on the singular goal of improving the lives of people all over the world by empowering them through the crucial gift of goats.
How it started
In December, 2013 I traveled to the hills of northwestern Uganda. When there, I was able to experience the daily life of kids my age, and forge friendships that I still hold on to today. There was a sense of community in the village that I had never yet experienced in my life. It was as if everyone were family, and no one was enemies.
However, it later became apparent that everything was not as perfect as I had perceived it to be. One day I was playing in the soccer field with my new friends, and I noticed something odd. One of the young boys, maybe four or five years old was slouched on the side of the field with a melancholy face being hidden in his arms. At first I went up to him and asked what was wrong, but when no reply came I went to one of the older kids to try and figure things out.
When the older boy responded to me, he simply, without out any hesitation said "He is Hungry¨. These are the three words that pushed my life onto a new course. I realized that the boy was not simply needing a snack as many kids would in the U.S, but he had not eaten in over a day, and this malnourishment had drained his body of all energy. As I walked around the village for the next few days these occurrences became more clear to me. It was as if the perfect village that was experienced a few days ago was gone and was replaced by one of hunger and poverty. My eyes were now wide open to these issues, and I knew that this was not something that I could sit around and do nothing about. Thus, Give a Goat was formed.
- Dante Reminick
Founder of the Give a Goat program
How it started
In December, 2013 I traveled to the hills of northwestern Uganda. When there, I was able to experience the daily life of kids my age, and forge friendships that I still hold on to today. There was a sense of community in the village that I had never yet experienced in my life. It was as if everyone were family, and no one was enemies.
However, it later became apparent that everything was not as perfect as I had perceived it to be. One day I was playing in the soccer field with my new friends, and I noticed something odd. One of the young boys, maybe four or five years old was slouched on the side of the field with a melancholy face being hidden in his arms. At first I went up to him and asked what was wrong, but when no reply came I went to one of the older kids to try and figure things out.
When the older boy responded to me, he simply, without out any hesitation said "He is Hungry¨. These are the three words that pushed my life onto a new course. I realized that the boy was not simply needing a snack as many kids would in the U.S, but he had not eaten in over a day, and this malnourishment had drained his body of all energy. As I walked around the village for the next few days these occurrences became more clear to me. It was as if the perfect village that was experienced a few days ago was gone and was replaced by one of hunger and poverty. My eyes were now wide open to these issues, and I knew that this was not something that I could sit around and do nothing about. Thus, Give a Goat was formed.
- Dante Reminick
Founder of the Give a Goat program