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Diversified Farming Improves Incomes in Peru

Families in Peru are expanding their coffee farms to include livestock and vegetables. These successful diversified production systems give farm families additional sources of income, making them more resilient to climate situations.

Sew What?

Heifer Peru's Communications and Research Assistant Jessica Ford shares her experience visiting a workshop in Cusco where eight local women's groups learned how to use spinning machines which they will use to increase their incomes, a great example of Heifer at work on the Theory of Change.

520 Families Gather for Passing on the Gift® Celebration

When the La Prosperidad cooperative passed on the gift of guinea pigs in Peru's Chirinos District, 520 families gathered to be a part of the special day. The ceremony featured music, dancing and happy families who were excited to share gifts of food and income security.

Coffee Farmers Diversify Crops for Food and Income Security

The coffee cooperative, La Prosperidad de Chirinos, held a celebration in Cajamarca, Peru, for the Passing on the Gift® (POG) ceremony on World Food Day, October 16, 2012. Thirty coffee producer families who had received guinea pigs through Heifer Peru six months before shared 210 guinea pigs with new families.

Ecuadorian Newspaper Notices Heifer Projects

Heifer Ecuador held a "Campesino Breakfast" December 12, 2012, to highlight its work and its local partnerships. An Ecuadorian newspaper ran a story about Heifer Ecuador's work.

Heifer International Approach to Regional Work in the Americas

Heifer International's approach to regional work in the Americas makes a deeper and more sustainable impact on project communities. Watch this video to see how the projects work.

Dolores Delgado Receives Golden Talent Award in Peru

Dolores Delgado, from Peru's Huachacay community, was recognized as a 2012 Golden Talent Award winner for her exemplary work in guinea pig breeding. The association she formed now has 36 members, both men and women. Dolores' "all or nothing" philosophy is an inspiration for many in her community.

Heifer Alpaca Breeders Win Awards at Festival in Peru

Two alpaca breeders, who are participants in Heifer Peru's alpaca biodiversity project, won awards for the high caliber of their animals at the first-ever Paqocha Raymi Alpaca Festival. See footage from the festival.

Full Participation is Tradition in Peru

In Peruvian communities, there is still a strong effort to preserve ancestral heritage. Ayni and Minka are Incan practices and traditions that represent and encourage the ideas of sharing workloads, helping others and cooperation–just like the Full Participation cornerstone of Heifer International’s 12 Cornerstones of Just and Sustainable Development.

Families Receive Livestock in Lenca, Honduras

This translated article from Honduras' Tiempo newspaper tells the story of residents of the municipalities of San Sebastian and San Manuel Colohete who recently received the first delivery of livestock through a Heifer Honduras project.

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