As a part of Friends of Heifer®, your generous support each month is making a profound difference in the lives of Heifer project participants around the world. Read these exclusive stories about how your support helps lift families out of hunger and poverty.
Before you and other generous monthly supporters came into his life, every day was a challenge for Damien Ndabukiye in rural Rwanda.
Heifer’s Cardaforestry project is an exciting initiative that helps cardamom farmers in Guatemala increase their incomes and strengthen their role in the lengthy supply chain that moves cardamom from their farms to your table.
Read More About A Spicy Solution To PovertyThanks to your support that provided the Ntosos with their first cow, they established a thriving dairy enterprise augmented by multiple sources of income. They now have a bright vision for their future.
Read More About Much to Smile About in MalawiPatrick and Bisentina Odoki have lost track of all the ways their lives have changed for the better since they received a pregnant dairy cow from Heifer.
Read More About From Civil Conflict to Flourishing FamilyJuvy Hesita and her family, who live on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines, have seen for themselves the difference Heifer’s approach makes. Let’s explore their family farm and the impact of your gift.
Read More About So Much More Than an AnimalAfter suffering twin natural disasters in August, Haiti was in need of something to celebrate. On October 31st they had a reason to. In collaboration with the Municipal Administration of Anse-à-Pitres, Heifer Haiti opened a marketplace that will be truly transformative for smallholder farmers and entrepreneurs across southeast Haiti.
Read More About New Local Market Bright Spot For HaitiFarming used to be a way to survive for brothers Isauro and Carlos Reyes. But after joining forces with Heifer and taking advantage of all the training opportunities, they transformed their family’s ability to not just survive, but to thrive, as farmers.
Read More About Heifer Farmers Committed To Educating Fellow FarmersLife is good on the Budha’s farm, where they live in a house surrounded by healthy goats, chickens and water buffalo. Through the Pragatishil self-help group that Heifer organized, Basmati received training in animal management, nutrition and breeding; planting fodder and kitchen gardens.
Read More About Life Is GoodWhile Heifer’s work has always focused on hunger, poverty and environmental sustainability, in recent years, we realized that water needed to be a focus as well — because without community access and management of water, our project participants simply cannot achieve their goals.
Read More About Water Has Brought Back Our DignitySavi’s life began to brighten in 2018 when Heifer launched a project in her community designed to help small-scale farmers like her bring their goods to market.
Read More About The CaregiverWith the family’s most basic needs met, Sharada Devi has begun to make plans for the future. She hopes to buy land and build a better house with space for more goats.
Read More About A Mother's Entrepreneurship Reunites Her FamilyAfter Heifer sent Santos to a three-month training in financial management, she returned with the knowledge and drive to create a savings bank. It has a dozen members who call themselves “Save Today to Have Tomorrow.”
Read More About Save Today to Have TomorrowBenjamin loves to learn and hoped one day to become a teacher. His family did not have enough money for him or his siblings to go beyond primary school. But today thanks to your support, Benjamin is learning again.
Read More About Benjamin’s Burgeoning BusinessWith the help of Heifer, Rosalinda and her group created increasing numbers of intricately designed garments dyed and woven with the ruby red of cochinillas and colors from other natural dyes.
Read More About Preserving Her HeritageThis month we explore the lives of Wheybrow Mwampashi, his wife Roida Mwamlima, their son Benjamin, and daughter Beatrice.
Read More About Wheybrow’s Way with Words and Roida's Faith in the FutureJosephine Mutuku and her husband, Joseph, learned how to increase the milk productivity and production of their cows after joining the Food for All project. With lessons they learned from Heifer, the couple was able to earn a steady income and pass along their knowledge to other dairy farmers.
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