Stories From the Field
Armenian Youth Develop Entrepreneurial Spirit
To own a business, you need relevant knowledge, a project, responsibility and the initiative to start. Heifer International is providing business training to more than 200 members of 20 YES! Youth Clubs in rural Armenian communities. This training encourages an … Continue reading →
Literacy Skill Inspires a Woman to Learn
Eap Sat is a widow who works very hard to feed her six children in the village of Cheung Toek, in the Baphnom district of the Prey Veng province in Cambodia. As a child, she never had the opportunity to … Continue reading →
Songsri Mitsathit – an Agent for Change
Sangin Nuea is a small Karen village in the remote mountain range of Omkoi district, Chiang Mai province. This is where Ms. Songsri Mitsathit’s family lives. She has been a Community Facilitator (CF) in the Pwo Karen Women Empowerment for … Continue reading →
Cynthia’s Hope for a Better Future
It is a cold Thursday in Thafeni, a small village approximately 50 kilometers from Port Shepstone, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Somewhere among a group of 172 members of the Sukuma Poultry Project is Ms. Cynthia Khambule, 54. Dressed in a brown … Continue reading →
Out of Extreme Poverty
Agricultural Production and Youth Development to Build Sustainable Livelihoods in Shirakamut Village The Martirosyan family, Hayk, 32, his wife Ani, 28, and their 4-month-old son Imberd, live in Shirakamut community of Armenia’s Shirak region. Hayk and Ani, married for two … Continue reading →
Heifer is Empowering Women in India
Amka Village is one village where Heifer’s Adharshila-Empowering Women through Self-Help Groups (SHGs), Livelihoods and Community Action project is being implemented. Through this project, 250 original families are benefiting, and another 500 Passing on the Gift (POG) families will benefit … Continue reading →
Heifer Honduras is Helping Coffee-Growing Families Diversify Production
Testimonies from Coffee-Growing Families in Honduras Family: Esteves-Hernández from the community of Capucas in the municipality of San Pedro, department of Copan Mr. Ramón Arturo Esteves (36), who attended school until the third grade and Marlen Hernandez (35), who attended … Continue reading →
Heifer’s 12 Cornerstones Help Improve Lives in Cambodia
Mrs. Vorng Sophoan, 40, and her husband, Nhem Seab, 42, live with their three children in Beng village, Prey Pone commune, Kampong Trabek district, Svay Rieng province. In October 2009, when Heifer’s Women’s Empowerment and Holistic Community Development project started … Continue reading →
Heifer Peru’s Program Wins Prize for Sustainable Tourism Experience
Heifer International’s Peru Country Program has recently won that national contest for Innovation and Good Practices in Rural Community Tourism with the work they have done with the project “Sustainable development in the Small Farming Community of Muchik, Chongoyape, Lambayeque.” … Continue reading →
Working Hard and Seeing Results in San Carlos Alzatate
Amelio Esteban Méndez lives in the community of Zarza Negra, San Carlos Alzatate in the department of Jalapa, Guatemala, along with his wife, Francisca Hernández Santiago and their eight children. Amelio’s family takes part in a Heifer project implemented in … Continue reading →
