Heifer Gifts Transform Communities

By Brooke Edwards

October 3, 2019

Last Updated: December 22, 2011

Are you giving the gift of a sheep this holiday season?

Watch this video by Heifer Peru highlighting a Pass on the Gift ceremony of creole sheep. Every gift from Heifer continues on through our Pass on the Gift model, making our work truly sustainable. In Peru, and many other countries where we work, it is quite common for communities to continue this unique process of sharing resources long after Heifer's project work has ended (like 11 years longer). Heifer International Americas Area Program Vice President Oscar Castaneda put it well when he said, "Transformation is when Passing on the Gift is no longer a commitment, but a way of community living."