The Heifer Global Village Experience

The realities of obtaining shelter, food, water and firewood. An existence in which nothing can be taken for granted.

Click here to view the George Lucas Educational Foundation's documentary: A Night in the Global Village.

Heifer’s Global Village programs show participants that sometimes having a little means a lot. Whether spending one night or multiple days and nights in a village representing one of the regions in which Heifer works, participants will be taken through the daily struggles that impoverished people face every day.

In living the lives of others, you’ll find that something extraordinary happens. Your attitudes about individual action, community cooperation, and sustainable solutions for global hunger, poverty and the environment will be transformed. Your understanding of the world – and your place in it – will change forever.

Heifer Global Village Core Program
Global Gateway (6th Grade and Older)
Takes participants through the daily struggles that impoverished people face everyday. Click here to learn more. 

Other Programs
The following programs also include either a Global Village Meal or an overnight experience in the Global Village.
Humans and Habitats (4th - 12th Grades)
Explores how culture is reflected in the food we eat and how we prepare it. Click here to learn more.
Service-Learning (6th Grade and Older) 
Many Service-Learning programs including Hope, Alternative Spring Break and Summer Action combine service projects with a Global Village experience and other educational activities.  Click here to learn more.