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We partner with smallholder farmers – especially women farmers – to improve their families’ food security and increase their incomes.
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We partner with smallholder farmers – especially women farmers – to improve their families’ food security and increase their incomes.
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Local Solutions, Global Impact
We operate across Africa, Asia and the Americas, collaborating with communities to strengthen food systems and provide opportunities for smallholder farmers to earn income and thrive.
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Your donation to Heifer supports the international programs that need it most. Give one time or monthly – Every gift makes a difference.
For a limited time, each donation you give will be matched 10X – multiplying your impact and providing sustaining support to those who need it most.
If you provide a monthly donation, you:
- Provide sustaining support throughout the year to families in need
- Help us to plan ahead and respond to urgent needs
- Create lasting change for years to come
Your donation to Heifer supports the international programs that need it most. Give one time or monthly – Every gift makes a difference.
For a limited time, each donation you give will be matched 10X – multiplying your impact and providing sustaining support to those who need it most.
If you provide a monthly donation, you:
- Provide sustaining support throughout the year to families in need
- Help us to plan ahead and respond to urgent needs
- Create lasting change for years to come
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Your donation to Heifer supports the international programs that need it most. Give one time or monthly – Every gift makes a difference.
For a limited time, each donation you give will be matched 10X – multiplying your impact and providing sustaining support to those who need it most.
If you provide a monthly donation, you:
- Provide sustaining support throughout the year to families in need
- Help us to plan ahead and respond to urgent needs
- Create lasting change for years to come
Your donation to Heifer supports the international programs that need it most. Give one time or monthly – Every gift makes a difference.
For a limited time, each donation you give will be matched 10X – multiplying your impact and providing sustaining support to those who need it most.
If you provide a monthly donation, you:
- Provide sustaining support throughout the year to families in need
- Help us to plan ahead and respond to urgent needs
- Create lasting change for years to come
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Your donation to Heifer supports the international programs that need it most. Give one time or monthly – Every gift makes a difference.
For a limited time, each donation you give will be matched 10X – multiplying your impact and providing sustaining support to those who need it most.
If you provide a monthly donation, you:
- Provide sustaining support throughout the year to families in need
- Help us to plan ahead and respond to urgent needs
- Create lasting change for years to come
Your donation to Heifer supports the international programs that need it most. Give one time or monthly – Every gift makes a difference.
For a limited time, each donation you give will be matched 10X – multiplying your impact and providing sustaining support to those who need it most.
If you provide a monthly donation, you:
- Provide sustaining support throughout the year to families in need
- Help us to plan ahead and respond to urgent needs
- Create lasting change for years to come
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Your donation to Heifer supports the international programs that need it most. Give one time or monthly – Every gift makes a difference.
For a limited time, each donation you give will be matched 10X – multiplying your impact and providing sustaining support to those who need it most.
If you provide a monthly donation, you:
- Provide sustaining support throughout the year to families in need
- Help us to plan ahead and respond to urgent needs
- Create lasting change for years to come
Your donation to Heifer supports the international programs that need it most. Give one time or monthly – Every gift makes a difference.
For a limited time, each donation you give will be matched 10X – multiplying your impact and providing sustaining support to those who need it most.
If you provide a monthly donation, you:
- Provide sustaining support throughout the year to families in need
- Help us to plan ahead and respond to urgent needs
- Create lasting change for years to come
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1 GIFT = 2X YOUR IMPACT
For a limited time, a group of generous donors will match your monthly donation for 2X the impact.
1 GIFT = 2X YOUR IMPACT
For a limited time, a group of generous donors will match your monthly donation for 2X the impact.
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1 GIFT = 2X YOUR IMPACT
For a limited time, a group of generous donors will match your monthly donation for 2X the impact.
1 GIFT = 2X YOUR IMPACT
For a limited time, a group of generous donors will match your monthly donation for 2X the impact.
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Cambodia Vegetable Value Chain Development
The Cambodia Vegetable Value Chain Development (CVCD) Signature Program is designed to reform vegetable farming using sustainable practices and advanced technologies such as superior seeds, solar water pumps, advanced grading, processing and packaging methods and digital business platforms. By 2027, this project will increase the productivity and market access of 10,150 households, increasing crop yields, promoting environmental sustainability and improving livelihoods.
Poultry Project of National Pride in Cambodia
The Poultry Project of National Pride in Cambodia Signature Program is working to restore Cambodia’s poultry industry by developing cooperative networks and integrating them into broader market systems. Targeting 88,300 households by 2026, this program improves the entire value chain from production to sale. It focuses on establishing infrastructure, such as processing operations and hatcheries, improving poultry health, breeding techniques, and market access to raise incomes for smallholder farmers, and promoting self-reliance in rural communities.
