Rebuilding Lives in Indonesia - and Everywhere

Immediately after the tsunami disaster, Heifer committed $1 million for programs to provide training, livestock and related help to victims on the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra and elsewhere in the region to rebuild lives and farms over the next few years.

Thanks to your extraordinary support, we have met our $1 million funding goal to provide training, livestock and related help to victims on the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra and elsewhere in the region. As a result, your Heifer gift can now be put to use helping people in other parts of the world where the need is great!

Yes! I want to help Heifer reach families in need in poverty-stricken areas around the world!

And, as a result, Heifer can continue its work in Indonesia, one of the area's hardest hit by the tsunami.

Heifer International’s Asia field staff  is completing an initial assessment of conditions in areas devastated by the tsunami and has recommended that Heifer expand existing sustainable development programs in Northern Sumatra. The epicenter of the earthquake that spurred the tsunami was just off the Sumatra’s northwest coast.

Heifer has helped small farmers on the Indonesian island for more than a decade. The existing Heifer projects are inland and not directly affected by the quake and its aftermath. Coastal communities, however, are in dire need of resources. Heifer will reach out to those communities and support families in their efforts to rebuild.

Heifer Indonesia staffers and partner organizations already on the ground will work together over the next few years to rebuild agricultural production, increase family incomes and support housing, education and public health efforts.

YES! I want to help Heifer reach families in need in poverty-stricken areas around the world.