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Heifer Haiti Distributes Food to Hurricane Sandy Victims

Last Friday we posted about emergency efforts that were underway to help the people of Haiti affected by Hurricane Sandy. Yesterday, Heifer Haiti’s Country Director, Hervil Cherubin, let us know that...

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Poverty in the U.S.: The Stories You Don’t Hear

The home page for Bus 52 where you can keep track of where the bus is going and view the videos of where they've been. It’s easy to become mired in hunger and poverty statistics. As people the world...

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Heifer CEO in Nepal: First Steps into Sustainability

On his first day in Nepal, Heifer International President and CEO Pierre Ferrari found himself among a group of withdrawn yet excited women in an unused classroom in the village of Kabilash in Chitwan...

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Container Gardens From Malawi

Here’s a clever idea from the industrious women of Gideon village in Malawi, who grow heaps of healthy greens right beside their front doors. Grace Banda, a 28-year-old mother of four, keeps a line of...

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Happy International Day of Families

Teghenik, Armenia — Heifer beneficiary Tsovinar Davtyan prepares cheese, the sale of which supports her children and grandchildren. Photo by Geoff Oliver Bugbee “Families hold societies together, and...

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Diversified Farming Grows Income and Nutrition

Osvaldo Clavo transformed his family’s farm from a single-crop coffee farm to one teeming with biodiversity with gifts of livestock and training from Heifer International Peru. You can support more...

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Protect Our Pollinators

Imagine if you showed up to your local grocery store, only to find one-third of the food gone. If we don’t protect our pollinators, we could end up with a dire food situation. This is National...

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Watch a Queen Bee Lay Eggs

Buy some bees for a family in need! Bees are pretty amazing. I had always wondered what a queen bee looks like, and thanks to our folks at Heifer Farm, now I know. That’s not a queen bee. You have to...

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We Can Achieve Zero Hunger Together

What if there were a club to end hunger for good? As of today, there is. It’s called Community for Zero Hunger, and we are excited to announce Heifer International, through CEO Pierre Ferrari, will...

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Nepal Visit Fills Heads, Hearts of Heifer Board Members

Photos and video by Geoff Oliver Bugbee Heifer International is proud to have a board of directors who invest their expertise, resources, money and time with passion and commitment to further our...

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Innovations to Help Curb Food Waste

I ate a huge plate of food at lunch at a new Mexican restaurant the other day. Absolutely more than I needed. But I can’t stand to see food go to waste, you know? And I wasn’t in a position to take...

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From the Field: Uniting Families

This weekly post shines a light on a handful of stories from Heifer.org’s “From the Field” section. Armenia Working abroad is sometimes the only source of income for families in rural Armenia. Vram...

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Bolivia’s Indigenous Care for the Cacao Trees

Editor’s note: The original story was written by Napoleón Calcina from the Heifer International Bolivia office in honor of the United Nations International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. Read...

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From the Field: The Joy of Increase

This weekly post shines a light on a handful of stories from Heifer.org’s “From the Field” section. Guatemala Last year, 16 families in Nilla village received the gift of honey bees. They learned how...

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Bolivian Farmer Appreciates Value of Organic Farming

Editor’s note: Video by Napoleon Calcina from our Heifer Bolivia office. Photo courtesy of Heifer International. Everyday, Julia Mamani gets up very early to start her work as a producer with the...

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