Who is “Gago” & why am I doing this??
Hello my name is Santiago “Gago” Hanks. I am a student-athlete who studies and plays soccer in England. Why am I doing this? because I feel like it. I got tired of living such a gifted life on the outside but feeling so empty on the inside and lacking the intrinsic means to make the most out of my blessed life. I hope I can inspire others just like me to do the same thing, I wish everybody had their own charity page and we could let our projects coincide with one another, instead of relying on these big institutions owned by billionaires who don’t really do any good with it. I truly believe we can change the world together. Through all of life’s adversity, internal and external, there lies an abundance of opportunity to do good. Essentially, by helping a side of the world that deals with external adversity I can overcome my internal adversity, it’s a beautiful balance of needs. I can’t believe I was ever so distracted in buying things my soul just didn’t need. I am so privileged to say that my life’s adversity is on the inside and not the out. I have extreme social anxiety, not “Am I gonna get to eat today” anxiety. Yes, I am another individual in the 1st world who deals with an extreme amount of depression and anxiety but I am determined to get to the bottom of it. This is the truth. This is how I aim to overcome my internal struggle, by the power of belief in good, my good will, my gratitude and the spirit of giving. It’s the paradox of receiving a heavenly life to hurt on the inside, heal your hurt by helping the part of the world that hurts on the outside. <3
Luckily there is far more good in the world than there is bad. I would never want to live in a heavenly life to be more skeptical of the world than I am charitable. We live in a world where we have nothing to fear but are more anxiety ridden than ever. Long ago, my life in the privileged world began to lack its fulfillment. I had everything on the outside but was so hurt on the inside and couldn’t find any meaning, I delved deep into anxiety, shame, suicidal thoughts and depression, along with the vulnerability to self-destructive habits, negative thought patterns and distractions. I’m not gonna let my pain be taken advantage of by a world with vainglorious billionaires, big pharma and corporate monopolies heavily invested in senseless consumerism and vain monetary gains. They are predators to a world that has forgotten what it truly means to feel worthwhile or satisfied. The lost, hopeless, confused, manipulated, misguided and dismayed. That is their prey. This is what has become of our society. You cannot buy or sell happiness and love. Its time to wake up. As someone who lives in the 33% of the world I embraced within myself a great responsibility to the 66% of the world and the struggles I can’t imagine but shall never turn a blind eye on (especially the 18% under the poverty line). I began to dig deep for the truth to embrace my duty to the world as a fellow human being, this happens to be one of the things my heavy heart needed to survive, my charity and good will has kept me alive. I hope one day everyone can receive the privileges, education, institutions, resources and principles for success that I received growing up and I truly foresee that as our future. If not, at least the basic necessities for now, but for being from a country that enables its people to eat themselves to death, it is unacceptable to the parts of the world with children who starve to death. In a world with so much freedom what has happened to our responsibility? It’s really made me question why this future I foresee hasn’t already happened and why far too many are still deprived of the basics? I don’t know. Ask a billionaire, I’m just a college student searching for a real meaning in life lol.
I may just be a broke college student myself, but I have been willing to give far more than a tithing share to help the world I love. My soul needs it. I’d rather suffer on the outside than on the inside. Some people have asked me why I invest so much of my money in something that doesn’t give it back, but they only see my pockets get thinner, not my heart getting fuller. For that I have been blessed beyond measure and in ways a superficial world fails to acknowledge. I only continue to help the world I love. Where man sees poverty/adversity the spirit sees abundance/opportunity. I have always been keen to see the glass half empty but I’ve learned to see the glass half full with the endless possibilities that can be made from the blessings of life, of which a lot of us in this part of the world have, I just worry we lost the heart that isn’t afraid to give. I now see both, I see the glass half empty and I see it half full. I see what I have and I see what I can give. There’s a lot we can do with what we do not see if we humble ourselves to see it and acknowledge the power we have to change the world. Together. Love is truly the answer for us all, despite any adversity, there is is so much opportunity to do good with our adversity. The obstacles of life are truly the way and I have never been one to sedate my pain with the first world’s nonsense and distractions.I seek truth and truth I find. MATT 7:7.
I’ve gone out my way to find, consult with, and support 2 orphanages in Africa, one in Nigeria and another Uganda. It’s a work in progress but it’s coming together day by day. All proceeds donated on this page go to the orphanages affiliated with my charity. Right now I am trying to get Ivan’s orphanage into a new home. Thank you so much <3 (seriously, it saves my life and the world we love)
