At first, everyone thought this was a screenplay but did not expect it to be a true story. As we’ve read so many stories of people who decide to give it up – comfort, luxury apartments, a high-paying job in order to run away with the aspiration of a “real” life.
Meet Dean Schneider, a 26-year-old from Switzerland who has proven to the world that you don’t need to be born at the finish line or have a perfect plan to live your dreams. The only thing you need is courage.
More than a year ago, he mustered the courage to quit his financial planning job in Switzerland, sell everything he had at the time and go to South Africa to form a club. The Hakuna Mipaka is set in a 300-hectare plot of land to care for lions born in captivity.
Here are pictures of his happiness with the animals: