Our Pig Project: Supplying Animals to Families, Putting Kids Through School
In Gulu, Uganda, pigs equal education.
One pig costs $50.
Profits from that one pig allow a child to attend school . . . all the way through.
The Story
Sports Outreach Institute (SOI) has a farm in northern Uganda. There they use pigs to improve lives in their community. On the farm, SOI’s team raises pigs, trains families in their proper care, then provides them with a pregnant female, something unattainable in their dollar a day subsistence living.
Pigs have piglets. They actually have a lot, maybe you weren’t aware. The average is about 20 per year. Half of the first litter come back to the farm to sustain the program. Profits from the rest cover the cost of education for a child all the way through school. Pretty great!
We are using this program as a way to involve our kids in our trip.
The Game
$10 buys one leg. For every four legs, the dads kick in $10 to seal the deal.
The kids raise the money any way they want, or pull it from the birthday/allowance stash (of course, often stored in a bank shaped like a pig. Cute tie in. We know.)
The Invitation
We’ll offer this same deal to you. Ten bucks a leg. For every 4, we’ll add $10 so they get one with a head.
To buy a leg, or two, or ten:
Click this link to SOI’s secure giving site. Have 5 minutes and a credit card handy.
1. Fill out the personal information.
2. Opt in or out of any future contact from Sports Outreach.
3. Under “Donation Information,”
a. Select the amount
b. Under “Please direct my donation to:”
i. Click drop down arrow
ii. and select “Designated Donation”
c. In new box, type “540 pigs”
4. Fill out payment information (follow instructions on screen)
5. Click “Make Donation”
SOI is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Your gift is tax-deductible and receipt will be given.
SOI Northern Uganda director, Aloysius Kyazze, describes the pig program
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