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Heifer Education paper selected to be presented at national summit

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Sept. 23, 2010) – Heifer International's Education Division announced today that a concept paper, "Creating a World of Citizen Engagement through Global Education," has been selected as a Top Program by the Community-based Organizations Task Force and the U.S. Center for Citizen Diplomacy (USCCD). The paper will be presented at the U.S. Summit for Global Citizen Diplomacy to be held in November in Washington, D.C.

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Heifer declares April 'Passing on the Gift' month

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – For the second year, Heifer International is celebrating its cornerstone value—Passing on the Gift, where families who receive an animal, seeds and training share the animal’s first-born female offspring—along with training and information—to another family, by declaring April Passing on the Gift Month.

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Heifer applauds Clinton’s call to help Haiti become self-sufficient

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Heifer International, whose proven sustainable solution to poverty has helped 12 million families in countries around the world lift themselves to self-reliance, applauds former President Clinton’s call urging aid groups to help Haiti become self-sufficient.

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Hear how Heifer is making a difference

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Heifer International invites the public to join staff and others to hear an update on its East Africa Dairy Development (EADD) project at a brown bag lunch Wednesday, March 24. The presentation will be from noon to 1:30 p.m., at Heifer Village, on the organization’s campus at 1 World Avenue, in downtown Little Rock.

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Fundraising veteran Monique Wherry joins Heifer International

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Heifer International today announced that Monique Wherry, regional director, major gifts Southern Field Operations at the United Negro College Fund, has been named the global hunger and poverty organization’s senior major gifts officer for its Southern Zone.

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For poor households in Rwanda, one cow makes a difference

Permission, Huffington Post and the Nourishing the Planet blog http://blogs.worldwatch.org/nourishingtheplanet/

By Jim Devries, Executive Vice-President of Programs for Heifer International based in Little Rock, Arkansas and Danielle Nierenberg, senior researcher at the Worldwatch Institute.

Recovery is a word you hear a lot in Rwanda. From public service announcements on television to billboards--it's the motto for a place that just 15 years ago was torn apart by genocide. More than one million people were murdered in 1994, as ethnic strife turned neighbor against neighbor in one of the bloodiest civil wars in African history.

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Farm Journal Creates Foundation and Launches Anti-Hunger Initiative

PHILADELPHIA, PA (August 4, 2010) – In one of the most significant developments in its 134-year history, Farm Journal Media today announced formation of the Farm Journal Foundation and the foundation’s upcoming October launch of a long-term, industry-wide campaign titled “Farmers Feeding the World” that will rally American agriculture against world hunger.

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Explore 'Voluntary Simplicity' with Heifer International

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Register for the Arkansas Earth Institute’s “Voluntary Simplicity” discussion course to learn how you can manage the distractions of modern society that keep you from caring for yourself, your relationships and your environment. The seven-week course will be held at Heifer Village, Heifer’s education center in downtown Little Rock.

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Tastings Featured at "Food Around the World" at Heifer Village

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (June 15, 2011) – Join Heifer Village for a free family day filled with activities for children and grownups alike and four food tasting stations where you can sample dishes from around the world. Heifer International invites you to “Food Around the World,” at Heifer Village in downtown Little Rock on Saturday, June 18, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.