Heifer Vietnam project participants celebrated the Year of the Snake with a spring sporting event on February 2. Farmers took a break to build teamwork and make new friends by competing in soccer and tug of war.
Samvel and Narine were struggling to provide for their family with a farm of five goats before becoming participants in a Heifer project. When they received a pregnant heifer, the cow gave birth to a healthy calf. The family is happy to be self-reliant and has hope for the future.
Artur Hovsepyan, suffering from depression, disappeared from life in an Armenian village. His family received a cow through Heifer's Passing on the Gift® practice, and it was just the thing to bring him out of his depression. He began caring for the cow, which soon gave Artur a calf to care for. His family, friends and neighbors are grateful to have him back.
The Armenia Missionary Association of America and Heifer Armenia presented 14 families with pregnant heifers. The project aims to better the social and economic situations of the Lori region.
The China Merchants Charitable Foundation (CMCF) funded a Heifer irrigation project to assist Chinese farmers in Mingle Village. After listening to the community's SHG and the local government, CMCF decided to replace an original three-sided canal, which collapsed after only one year of use, with a steel pipe to irrigate the village's farms.
World Ark writer Katya Cengel and photographer Geoff Oliver Bugbee visited Heifer Romania, traveling to the villages of Rasca and Aschileu to interview participants in two of Heifer Romania’s projects, spending time with participating families and experiencing a Passing on the Gift®.
PME Manager Karla Narcise-Rudolfo of Heifer Philippines reflects on her visit to Siem Riep, Cambodia, for The Global Impact Monitoring Workshop from January 28 to February 3. Monitoring and evaluation practitioners worked together on a new evaluation system to support Heifer's mission to end hunger and poverty.
For more than a decade, Heifer Armenia and its partner Development Principles NGO have significantly contributed to the development and empowerment of the rural youth by establishing and running YES! Youth Clubs in different regions of Armenia. This year 50 alumni from different youth clubs attended the Annual Forum of YES! Youth Clubs Alumni on February 11. The forum was organized to discuss the salient issues that the rural youth face, as well as propose the best possible solutions to those issues.
On February 11, Babanka Orphanage received milk processing equipment with help from the Ukrainian Philanthropic Marketplace (UPM) and Heifer Ukraine. Now the children will always have fresh yogurt, cheese and other dairy products.
Jennifer Moyo of Zimbabwe is benefiting from the Hope for the San People project, improving her family's livelihood by raising chickens and helping her community by being a Community Animal Health Worker.
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