Dear HPI Friends,

It was a Sunday when my mother told me we were going to get a goat which would give us milk. We were already prepared for the goat. We planted grass and built its house. We stood near the road singing, dancing and clapping waiting for the goat. We saw a big lorry coming full of fat, healthy, good looking goats. Then my mother was given one brown goat and we took it home. We named her "Mugisa" (means luck). We gave her grass and clean water and mineral salt.

About two months later our goat gave birth to two kids. My mother milked Mugisa and got four liters of milk a day. Time passed, our kids grew, and mummy sold them and got a lot of money - $200! We had never received so much money. We built a very good house roofed with iron sheets. Before that we used to live in a grass thatched house. There was also money to send me to school.

I was happy to go to school. Mummy bought for me a new blue pinafore and a yellow blouse as my uniform. She also bought books and pencils. I polished my shoes and I cut my fingernails short. I was very happy that night. I was in my bed wide awake peeping through the ventilators, waiting for morning to come. I was the first to wake up. I bathed and put on my uniform. I took a cup of tea with milk from Mugisa and mummy took me to school.

It was the best day of my life

I wish to send a special thanks to all the HPI donors who send farm animals around the world to help the needy and the hungry ones - especially children like me. This project has surely helped me and my family. Thank you very much for the good work you are doing. Finally, I wish you all God's blessings to help more children in need.

Thank you
Yours Beatrice Biira
From Uganda

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