From the Field

Heifer does amazing work throughout the world, here are a few examples. The stories are searchable by continent or country.

Families Receive Livestock in Lenca, Honduras

This translated article from Honduras' Tiempo newspaper tells the story of residents of the municipalities of San Sebastian and San Manuel Colohete who recently received the first delivery of livestock through a Heifer Honduras project.

Values-Based Literacy Management Training Builds Self-Confidence

Two years after starting the Values-Based Literacy (VBL) program in Heifer Cambodia projects, the training team has taken lessons learned and obstacles faced to prepare a training course on VBL management. This three-day training course, designed for new Literacy Facilitators (LFs) and Community Facilitators (CFs), took place for the first time December 4-6, 2012, at the Heifer office in Phnom Penh.

Heifer Romania Celebrates 20th Anniversary

Heifer Romania is celebrating 20 years from the date of its first official Letter of Agreement (LOA) signing. It all started in the spring of 1990 with a Heifer International prospect visit to Romania. After the fall of communism, Romania was struggling, trying to find a new path toward a modern economy and democracy. Fifty years of dictatorship had stripped the people of creativity and open-mindedness. This transition era of the 90s brought many changes, both good and bad.

CARMAC Project Brings Tangible Results

After Armenia gained independence in 1991, and agriculture was privatized and decentralized, around 340,000 farms formed with an average size of 3.5 acres each. The Community Agricultural Resource Management and Competitiveness project launched in 2011 to target the issues these small, fragmented farms face.

The Tserunyan Family and Future Peacemaker Koryun

Heifer Armenia came to Chinari village in 2008, distributing pregnant heifers and training to 25 families. The village is about a half mile from the Azerbaijan border. During the war over the Nagorno-Karabagh region from 1991-1994, the village was bombed many times. Now, 20 years after the ceasefire, shootings from the Azeri side have become commonplace for the people of this village to deal with while they are trying to improve their livelihoods.

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