The Gates Foundation: How Heifer is Making a Difference

By Heifer International

October 3, 2019

Last Updated: August 11, 2010

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation released their 2010 agriculture project progress reports and prominently among them is the Heifer International East Africa Dairy Development project. This project received a 42.8 million dollar grant from the Gates Foundation and is aimed at doubling the incomes of thousands of East African farmers in ten years.

Watch the video below to see the inspiring work of this project and read the progress report to learn more about how Heifer is working with the Gates Foundation and local project partners to change the lives of 179,000 farmers in East Africa.