Our Latest Fundraisers
The Goat Campaign: 21 November 2007 – 31 January 2008
Why goats?
If you would like to give a Sudanese family the best possible gift, give a goat. Or better yet, give more than one goat. Most of the gifts we give can be enjoyed once or maybe a few times, but in Sudan, a goat goes a very long way. Its milk provides essential vitamins and other nutrients that children will not get any other way. And, to top it off, a goat gives a family status it would not otherwise have, a little like a child getting a bicycle, or her parents getting a car (not a luxury one – that would be a cow). So we’re not kidding, we need goats, and you can have the satisfaction of giving a gift that can make an incredible different to someone’s life.
How you can help
Like bicycles, cars, or anything else, we also have goat inflation, but we are still setting the cost of one goat at $40. Right now we might only get two-thirds of a goat for that, so to make sure you give a whole goat, you may wish to give more. If you buy three goats by our bargain rate, you can be certain there will be at least two goats.
There are lots of ways to give, aside from just making an individual donation. You can, no kidding, flock together, and put your efforts together, with your class or club at school, with your extended family, through your flock at church, at your place of work, through your community club or society, or any other flock you can imagine.
The difference this can make to the children of Sudan can be incredible. In Canada we often feel we already have everything, and a gift at the festive season sometimes just adds to the clutter. So give your loved one a card saying you are giving him or her the gift of a goat, with the satisfaction of knowing that gift can completely change the quality of life for someone in Sudan who urgently needs it. Not only does this gift help children, their parents, and families, but it can make a difference to an entire village.
For our first goat campaign, we raised enough to buy 120 goats, and last year we almost doubled that. Let’s now aim for the triple play.
The Goat Campaign starts on 21 November 2007, and continues until the end of January 2008. You can use the Goat donation form in PDF (requires Adobe Reader or equivalent), or just send us your check with your name and address. Please send it to:
Jacob Deng
Wadeng Wings of Hope
P.O. Box 31125
Halifax, NS B3K 5Y1
Canada
The Brick by Brick Campaign: any time
This includes the well, the school, the cost of teacher training, and school supplies. A primary school can be built for about $50,000, and the annual operating cost is about $16,000.
