CORNERSTONE: IMPROVED ANIMAL MANAGEMENT
HOW IT WORKS:
In order for livestock to be a healthy and productive part of any farm, Heifer first ensures that the species and breed is an appropriate fit for the area and for the families who will receive the gift animals. Project participants then attend trainings to ensure they can provide the animals with adequate feed, water, shelter and health care. When animals are healthy and productive, families benefit and there is a favorable impact on the environment.
IN ACTION:
Training and preparation for livestock often takes the entire first year of a five-year Heifer project. Project participants learn animal health and husbandry, integration of livestock into the ecosystem and improvement of the environment. Preparations for animals include building shelters and planting fodder. Heifer also trains community animal health workers who can administer vaccinations and other medicines to keep gift animals healthy.
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.
Once a Recipient, Now a Donor
Nepal
I received two goats from Heifer International and applied the knowledge I acquired during Improved Animal Management training while raising them. After receiving the animals I have passed on two goats. My small effort has helped my family have a better life. I hope other women will be able to achieve bigger success by working harder.
Young Armenian Girl Achieves Egg-cellence
Armenia
I love my business. It's not an easy deal; it requires care, attention and a high sense of responsibility.
Rabbits Bring Profits to Armenian Teen
Armenia
With the money I was granted by Heifer, I bought four she-rabbits and one male rabbit. I also bought feed for them.
Aol Josphine, Gulu Women Dairy Farmers Project
Uganda
Aol Josphine in Acet Central village, Uganda. She is a participant in Heifer International's Gulu Women Dairy Farmers project. See more photos.
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.
Making Music
Zambia
Chibeza Oscar Kalusa, whose family participated in the Mika Village Draft Cattle Project in Zambia, plays a ukulele outside his home.
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.
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.
66 More Heifers In Flight
Romania
The second Irish airlift committed for Heifer Romania’s Milk for Orphans Project landed successfully at the Timisoara airport on January 17th.
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.
Livestock Can Help End Hunger and Poverty
Nepal
...livestock are at the very core of much of how Heifer works with families...
Cows in Malawi are a Daughter’s Piggy Bank
Malawi
Baptista and Belia Mzukani have big plans for their daughter, Esnart.
Technology, Partnerships and Women Will Advance African Dairy Industry
Kenya
Elizabeth Bintliff, Vice President for Heifer’s Africa Program, presented a keynote address at the April 2012 8th African Dairy Conference and Exhibition held by the East and Southern Africa Dairy Association.
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.
Heifer's Long-term Approach to Natural Disasters
Haiti
In late October, Hurricane Sandy barreled through the Caribbean Sea and up the eastern seaboard leaving a path of destruction.
REACH: Rural Entrepreneurs for Agricultural Cooperation in Haiti
Haiti
The future of Haiti begins in its soil but will come to fruition only in the marketplaces of the Caribbean, Central and South America and beyond.
A Visit to Turpan Brings New Understanding
China
Earlier this year, Tuerdi paid a visit to Turpan. It was not his first time to visit this city in China’s Xinjiang region, but this was his first time to visit as the farmer representative of Heifer China’s Shache project.
Heifer CARMAC Equipment Placement Round 2
Armenia
The Heifer Armenia team was extremely pleased to witness the arrival of the second rounds of agricultural equipment to be placed in farmer cooperatives in the framework of the Community Agricultural Resource Management and Competitiveness (CARMAC) project
Tractors in Armenia
Armenia
The excitement on January 20 in Vanadzor, Armenia, was overwhelming as three new tractors were officially handed over to cooperatives of small farm owners in three rural communities.
Armenian Chinari Cattle Breeding Project
Armenia
Chinari is considered to be a very early human settlement, but the village is only officially registered to be 113 years old. The 12th century Khoranashat Monastery lies in the upper outskirts of the village, the most sniper-prone zone in the area.