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
If you’ve been keeping up with the Heifer blog lately, you’ve read stories about: hunger and poverty globally, the drought and famine in the Horn of Africa, how we are working in Sierra Leone, Honduras and Zambia. Today it’s time … Continue reading
by Christian DeVries Santiago Morales-Mata is crazy about bees. Twenty-six years ago he received his first hive but he knew nothing bees, but after years of trial and error he got better. In 2002 he joined a Heifer bee project. … Continue reading
by Christian DeVries Parents always want their children to have a better life. Often this is accomplished through education, allowing the next generation to escape poverty’s tenacious grip. Maria is 14 years old and lives with her mother and father, … Continue reading
I recently visited Luis Acosta. He was born in the remote community of La Elencia where he has lived for 60 years. During his lifetime he has seen a lot of change. “When I was 6 this was still a … Continue reading