This post was written by Heifer Vice President of Philanthropy Cathy Sanders. I recently spent five days in Haiti at an Invest in Haiti Conference organized by the Clinton Foundation and the InterAmerican Development Bank. More than 900 people … Continue reading
Heifer Country Directors with CEO Pierre Ferrari Since Tuesday, we’ve had nearly all of our country directors from around the world here at Heifer Headquarters for a Global Team Meeting. An interesting and dynamic group, these women and men truly … Continue reading
We have had some exciting news this week at Heifer. We’ve announced our commitment at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting to help 20,250 families in Haiti increase their income with livestock and agriculture training. In light of this news, we’ve … Continue reading
Yesterday, July 12, marked 18 months since the magnitude 7.0 earthquake devastated Haiti. Though Heifer International is not a first responder in situations like the earthquake, we had 16 projects underway, serving more than 16,000 families at the time of … Continue reading
All of these posts about Haiti got us to wondering: Do people even know where Haiti is? It’s closer than you might think—in the Caribbean just southeast of Cuba and east of Jamaica. And at bottom, a map showing where … Continue reading
The most recent numbers available are from 1995. I have seen more current guesstimates that put the portion of the Haitian labor force engaged in agriculture closer to 75 percent. And that was before the earthquake, when thousands fled the … Continue reading