As part of its pro bono initiative "Create a Difference", the top management consultancy A.T. Kearney has been working with two teams of students to develop a wide-ranging donation concept and a feasibility study for the construction of a school in Uganda. The recently completed project for the "Give a goat" association generated donations amounting to over 25,000 euros.
The two pan-regional student project teams who ran the operational side of the project were constantly coached and supported by the consultants at A.T. Kearney. The process of designing and developing a comprehensive donation concept meant floating ideas and devising measures to generate long-term donation payments, with the aim of meeting ongoing costs and expanding the association, attracting companies to act as general sponsors for the association and establishing a patronage programme. A detailed feasibility study was also drawn up for the planned construction of a school in Uganda.
The association "Give a Goat" was founded with the aim of improving living conditions for the population in Uganda. This involved setting up a goat farm, which gives pregnant goats to needy families. The families can then use the milk from the goats to feed their children, and build up their own goat breeding business so that they can generate income for themselves. After two years the family has to give a young goat back to the farm to ensure continuation of the stock
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