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Read to Feed – Let’s Say It Together

Elementary students gathered in the small auditorium of Shanghai Jincai High School International Division in China’s Pudong New Area on March 25, 2013, to kick off the school’s second Read to Feed program. This year's participation has doubled, promising an increase in donations to Heifer International.

Heifer Philippines Introduces New Survey Tool at Monitoring and Evaluation Workshop

Heifer Philippines' Monitoring and Evaluation workshop titled, "What cannot be measured cannot be managed and what gets measured gets done," introduced participants to a new survey tool for project evaluations.

Nepal Wraps Up Passing on the Gift® Month in High Spirits

The lives of 3,508 Nepal families have been changed after participating in Passing on the Gift® month. And very soon they will become empowered enough to change other families' lives by Passing on the Gift®.

Renuka Dreams of Being Self-Dependent

Renuka Begum, a member of the Protissurity Samaj Unnayan Samitee self-help group (SHG) in Bangladesh, became involved with a Heifer project in 2011. With dreams of being self-dependent, she is well on her way. She is now chairman of the women’s SHG and very involved in her community and her family's improved livelihoods.

Dairy Project in Leyte: Careful Preparation Bringing Success

This Philippines dairy project is seeing positives results in the early stages with participants making careful preparations such as planting forage gardens and building a meeting area. They are set to receive dairy goats in June.

Project Participant's Filial Love: Love With a Clear Conscience

Tian Yihua is well-known around her village in China for her filial spirit, sacrificing her time to take care of her ailing mother-in-law and sacrificing a kidney to save her brother's life. Now she is a Heifer project participant, planning to make full use of her potential and carrying forward the spirit of self-reliance by continuing to pass compassion forward onto others.

Project Participation and Cornerstones Training Transform Family

Merina Tudu lives with her husband Rupen and their 1 1/2-year-old son in Holdibona village, Bangladesh. It was very difficult for them to meet daily living expenses with the income Rupen brought home as a day laborer. When the idea of the Heifer project came up, Rupen was not interested in letting his wife be involved. When they did join the project they received training on Heifer’s 12 Cornerstones for Just and Sustainable Development, which dramatically changed Rupen’s thinking in a positive way. Merina is very active in the self-help group now and has already passed on gifts to other group members.

From Literacy Facilitator to Village Chief

Heifer Cambodia project participant Reoun Theourk, 31, left school in the sixth grade because of her family's poor living conditions. In 2011, she was selected to be a Literacy Facilitator and began changing her life with the help of Heifer Cambodia and Disability Development Services Program. Her community rewarded her efforts and elected her as a village chief.

Volunteer Shares the Nature of Heifer's Work

Heifer Vietnam volunteer Maria Wrabel shares the stories of Heifer Vietnam project participants as they experience their first Passing on the Gift® ceremony.

Workshop Tackles Beef Value Chain Issues in the Mekong Delta

Vietnam’s total national meat production in 2011 only met about 54 percent of the domestic market demand. Beef production in the Mekong Delta area studied accounted for just seven percent of the country’s production. There is great opportunity for beef cattle production in the Mekong Delta, specifically, and the whole country of Vietnam, in general. This workshop brought project partners and other stakeholders together to discuss the issues and work on a plan to improve the beef value chain.

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