Heifer International General Press Release

Make all your giving more meaningful
Heifer International’s holiday catalog, The Most Important Gift Catalog in the World, (online at www.heifer.org) offers shoppers a unique way to make the holidays more meaningful by buying cows and goats, sheep and llamas, even a water buffalo or bees and trees, as alternative gifts that honor friends and family while helping malnourished people escape chronic hunger to become more self-reliant.
Heifer International's Cornerstones
Heifer International staff in the United States and around the world developed a working set of principles called the Cornerstones for Just and Sustainable Development. These 12 cornerstones are viewed as essential for effective, sustainable development of people, with emphasis on families.
Heifer International at a glance
Heifer International is a global nonprofit humanitarian assistance organization working to help end hunger and poverty and at the same time protect the environment and care for the Earth. Heifer provides living gifts of area-appropriate livestock and training in environmentally sound agricultural practices to families in need to help lift themselves out of poverty to become self-reliant.
Heifer International 'living loans'
A step on the road to self reliance The secret behind Heifer International’s success lies in a fact of life: Animals reproduce.
Create a wedding registry that makes a difference

Gifts of livestock, seeds, trees (to newlyweds) benefit two families’ lives

Buying the perfect wedding gift is every gift-giver’s goal, but there is so much to choose from these days. No one wants to give someone something that will end up in the couple’s garage sale a few years later. Gift givers want something that will be appreciated for a lifetime.