From the Field

Training for Nosipho’s Whole Family

Nosipho Ntanjana lives with her husband Sonwabile Ntanjana, their 13-year-old twin sons Sanele and Sandiso, and Nosipho’s brother Sonwabiso in Horeni village in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Both unemployed, Nosipho and her Sonwabile have struggled for many years to support their sons on the limited child support grant they receive every month. While Sonwabile was able to supplement the grant with various part-time jobs, it was still not enough to ensure a stable future. Since joining the Siphenathi Project at the beginning of 2012, Nosipho has been able to acquire skills and knowledge to provide a better future for herself and her family.

One Year Later Youth Find Success with Businesses

About 220 Armenian schoolchildren were involved in business education classes, and the most courageous presented their business plans for an initial investment. A wide variety of business projects were received, with most involving the youngsters’ own contributions and investments in both financial and non-financial terms, such as corresponding land for the activities and advice from experienced people they knew personally. It didn’t take long for one youth to realize that the most important thing to businesses is the customer.

Becoming Women of Substance in India

"I have never felt more humbled in my life. These women did not have much, but you couldn’t have seen happier and more content faces." Heifer India employee Rachna Paliwal shares her experiences of visiting a women's self-help group in India.

Passing on the Gift in the Philippines

From the original 100 families of Heifer Philippines’ Capacity Building and Harnessing Animal Gifts to transform Lives and Nurture the Environment (CHATON) project, 25 families from one Self-Help Group passed on gifts of swine, goats, fruit and forest tree seedlings, farm tools and hand-weaving sets on November 23, 2012.

Spreading the Gift of Sustainability and Hope

The cycle of hope and giving in Sabangan, Mt. Province, Philippines, continues to grow even more than a year after the completion of the Women Initiated Sustainable Entrepreneurship through Gift-Integrity Values and Environmental Restoration (WISE GIVER) project. The 44 second-generation Passing on the Gift® recipient families lovingly organized the third-generation POG with support from original families and first-generation pass-on families.

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