Durga Koirala’s family are farm laborers. The family owns a set ofoxen for draft power. They are her only livestock. Owning oxen makes them alikely choice when landowners are looking for farm hands. Durga became a partof a Heifer project … Continue reading
In December 2011, we paid a visit toa family in Heifer project in Binh Thanh village, Thanh Phu district, Ben Treprovince. In front of the clean leaf-thatched house, the wife, Nguyen Thi Diem,warmly welcomed us. Her husband, Tran Van Tuan, … Continue reading
Ganga Ale, 41 is an active member of a Heifer project in Tanahu, Nepal. She received 5 goats from Heifer along with training on Heifer’s Cornerstones, group management, improved animal management, gender and commercial vegetable production. Ganga was specially touched … Continue reading
by Heifer Philippines Jane Bangao-Lutong, 53, used to live locked inside her shell, wallowing in insecurity and bouts of self-pity. Her husband, Alejandro Lutong, was murdered in November 1995 and ever since, Jane bore her hardships in silence and raised … Continue reading
Rukkhi Devi’s husband,Huklum Ram with their 5 daughters, Raju, Seema, Godavari, Puja and Jyotsana. 2011 has been a good year for Rukkhi Devi, 45, of villageThukriyasar in Bikaner district of Rajasthan. This mother of eight children (twoboys and six girls) … Continue reading