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Give a Gift Ark
A Gift Ark donation includes two water buffaloes, two cows, two sheep and two goats, along with bees, chicks, rabbits and more. Donate a Gift Ark to help care for an entire community.
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Are you giving on behalf of someone?

When you donate a gift in honor of someone, we'll help you create a free card after your donation is complete. It's a great way to let your family and friends know about the impact of the gift you made in their name.

A Gift Ark changes the world two by two

A Gift Ark donation includes two water buffaloes, two cows, two sheep and two goats, along with bees, chicks, rabbits and more. Donating a Gift Ark will help:

  • Care for entire communities with milk, eggs, honey and wool
  • Provide income by supplying an abundance of goods to sell
  • Sustain farming by providing livestock to work the land
  • Improve the lives of families for generations by multiplying and Passing on the Gift

Your Gift Ark donation goes around the world, from Africa to Asia to the Americas. Wherever we find hunger, poverty and hopelessness, we answer with the animals, training and encouragement provided by your generous animal gifts.

  • Milk
  • Nutrition
  • Steady, Dependable Income
  • Passing on the Gift
  • Education and Training
  • Community Sustainability
  • Self-Reliance
  • Increased Crop Yield
  • Women’s Empowerment

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All gifts to Heifer International are tax deductible. A portion of donations are used to raise awareness about the issues of hunger and poverty through education.