From the Field

Training Creates Understanding in Partnership

Heifer Cambodia conducted a five-day training on Values-Based Holistic Community Development (VBHCD) for the staff of the Gender and Development for Cambodia (GADC) and for a new provincial project coordinator and community facilitators under a brand new three-year grant contract project between Heifer Cambodia and GADC.

Heifer Uganda Receives 2013 National Anti-Poverty Award

On March 22, 2013, Heifer Uganda received the Best Anti-Poverty Organization Award for Uganda's Golden Jubilee, competing against other nominees including ActionAID, OXFAM International and World Vision. Several assessments were undertaken by independent teams nationwide to determine the international NGO with the best sustainable approaches toward poverty eradication.

Heifer Staff Attend Sustainable Pig Farming Courses

Six Community Animal Health Workers (CAHWs) and three program officers of Heifer Philippines attended courses on Sustainable Pig Farming and On-Farm Production of Beneficial Micro-organisms, including practical class and field trips to organic farms.

Young Entrepreneur Makes Profit at Easter

Lusine lives in the Zorakan community of Armenia's Tavush region. She is one of the young entrepreneurs engaged in Heifer Armenia’s YANOA (Young Agriculturalists) Project. In the framework of this project, the youth involved in the business direction of the Heifer-supported YES! (Youth Empowered for Self-Reliance) Clubs, received seed grants to realize their business plans. Lusine saved the money she generated from selling the chicks, and will add a little more from the egg sales to be able to pass on the same amount of money she received to another member of the YES! Youth Club in her native village. She'll use the rest of the money to purchase feed and medicine for her poultry.

Bangladesh Holds First Cornerstones Training

Heifer Bangladesh organized its first workshop on the 12 Cornerstones for Just and Sustainable Development for 23 project participants from four project partners on March 7-10, 2013.

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