Where I'm Coming From

In this one-off episode of the Send a Cow podcast: what wouldn't you do to bring food home to hungry children? We're meeting the families living on the outskirts of Uganda's oldest National Park, Murchison Falls, and finding out how this question is impacting not just the families living there, but also the wildlife inside the park.

Send a Cow is celebrating its 30th birthday this year – but how did it all begin? In this episode we're speaking to one of our founding farmers, David Bragg, to find out what it was like to have a radical idea that would go on to change millions of lives.

In this episode we hear the life story of Titus Sagala, a man whose journey from childhood poverty to a position of leadership – where he now works to lift others out of poverty – is both exciting and moving. Along the way he’ll be kidnapped by bandits, fall in love with his wife and, above all, learn what it takes to stand tall and be a leader.

Like every mother, Mercy wants the best for her children. However, living in one of the poorest parts of Kenya, every day is a battle to feed them. In this episode Mercy tells us her story, and we discuss Send a Cow's Mother & Child appeal, aimed at helping young mothers in the poorest parts of Africa.

As a national footballer, Nelson had it all. Fame, money and the attention of women. Everything changed however, when his wife died from a mysterious illness. In this episode he describes his remarkable journey to becoming an HIV campaigner.