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As a part of Friends of Heifer®, your generous support each month is making a profound difference in the lives of Heifer project participants around the world. Read these exclusive stories about how your support helps lift families out of hunger and poverty.
Like many of the farmers in his small community near Colonia Yucatán in Eastern Mexico, José Eliseo Uicab Ay rises before the sun comes up.
Ershad and his wife, Shilpi, live in Khoyra, Bangladesh, a small village where life once felt impossible for their family.
Read More About Dreams Restored: A Family’s Rise from Struggle to StabilityFor Rilli Maya Rai, the day’s work begins early.
Read More About How Rilli Grew Her HerdKusu Maya Malla’s days used to consist of household chores, tending to the goats and fields of her family’s small farm, and raising her three children in the hilly region of Parbat, in central Nepal.
Read More About Online Vet Training Opens Doors for a Mother in NepalNeydi Guzmán grew up in the mountains of northeastern Honduras, where she still lives with her family.
Read More About Honduran Cacao Farmers Build a FutureFatuma Auma is a smallholder farmer, a nursery schoolteacher and a mother of four.
Read More About Fatuma Harvests a Brighter Future for Her ChildrenJuana and Carlos’ new life began with a flock of more than 65 chicks.
Read More About Cracking the Code to SuccessBabilata Das and her husband, Sanjay, used to work their land at the mercy of erratic rain showers.
Read More About Hatching Hope One Chicken at a TimeBefore you and other generous monthly supporters came into his life, every day was a challenge for Damien Ndabukiye in rural Rwanda.
Read More About Dairy Farming Provides the Path to Prosperity in RwandaLiving in the rolling grasslands of Kapeke, Uganda, 24-year-old Eric gets up each morning to tackle his responsibilities as the head of his household.
Read More About Empowering Young Farmers to Lead the WayIn Guatemala, rural farmers across the country must carefully manage three main agricultural elements: water, sunlight and soil.
Read More About Zoila and Francisco’s Key to Success? Water.In Rwanda, more than 70% of the country’s women are involved in farming, but women still face more barriers than men. The Abihuje Women’s Self-Help group formed in 2018 to address inequality in agriculture.
Read More About Strength in Numbers for Rwandan WomenMost of the families and farmers whose lives you touch as a Friend of Heifer have experienced some form of trauma. But those endured by Orn Chanraun, a mother of 10 who lives in central Cambodia, are among the most chilling.
Read More About Turning Heartache into HopeThis month, people all over the world are expressing their love with chocolate. Some of that chocolate originates in Central American countries like Honduras.
Read More About Chocolate: How Sweet It IsEli, a 7-year-old from upstate New York, worked with his family to raise enough money from friends, neighbors and members of his church to buy an Ark from the Heifer Catalog.
Learn More About The Story of Eli's ArkThanks to your steadfast support, Heifer has helped Ambia and thousands of women farmers in Bangladesh.
Read More About Ambia's Enduring AmbitionLong before she ever heard of Passing on the Gift®, Bhagawati Parajuli understood the value of giving.
Read More About The Inspiration of ChangeFungaimudoti Mafuta and his wife, Kudakwashe, are farmers in Matamba, a town in the center of Zimbabwe. For years they struggled from lack of resources.
Read More About Golden Opportunities and TalentHeifer’s Cardaforestry project is an exciting initiative that helps cardamom farmers in Guatemala increase their incomes and strengthen their role in the lengthy supply chain that moves cardamom from their farms to your table.
Read More About A Spicy Solution To PovertyThanks to your support that provided the Ntosos with their first cow, they established a thriving dairy enterprise augmented by multiple sources of income. They now have a bright vision for their future.
Read More About Much to Smile About in MalawiPatrick and Bisentina Odoki have lost track of all the ways their lives have changed for the better since they received a pregnant dairy cow from Heifer.
Read More About From Civil Conflict to Flourishing FamilyJuvy Hesita and her family, who live on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines, have seen for themselves the difference Heifer’s approach makes. Let’s explore their family farm and the impact of your gift.
Read More About So Much More Than an AnimalAfter suffering twin natural disasters in August, Haiti was in need of something to celebrate. On October 31st they had a reason to. In collaboration with the Municipal Administration of Anse-à-Pitres, Heifer Haiti opened a marketplace that will be truly transformative for smallholder farmers and entrepreneurs across southeast Haiti.
Read More About New Local Market Bright Spot For HaitiLife is good on the Budha’s farm, where they live in a house surrounded by healthy goats, chickens and water buffalo. Through the Pragatishil self-help group that Heifer organized, Basmati received training in animal management, nutrition and breeding; planting fodder and kitchen gardens.
Read More About Life Is GoodWhile Heifer’s work has always focused on hunger, poverty and environmental sustainability, in recent years, we realized that water needed to be a focus as well — because without community access and management of water, our project participants simply cannot achieve their goals.
Read More About Water Has Brought Back Our DignitySavi’s life began to brighten in 2018 when Heifer launched a project in her community designed to help small-scale farmers like her bring their goods to market.
Read More About The CaregiverWith the family’s most basic needs met, Sharada Devi has begun to make plans for the future. She hopes to buy land and build a better house with space for more goats.
Read More About A Mother's Entrepreneurship Reunites Her FamilyAfter Heifer sent Santos to a three-month training in financial management, she returned with the knowledge and drive to create a savings bank. It has a dozen members who call themselves “Save Today to Have Tomorrow.”
Read More About Save Today to Have TomorrowBenjamin loves to learn and hoped one day to become a teacher. His family did not have enough money for him or his siblings to go beyond primary school. But today thanks to your support, Benjamin is learning again.
Read More About Benjamin’s Burgeoning BusinessWith the help of Heifer, Rosalinda and her group created increasing numbers of intricately designed garments dyed and woven with the ruby red of cochinillas and colors from other natural dyes.
Read More About Preserving Her HeritageThis month we explore the lives of Wheybrow Mwampashi, his wife Roida Mwamlima, their son Benjamin, and daughter Beatrice.
Read More About Wheybrow’s Way with Words and Roida's Faith in the Future
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