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Heifer Armenia Helps Students Develop Beekeeping Skills

This Heifer Armenia program in the beautiful Vayots Dzor region, known for its tasty honey, is helping students learn beekeeping so they can earn money to pay for their education.

Diligent Family No Longer Needs to Buy Milk from Neighbors

The joint Heifer Armenia and Center for Agriculture and Rural Development program, Milk for Money, provided 49 families with pregnant heifers in 2012. One of those families, the Abovyans from Stepanavan, was motivated to join the project to supply milk for their own family. They are starting to feel the benefits already.

Reliable Partners: Heifer and CARD Pleased with Results in Syunik Region

Through the joint program of Heifer Armenia and the Center for Agriculture and Rural Development (CARD), many regions of Armenia received the opportunity to improve the breeds of their animals by artificial insemination (AI). One of the first indicators is illustrated by positive results in the Syunik region.

Japan Embassy Representatives Visit Heifer Georgia Poultry Project

Heifer International Georgia welcomed Acting Ambassador of the Embassy of Japan Hiroki Tokunaga and other Embassy representatives in Dzevera village, Gori municipality, on December 21, 2012.

Step-by-Step in the Exciting World of Business

Avet, 16-year-old YES! Youth Club member in Verin Getashen, Armenia, receives award for business plan and starts garlic cultivation business, which brings in a profit after the first harvest.

CARMAC Project Benefits People of Nerqin Tsaghkavan

Members of the Community Agricultural Resource Management and Competitiveness (CARMAC) project financed by the World Bank in Armenia have increased their yields by 20 percent.

Sheep and Rabbits Help Unemployed and Socially Vulnerable Rural Residents

In the middle of December, nine Žlibinai village families in Lithuania received their first Heifer gifts: sheep and rabbits. These families are participating in the joint Heifer International and European Social Fund project, People‘s Skills Restoration, in which 1,000 families will benefit during the three years of the project.

Davit's Small Farm Anticipates Big Results

Davit is a young schoolboy who lives in the community of Lernagog, which is in the Armavir region of Armenia. As one of the most promising students in the business education direction of the local YES! Youth Club, he decided it was high time to start his own business and generate his own income.

The Success of the Berdashen Community in the Framework of the CARMAC Project

The Berdashen community of Armenia, part of the World Bank and Republic of Armenia’s joint effort, the Community Agricultural Resource Management and Competitiveness (CARMAC) project, is seeing success. Heifer Armenia contributes to this project and supports targeted communities with capacity-building measures involving technical assistance and cost-sharing for the purchase of agricultural equipment.

Heifer Georgia Celebrates Project Openings

Heifer Georgia held opening ceremonies for two facilities in two separate projects. The Subtropical Fruit Collection Center in Batumi, West Georgia, was celebrated December 10, 2012, and the Information and Agri-Distributional Center in Tbilisi on December 11.

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