Cambodia Vegetable Value Chain Development
The Cambodia Vegetable Value Chain Development (CVCD) Signature Program is designed to reform vegetable farming using sustainable practices and advanced technologies such as superior seeds, solar water pumps, advanced grading, processing and packaging methods and digital business platforms. By 2027, this project will increase the productivity and market access of 10,150 households, increasing crop yields, promoting environmental sustainability and improving livelihoods.
Poultry Project of National Pride in Cambodia
The Poultry Project of National Pride in Cambodia Signature Program is working to restore Cambodia’s poultry industry by developing cooperative networks and integrating them into broader market systems. Targeting 88,300 households by 2026, this program improves the entire value chain from production to sale. It focuses on establishing infrastructure, such as processing operations and hatcheries, improving poultry health, breeding techniques, and market access to raise incomes for smallholder farmers, and promoting self-reliance in rural communities.
Cambodia Vegetable Value Chain Development
The Cambodia Vegetable Value Chain Development (CVCD) Signature Program is designed to reform vegetable farming using sustainable practices and advanced technologies such as superior seeds, solar water pumps, advanced grading, processing and packaging methods and digital business platforms. By 2027, this project will increase the productivity and market access of 10,150 households, increasing crop yields, promoting environmental sustainability and improving livelihoods.
Poultry Project of National Pride in Cambodia
The Poultry Project of National Pride in Cambodia Signature Program is working to restore Cambodia’s poultry industry by developing cooperative networks and integrating them into broader market systems. Targeting 88,300 households by 2026, this program improves the entire value chain from production to sale. It focuses on establishing infrastructure, such as processing operations and hatcheries, improving poultry health, breeding techniques, and market access to raise incomes for smallholder farmers, and promoting self-reliance in rural communities.
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Economic Enhancement Through Strengthening Beef and Goat Market System
Project Timeline 2024-2025
The Ensuring Nutrition for Children: Milk for School Project (M4SP) aims to enhance the livelihoods of 300 women smallholder dairy farmers and address the nutrition of 1,245 primary school students in the Ullapara sub-district of Sirajganj. Key interventions include establishing a milk chilling center to stabilize milk prices, providing climate-smart livestock training to farmers and distributing yogurt (fortified with iron, iodine, zinc and vitamin A) to students to improve their nutritional intake. This locally led initiative is a collaborative effort among Grameen Danone Foods Ltd., Heifer Bangladesh, Heifer Korea and local farmer producer organizations.
Ensuring Nutrition for Children: Milk for School Project
Project Timeline 2024-2025
The Ensuring Nutrition for Children: Milk for School Project (M4SP) aims to enhance the livelihoods of 300 women smallholder dairy farmers and address the nutrition of 1,245 primary school students in the Ullapara sub-district of Sirajganj. Key interventions include establishing a milk chilling center to stabilize milk prices, providing climate-smart livestock training to farmers and distributing yogurt (fortified with iron, iodine, zinc and vitamin A) to students to improve their nutritional intake. This locally led initiative is a collaborative effort among Grameen Danone Foods Ltd., Heifer Bangladesh, Heifer Korea and local farmer producer organizations.
Promoting Safe Beef and Goat Meat Brand
Project Timeline 2024-2025
The Ensuring Nutrition for Children: Milk for School Project (M4SP) aims to enhance the livelihoods of 300 women smallholder dairy farmers and address the nutrition of 1,245 primary school students in the Ullapara sub-district of Sirajganj. Key interventions include establishing a milk chilling center to stabilize milk prices, providing climate-smart livestock training to farmers and distributing yogurt (fortified with iron, iodine, zinc and vitamin A) to students to improve their nutritional intake. This locally led initiative is a collaborative effort among Grameen Danone Foods Ltd., Heifer Bangladesh, Heifer Korea and local farmer producer organizations.
Strengthening Climate-Smart Vegetable and Flower Value Chain
Project Timeline 2024-2025
The Ensuring Nutrition for Children: Milk for School Project (M4SP) aims to enhance the livelihoods of 300 women smallholder dairy farmers and address the nutrition of 1,245 primary school students in the Ullapara sub-district of Sirajganj. Key interventions include establishing a milk chilling center to stabilize milk prices, providing climate-smart livestock training to farmers and distributing yogurt (fortified with iron, iodine, zinc and vitamin A) to students to improve their nutritional intake. This locally led initiative is a collaborative effort among Grameen Danone Foods Ltd., Heifer Bangladesh, Heifer Korea and local farmer producer organizations.
Resources
Bar / Bat Mitzvah Brochure resource
This brochure will provide you with the right steps to research and implement a Bar or Bat Mitzvah project with Heifer International.
