CATEGORY: PROJECTS
For over 60 years we have collected and cherished donor stories on how they have helped eradicate hunger and poverty around the globe. Below are just a few of the latest Heifer charity stories and projects.
Meeting the Children of Heifer Nepal
Nepal
I see children everywhere at Passing on the Gift® events, door-to-door visits, hanging around their mothers and marching in rallies alongside women. These children are growing up around strong, independent women who have a voice and opinions to bring change in their community.
A Cow Brings Hope into Life of Fear
Armenia
Life in Chinar is very dangerous. Every day my wife takes our two kids to the kindergarten with a feeling of fear in her heart. The other day the nurse in the kindergarten told my wife that every time when the shootings start she turns on the music very loudly so that the children don’t hear the shootings. Thanks to Heifer we now have a cow and a calf.
A Visit to Bolivia's Chocolate Forest
Bolivia
World Ark Senior Editor Austin Bailey and Heifer Americas Program Assistant Jason Woods share about their recent trip to Bolivia's "Chocolate Forest."
Because They Were There
Nepal
Our group of Heifer Nepal and Heifer International headquarters staff was climbing because “they were there,” they being the women and men in need who live at the top and will soon begin training for Heifer’s goat value-chain project.
Selling Agroecological Products at the Market in Ecuador
Ecuador
We sell the horchata for 40 cents a glass and can earn about $150 in a day. It is a source of income. It helps with the costs of school for my son and food for home.
Seeing the Nature of Heifer's Work
Vietnam
I was amazed to see firsthand the holistic view of development that Heifer propagates. The projects are not limited to passing on a cow; rather, Heifer's 12 Cornerstones for Just and Sustainable Development encompass every aspect of life, from diversifying incomes to empowering women and families to working together to end poverty.
Pierre Ferrari Visits Projects in Nepal
Nepal
Their success is an inspiration not just to me, but to groups like them all over the world who see that whatever they can imagine they can make real with their own hands.
Study Tours Help Educate Ukraine Rural Women
Ukraine
Women leaders from all corners of Ukraine participated in study tours between October 2012 and February 2013. Funded by Heifer Ukraine and the Women's Information Consultative Center, the trainings aimed to solve problems such as high unemployment, domestic violence and lack of medical care.
Georgian Woman's Garden Produces Hope After War
Georgia
Eka Surameli and her children were displaced from their Georgian village during the Russian-Georgian war. The conflict destroyed border villages and people's gardens and orchards. In 2011, the Rural Development for Future Georgia (RDFG) partnered with Heifer Georgia to improve the livelihoods and economic conditions of people in this region, including Eka. She attended trainings on agricultural technologies and drip irrigation systems, and received seedlings. Heifer is creating a better life for people and give them the most important thing-hope for a peaceful future.
Sandura, Zimbabwe: a Community of Transformation
Zimbabwe
The community of Sandura is in Zimbabwe’s Gokwe North district in the Midlands province.
An Amazing Woman
Vietnam
Following the small concrete path, we were surprised to find a lively painted thatched house peacefully surrounded by green paddyfield, pig pen, hen house and garden of flowers.
Cooperatives in Ukraine: A Step Toward Sustainability
Ukraine
The global financial and economic crisis has also demonstrated the resilience of alternative financial institutions such as cooperative.
Uganda Biogas Project Wins “Best Practice” Award
Uganda
Heifer’s Uganda biogas project eases the workload of rural women and improves their health by providing a safe, renewable and cheap source of fuel.
Heifer’s Trainings Continue to Serve Nine Years Later
Tanzania
After our descent from Kilimanjaro with the group of Elanco employees who are Heifer International supporters, I had the opportunity to visit the Kitomary family in Tanzania.
Irish Heifers Given to Romanian Women on International Women’s Day
Romania
Of the 66 Irish heifers that landed one month ago in Romania, 45 were distributed yesterday, March 8th, for International women’s Day as Heifer gifts to 45 women from Rasca, Cluj County.
Disaster Reduction and Gender in the Philippines
Philippines
The rural poor suffer greatly from disasters of all kinds every year.
Pigs, Potatoes and Progress in Puno, Peru
Peru
It’s cold. Really, really cold in this corner of the world.
Livestock Can Help End Hunger and Poverty
Nepal
...livestock are at the very core of much of how Heifer works with families...
Women’s Empowerment is Key to Turning Oppression Into Opportunity
Nepal
At Heifer International we believe there is no development strategy more beneficial to society than the one that involves women as central players, and at the same time engages men to encourage a more accepting view of women’s participation.
Sowing Youth, Harvesting Happy Farmers
Mexico
Farmers in Mexico are trying out an unusual crop, with Heifer International’s help.
Cows in Malawi are a Daughter’s Piggy Bank
Malawi
Baptista and Belia Mzukani have big plans for their daughter, Esnart.
Heifer Works with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to Double Farmer Income
Kenya
One of Heifer International’s biggest projects is EADD – the East Africa Dairy Development project.
East African Value-Added Cooperatives Rock
Kenya
As we celebrate UN Day of Cooperatives, we also celebrate a new revolution in dairy cooperative development that is taking shape in Kenya.
Through Heifer India, Basanti’s Progress Becomes Evident
India
Dr. Panda and Mr. Prusty watch as Heifer India project participants participate in a Passing on the Gift ceremony.