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Marfusha Cooperative Starts Small But Grows to Improve Lives

The co-op’s first steps were far from easy. Many did not believed in the co-op’s potential, so it started with just three milk producers. The initial volumes were pretty low at just 130 gallons of milk per day. Thanks to the community’s confidence, honesty and good attitude, and the support of Heifer Ukraine and Danone, the cooperative has increased the amount of collected milk day by day. At the same time, dozens of rural families were improving their well-being.

Investing in Children to Craft the Future of Armenia

This family including their seven children, were desperately in need before becoming project participants. Now they are fully embracing their Heifer gifts and using them to learn new trades and improve their lives.

Armenian Youth Learn About Trees, Plants and Ecology on Trip to Nursery

Thirty young Armenians from the YES! Youth Club visited a nursery and learned about the forests, plant species and nature, and answered questions like, “Can you imagine what could happen if all the trees suddenly disappeared?”

Fruitful Partnership Between Armenia and Poland Leads to Tangible Results

Heifer Armenia, together with Heifer Poland, launched a new program in the Lukashin and Gargar communities of Armenia with opening ceremonies. This is a great example of how friendship among nations can turn into something really tangible, this time serving the development of small farmers in Armenian villages.

Heifer Armenia Study Tour to Poland

The presidents of milk-producing cooperatives from several Armenian communities went on a study tour to Poland on September 7-12, 2012 to visit and learn from several milk cooperatives. Heifer Armenia Project Coordinator Aram Petrosyan accompanied them and wrote this account of their trip.

Cow Becomes Helper and Feeder for Lazaryan Family

The Lazaryan family lives in the village of Choratan in the northern Tavush Marz of Armenia on the border of Georgia and Azerbaijan. The people of Choratan live, work and run their farms directly under the rifles of Azeri snipers. Since receiving a pregnant heifer through Heifer's Chinari Cattle Breeding Project, life for this family has immensely improved.

Heifer Armenia Welcomes Chief Financial Officer Bob Bloom

On September 16-17, 2012, the Heifer Armenia team was pleased to host Bob Bloom, chief financial officer (CFO) of Heifer International. During his trip, he visited various projects in Tavush province and met with Armenia’s Minister of Agriculture.

Heifer Georgia and Japanese Embassy Sign Grassroots Grant Agreement

On September 11, 2012, Heifer Georgia and the Japanese Embassy entered into a grant agreement. The signing ceremony took place at the official residence of the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Japan to Georgia, Masayoshi Kamohara. This is the third year of cooperation between Heifer Georgia and the Embassy of Japan in the framework of the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects program. The latest project approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan aims to establish an agricultural machinery service center in Kvareli municipality, which will provide services to 300 households in Kvareli and complement an existing Heifer Georgia project that assists the Charity House network in Kvareli region.

Successful Vets Help Make Milk for Money

Armen Djaghinyan is a skilled 52-year-old veterinarian who lives and works in Stepanavan, a town situated in Armenia’s Lori region. Armen is a very popular vet in Stepanavan and surrounding villages. He is also a member of the Milk for Money project, a partnership between Heifer Armenia and the Center for Agriculture and Rural Development (CARD) that is implemented in three regions: Lori, Shirak and Syunik. Armen provides veterinary services for the animals of fellow project participants in Lori.

Exchange Visit Brings Together Youth From Surrounding Communities

The Dalarik Yes! Youth Club hosted an exchange visit for club members in the neighboring communities of Lukashin and Mayisyan in Armenia. Schoolchildren presented the works they each have done through the youth clubs, followed by open lesson in several topics. The classrooms were full of the hustle of real work, while the corridors were silent. The students were very excited, since it was not the trainers conducting the lesson that day, it was the youth club members.

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