All Hail the Royal Golden Guernsey Goats – Donate a Goat Today and Make a Family in Darfur Feel like Royalty

We are delighted to hear the celebratory news that, during King Charles and Queen Camilla’s visit to Guernsey this week, the Golden Guernsey Goat will be awarded a protected Royal title and they will be formally known henceforth as the Royal Golden Guernsey Goat.

Royal titles are granted sparingly, on the advice of the Cabinet Office with strict standards applied, and this is the first time in recent history that the protected title has been granted to a livestock breed so this is a real honour.

The conferring of this title will officially take place during Their Majesties’ visit to Guernsey when an engraved brass goat bell on a collar will apparently be placed around the neck of Summerville Tamsin, an eight-year-old female Golden Guernsey Goat.

What is the Golden Guernsey Goat?

The Golden Guernsey Goat is a specific dairy breed of goat commonly found on the Channel Islands.

With its golden skin and hair, it has a unique lighter appearance, as well as long hair and sometimes a small white marking on the head. According to Le Douit Beuval Herd, “they are a fine-boned animal with a straight or slightly dished facial line; the ears have a slight upturn at the tip and the neck is slender. It is a fairly small goat, with adult males weighing 190-200lbs and adult females 120-130lbs.”

These goats have a friendly demeanour and also create a steady milk yield – making them popular dairy goats and homestead pets.

We, of course, know just how regal and special all Goats are and couldn’t be happier for these distant cousins of our life-saving Goats in Darfur!

Goat’s milk is rich in protein and vitamins and is the nearest thing to mother’s milk.

For our hungry children and their families in Darfur, struggling amidst ongoing violence, our Goats really are saving lives – it is a mother’s dream to be given a Goat.

Could you please help us change children’s lives and make a family in Darfur feel like Royalty by Donating a Goat today?

Our Goat Loans are essential in ensuring children and families survive the horrific fighting in Sudan. We lend 5 Goats to our poorest families so they can feed their children nutritious goat’s milk. After 2 years, as the little flock has grown, 5 Goats are then passed on to another family to benefit – and so the life-saving sustainable cycle continues. You will be helping save children’s lives not just now, but for generations to come.

Not only that, but mothers can sell excess goat’s milk and earn a living, often for the first time. They can make decisions for themselves and their families, buy extra food and basic supplies, and even afford to send their children to school so they can gain an education and have real hope of a future out of poverty.

You may remember that RH King Charles III took part in a one-off and unique art auction to raise money for families in Darfur, Sudan, before he came to the throne of Great Britain, and enabled Kids for Kids to build its first Kindergarten – or King-dergarten – to transform children’s lives – KING-dergarten donated by King Charles III changes children’s lives in Darfur, Sudan – Kids for Kids