Study Tours

With this experience, you'll see big changes…and the biggest may be the one you see in yourself.

Heifer Study Tours are designed for organized Heifer support groups to visit project partner communities engaged in Heifer's mission. It is a journey into the daily lives of extraordinary people. As you visit with the farmers and families who are working with Heifer you will learn more than you could have imagined.

Heifer's Study Tour groups observe Heifer's model of sustainable development in action. While projects vary widely, visitors might see a bio-gas unit generating power from manure in China, meet the alpacas that help farmers in the fragile high altitudes of Ecuador or see families harvest honey from their bee colonies in Poland.

Heifer Study Tours take you beyond your ideas about poverty and build understanding of what the human spirit is capable of overcoming. When your community meets the communities engaged with Heifer, you will be touched by their stories, motivated by their achievements and inspired to overcome the challenges in your own life.

If you are a member of a group interested in a deeper engagement with Heifer (such as a faith community, civic group, volunteer group, or educators) and would like to discuss the potential of a Study Tour for your group, please contact us to learn more.

PREVIOUS STUDY TOURS
Take a look at these materials to learn from past participants' experiences.

Africa Trips

2011 Study Tour Participants Enjoy Zimbabwe
Couple Celebrates 40th Wedding Anniversary on 2011 Zimbabwe Study Tour
2011 Heifer Cameroon Hosts Elanco Study Tour
2010 Kenya Study Tour Participants Debrief and Share Thanks
2010 Reflections from a Study Tour Participant: Senegal and Ghana

Americas Trips

Honduras: NEA Study Tour - Read the Blog and See Video from the Tour!
Women from Florida and Peru Connect on a Study Tour
Guatemala Study Tour 2009 Photography Website
The Group Journal from the 2008 Guatemala Study Tour

Asia and South Pacific Trips

Thailand January 2010 Study Tour Article
University of Alaska Anchorage Blog of their China Study Tour
Video Slideshow Produced by 2009 Nepal Study Tour Participant
Reflections of 2009 Nepal Study Tour
China 2007 Study Tour with Anna Lappe
Heifer International Hosts Veterinary Tour of Tsunami Recovery in India

Central and Eastern Europe Trips

Poland 2010 Study Tour
Romania/Moldova 2010 Study Tour
Read about the 2007 Lithuania/Latvia Study Tour