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Brigitte Lacombe

French photographer Brigitte Lacombe is a renowned travel and portrait photographer, contributing to many publications including Conde Nast Traveler, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, New York Magazine, Time, GQ, Glamour, Paris Vogue, and The New York Times Magazine.

She has worked as a special photographer on movie sets including Shutter Island, Inglourious Basterds, Nine, The Road, The Reader, and Doubt, and has published two books "Cinema | Theater" and "Anima | Persona."

Brigitte recently directed a video with many actors and musicians for (RED) in support of their fight against AIDS in Africa.

She lives in New York City.

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1	Heifer self-help group member and two of her children celebrate the arrival of their new goats.

2	Money saved by self-help groups is proudly loaned to fellow members in need, liberating them from the tyranny of unscrupulous moneylenders.

3	Self-help group member and her two daughters in Bhuriyawali, India.

4	Avni Malhotra, Country Director for Heifer International India shows a Heifer video to members of a self-help group in the village of Moreda.

5	Anandi's participation in Heifer's para-veterinarian training has provided a better life for her family, as well as her village.

6	Anandi prepares to treat a goat in the village of Moreda. As a para-vet, she knows her work is critical to the financial success of her community.

7,/	The Ganesh women's self-help group discusses the status of their savings and loans.

8	Members of the Ganesh women's self-help group dance for visitors.

9	A member of the Syam self-help group in Bhuriyawali stands outside a school building holding her son. The women in this group received the gift of goats in a Pass on the Gift ceremony.

10	During a gender equity training in the village of Samara, a woman is tied with black ribbon to signify how society places restraints on her just for her gender. By the end of the session, she will be bound from head to toe.

11	These bindings are a potent metaphor. Through this training, the women question their roles in society, and support each other in making small changes to better their lives and the lives of their daughters.

12	Women who received gender equity training in Samara pose for photos in a nearby field.

13	Portrait of a young woman who has just received a gift of goats from Heifer International.

14	Women and children gather in the village of Mordi for an animal placement ceremony in which 15 of them will receive goats from Heifer International.

15	Veiled women from a self-help group in the village of Mordi pose just after receiving the gift of three goats each from Heifer. This will be the start of their new lives.

16	After weeks of training, self-help group members are excited to receive goats of their own.

17	A woman from Mordi covers a smile.

18	After an animal placement ceremony, a woman from Mordi holds her new kid goat.

19	A woman stands outside her home in the village of Aamka, India.

20	Heifer International's programs have truly made a difference in the lives of women in rural villages such as Aamka.

21	A simple gift of livestock can mean the difference between poverty and empowerment.

22	A home-cooked meal, lovingly prepared for volunteers.

23	A goat against the blue sky in the village of Mordi in northwest Rajasthan.

24	Portrait of a woman who has just received a gift of goats from Heifer International.

25	A woman and her daughter in their family home in Bagad-Rajput.

26	Women from the Aarti self-help group pose for photos after speaking with visitors to their village.

27	A woman poses outside her home in Bagad-Rajput.

28	Ramvati bathes her children, Dharmendra and Ankit outside their home in Moreda.

29	Self-help group member, Maya, tending to her daily chores. In the summer months, her family sleeps outside on beds made from wood and rope.

30	A local woman carries a bundle of sticks – primarily used for cooking – along a road in northwest Rajasthan.

31	A young girl tends to her family's goats.

32	Milking the water buffalo is one of this young woman's daily chores.

33	Girls pumping water from a well in Bhuriyawali, India.

34	Four girls gather outside a self-help group meeting in Bagad-Rajput.

35	These women in the Syam self-help group received their goats in a Passing on the Gift ceremony, where previous beneficiaries shared their animals' offspring. Participants are grateful for the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others, just as Heifer made a difference in theirs.

36	Children pose with the newest members of the village of Bagad-Rajput, a 4-day old kid and a 6-day old lamb.

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This study tour and presentation of the project is made possible by a generous donation of time and services by BLT Helps

BLT Helps, a design studio that provides graphic arts services for charitable organizations, has long supported Heifer's work.

Partnering with Brigitte and Marian Lacombe, they traveled to India to document the profound impact Heifer has had on the lives of rural communities in Rajasthan, and created several online experiences to highlight the depth of Heifer's programs.

For more information on BLT Helps' nonprofit work visit www.blthelps.org