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Nepal Wraps Up Passing on the Gift® Month in High Spirits

The lives of 3,508 Nepal families have been changed after participating in Passing on the Gift® month. And very soon they will become empowered enough to change other families' lives by Passing on the Gift®.

Young Shushan’s Innovative Approach in Her Business

Sixteen-year-old Shushan Khachatryan of Armenia, presented a business plan and received a $100 grant to start her business through Heifer Armenia’s Young Agriculturists Network of Armenia (YANOA) project. Her business plan included a unique and innovative idea to boost her haricot, a type of bean, sales. "Everybody in the neighborhood talked about my new business approach of providing recipes to the customers," she said.

Artificial Insemination in Armenian Village Producing Positive Results

The first indicators of the Milk for Money project’s artificial insemination positive results were recorded in the village of Sarnakunq in Armenia's Syunik region, with the majority of cows delivering healthy cross-bred cows that will bring higher productivity in milk and/or meat production. Day by day, more and more farmers are convinced artificial insemination generally gives the best results to improve animal productivity.

Renuka Dreams of Being Self-Dependent

Renuka Begum, a member of the Protissurity Samaj Unnayan Samitee self-help group (SHG) in Bangladesh, became involved with a Heifer project in 2011. With dreams of being self-dependent, she is well on her way. She is now chairman of the women’s SHG and very involved in her community and her family's improved livelihoods.

Heifer's Work in Mexico Builds a Chain of Solidarity

Heifer's work in Mexico was recently featured by Mexican newspaper Noticias in an article titled "Chain of Solidarity: Families in the Valley and Southern Mountains Exchange Cattle and Poultry in a Sign of Mutual Aid."

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