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Grave 2 — Developers 0: A Tanzanian mystery

Grave 2 — Developers 0: A Tanzanian mystery

Photo by Dave Anderson Just a few feet off the road between Njombe and Iringa, Tanzania, only a mile or two from the Isimila Stone Age site, lies...

Heifer Tanzania Staff Aid Albinos

Heifer Tanzania Staff Aid Albinos

Heifer Tanzania Communications Coordinator Richard Bugaisa contributed to this story. Passing on the Gift doesn't just happen in the villages...

Mikumi National Park, Tanzania-- Baboons!

Mikumi National Park, Tanzania-- Baboons!

Twice on our way to Heifer Tanzania field visits we passed through the Mikumi National Park. The highway stretches for 30 miles directly through...

Stone Age Wonders

Stone Age Wonders

As the sun began to set on Wednesday evening, Peter swung our Heifer vehicle into a clearing marked from the highway from Njombe to Iringa by a...

Study Tour Offers Up Close Look at India

Study Tour Offers Up Close Look at India

I’ve really enjoyed reading Annie’s updates from her recent trip to India, where she visited Heifer projects in Rajasthan. She shared...

Seeing Green

Seeing Green

Photo by Flickr/Michael Caven The NYTimes has a piece on the business of Earth Day. What began 40 years ago, largely as a protest against the lack...

Musician Lissie Plays Well with Heifer

Musician Lissie Plays Well with Heifer

Singer-songwriter Lissie recently talked with the music/cause blog Plays Well With Others about her music and her love for Heifer International. ...

Giraffes in Tanzania

Giraffes in Tanzania

We have our hard-working Heifer staff in Mbeya to thank for opening the office late on a weekend (about 9 p.m. Saturday here) so we could share...