Call to Action
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Bold and unstoppable, women are driving enterprises and strengthening food systems worldwide.
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In Mexico, Indigenous Families Rise With Income in the Hands of Women
Women-led businesses in the Yucatán Peninsula preserve tradition and create new economic prospects.
Milk Magic
In Honduras, a dairy entrepreneur is transforming the industry, creating opportunities for farmers and expanding access to fresh milk for families.
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Women & Inclusion
Inclusion of women and marginalized populations is key to encouraging economic growth in rural areas and ensuring sustainable development.
Food Security
Partnering with farmers to sustainably improve production and build resilient food systems is essential to nourishing a growing global population.
Work and Income
Sustainable Living Incomes
Farming is the primary source of livelihoods in many countries, and it’s also where some of the most transformative economic development opportunities lie.
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Insights from Heifer projects and our work with partners to catalyze local solutions for global impact.
2024: Year In Pictures
January 28, 2025
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A Microloan Powers Progress for a Woman Farmer in Nigeria
August 27, 2025
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Report Finds Agricultural Finance Model Created by Heifer International and Hello Tractor Profitable, Effective
August 26, 2025
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What is a Cooperative?
August 20, 2025
Read The StoryEmmy Rising
August 19, 2025
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Self-Help Groups Are Transforming Women’s Lives in India
August 18, 2025
Read The StoryA Note From the CEO - Summer 2024
August 15, 2025
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Young Innovators Lead Africa’s Food Systems at AYuTe NextGen 2025
August 12, 2025
Read The StoryHow Heifer Supports Farmers Through Education
August 1, 2025
Read The StoryHow Heifer Prevents Zoonotic Diseases, Improves Animal Well-Being
August 1, 2025
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The year 2024 was marked by smallholder farmers and their communities overcoming challenges with bold solutions to reshape the future. Together with governments, businesses, local organizations and dedicated supporters, our global community worked across 19 countries to reimagine food systems, ignite economic growth and care for the Earth we all depend on.
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Our monthly donors – Friends of Heifer – are a community of passionate supporters determined to make a difference through sustaining, monthly contributions.
- Your donation goes to the programs that need it the most so that your contribution is used for continued empowerment
- Receive monthly updates and stories from the field showing the impact of your donation
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“Heifer is a great organization with good ratings really making a difference.”
“Heifer is a great organization with good ratings really making a difference.”
“I’ve always liked Heifer and decided to do monthly giving because I’m so busy and would never have time to do it manually and reliably.”
“I’ve always liked Heifer and decided to do monthly giving because I’m so busy and would never have time to do it manually and reliably.”
“Food insecurity is a problem that is affecting many people worldwide and I wanted to help.”
“Food insecurity is a problem that is affecting many people worldwide and I wanted to help.”
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A Seed That Is Planted
Your donation goes toward programs that provide training for farmers so they can escape the cycle of survival
A Blossom of Promise
After receiving initial training, farmers receive equipment, animals or continued guidance, learning what it takes to grow skills and business acumen
A Thriving Harvest
Farmers become connected to communities and cooperatives, passing along their knowledge and sharing resources to help entire communities thrive
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We partner with smallholder farmers – especially women farmers – to improve their families’ food security and increase their incomes.
We offer tools, training and resources that help farmers work together to build profitable, sustainable businesses with strong market linkages.
52.6 million
Households assisted since Heifer International began in 1944
19 countries
Heifer International works globally, with projects in progress across four continents
4 million
Households assisted since 2012
9.4 million
People trained by Heifer since 2012, of which 64% are women
19
countries in which Heifer is currently operating
1
m+
active participant households in Heifer programs
$
76
m
total sales by Heifer-supported agricultural enterprises
in Fiscal Year 2024
9
m
people trained by Heifer
since 2012
67
%
of Heifer program participants in 2024 were women
52
m
households assisted since 1944
19
countries in which Heifer is currently operating
1
m+
active participant households in Heifer programs
$
76
m
total sales by Heifer-supported agricultural enterprises
in Fiscal Year 2024
9
m
people trained by Heifer
since 2012
52
m
households assisted
since 1944
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Our work is organized into signature programs that are focused on large-scale, measurable and sustainable impact achieved by building partnerships at all levels, including community organizations, farmer cooperatives, local and national governments, businesses and international funding institutions. Each program supports farmers through time-bound projects designed to increase their household income.
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Our work is organized into signature programs that are focused on large-scale, measurable and sustainable impact achieved by building partnerships at all levels, including community organizations, farmer cooperatives, local and national governments, businesses and international funding institutions. Each program supports farmers through time-bound projects designed to increase their household income.
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