When I hear kambing I usually think of my favorite sate kambing grill on jl. karang tengah, or maybe I think of it´s relative, the sheep, which I secretly consider to be my totem animal.

But in this case, kambing (or goat) stands for a genius social initiative thought of and followd through by a group of Indonesian bloggers. This initiative, 'Bloggers for Bangsari' had bloggers collect money for a unique donation: from the collected money, goats where bought and sent to Bangsari, a small town in Java. There, they would be taken care of and bred by school children from poor families, the money arising from this helping to pay their tuition fees. All in all, 15 goats were sent to Bangsari!

Sadly, the blog about this initiative stops its entries with the arrival of the goats at their new home. I would really like to find out what has happened since then, and how the children are benefiting from this action. Are they now able to pay tuition fees and attend school, or are they too busy taking care of the goats?!

update:

The blog does go on reporting about what´s happening in Bangsari! Apparently, the number of goats increased to 43. The initiators of the program have recently visited each of the children taking care of some of the goats.