Relief Effort Underway After Volcanic Eruption in Guatemala

Heifer International has been closely monitoring the eruption of the Volcán de Fuego or the Volcano of Fire in Guatemala, which began Sunday and continues to produce smoke, ash and other volcanic material. The eruption has killed at least 75 and affected more than 1 million people in the southern region of th...

Date: Jun 6th, 2018  |  Category: What's New with Heifer

https://www.heifer.org/join-the-conversation/blog/2018/june/heifer-repsonds-to-guatemala-volanic-eruption.html

Disaster Support in Guatemala in Wake of Floods, Mudslides

On the night of September 27, heavy rains poured onto Alta Verapaz in the Polochic River Basin, where several Heifer Guatemala projects live. In the Pantic, Tamahú and Alta Verapaz communities there were floods and mudslides that affected 200 people. Two are deceased and 8 are still missing. These events initiated...

Date: Oct 10th, 2017  |  Category: What's New with Heifer

https://www.heifer.org/join-the-conversation/blog/2017/October/guatemala-floods.html

HEIFER HAPPY SOUL MUG

Sip your favorite warm beverage from this unique stoneware mug.

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Innovative Ideas Leading the Way in Guatemala

By Jason Woods, World Ark senior editor Cardamom is the third-most expensive spice in the world, and Guatemala exports more of it than any other country. But in the highlands of the Central American country, the farmers who depend on the crop receive only a small fraction of its final worth. Normall...

Date: Jul 31st, 2017  |  Category: Heifer Bulletin

https://www.heifer.org/join-the-conversation/magazine/2017/fall/innovative-ideas-leading-way-guatemala.html

Heifer Provides Emergency Supplies for Quake Victims

Rolando Lopez, communications coordinator for Heifer Guatemala An update from Rolando Lopez, communications coordinator for Heifer Guatemala: Heifer International regrets the loss of human lives and damage caused by the eruption of the Volcán de Fu...

Date: Jun 13th, 2018  |  Category: What's New with Heifer

https://www.heifer.org/join-the-conversation/blog/2018/june/heifer-provides-emergency-supplies-for-quake-victims.html

Remix Tired Holiday Traditions with a Latin American twist

There’s plenty going on in the United States in October, November and December, with our trick-or-treating at Halloween, Norman Rockwell-worthy turkeys at Thanksgiving, the Christmas tree towering o...

https://www.heifer.org/join-the-conversation/blog/2018/October/hype-up-your-holidays-with-death-demons-and-root-vegetables.html

Poverty and Violence Leave Hondurans No Option But to Leave Home

...at Heifer International. On October 13, a group of 2,000 people left San Pedro Sula, Honduras, headed north toward the United States. As the caravan traveled, more Hondurans as well as some Guatemalans, Nicaraguans, Salvadorians and Mexicans joined.  In response to the caravan, President Donald Trump said the U.S. government will cut international aid to the Honduras, Guatemala and El ...

Date: Oct 24th, 2018  |  Category: Citizens Without Borders

https://www.heifer.org/join-the-conversation/blog/2018/October/poverty-and-violence-leave-hondurans-no-option-but-to-leave-home.html

4 Chilling and Thrilling Tales from Parts Unknown

One of the best parts of traveling to Heifer projects is when the people we meet around the world regal us with local ghost stories and legends. Here are a few of the tales we’ve heard that spooked ...

https://www.heifer.org/join-the-conversation/blog/2018/October/spooky-stories-from-around-the-world.html

A new caravan of Hondurans hopes to leave violence and poverty behind

...ff are keeping an eye on not only on the progress of the caravan of Honduran people, but also on the humanitarian and political reception they get as they travel north. While governments in Guatemala and Mexico are under pressure to close the borders, people, poor people, are organizing shelters and collecting food to feed the migrant caravan. A fantastic example of solidarity when bigot...

Date: Oct 19th, 2018  |  Category: Citizens Without Borders

https://www.heifer.org/join-the-conversation/blog/2018/October/caravan-of-hondurans-hopes-to-leave-poverty-behind.html

5 Ways to Celebrate World Food Day in Your Classroom

Celebrate World Food Day with Heifer on October 16th! By educating your students about food and how they can take action to end food insecurity at home and abroad, you can help us along the path towar...

https://www.heifer.org/join-the-conversation/blog/2018/October/5-ways-to-celebrate-world-food-day-in-your-classroom.html