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.
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®.
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.
In 2010 Heifer International implemented the Assistance to Charity House Network in East Georgia project. Participants operate a network of charity houses and free canteens. Heifer’s support also helped the organization renovate its small hog farm.
In 2008, Heifer International launched its project in Armavir in partnership with the Children of Armenia Fund (COAF), in which 115 original families received cows and sheep, and 60 more received animals from their neighbors through Passing on the Gift® (POG). Later this year another POG ceremony will incorporate more people into Heifer Armenia's project in Armavir.
Magda Hovahnnisyan, a Heifer participant from a small Armenian village, is a well-respected and loved veterinarian who helps even in retirement.
Business-minded Nazar plans to enlarge his pig farm with his earnings. Thirteen-year-old YES! Youth Club member Nazar takes his business plan and $100 from Heifer Armenia and creates a successful pig business, which he plans to enlarge with his operation's earnings from this past year.
Armenia's Shaghat village cooperative received equipment and training on artificial insemination to be able to make the best use of the milk cooling unit they previously received, increase productivity and improve the breed of their animals. Most of the artificially inseminated animals are expected to give birth in spring 2013, while a few animals have already delivered.
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