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Insights from Heifer projects and our work with partners to catalyze local solutions for global impact.

Heifer Ecuador Banks on Family Farming to Fend Off Malnutrition
A woman at her farm in Ecuador.

Food & Water

Heifer Ecuador Banks on Family Farming to Fend Off Malnutrition

While COVID-19 remains at the forefront of the global conversation, another emergency — malnutrition — persists in Ecuador. Heifer believes...

Breaking the Cycle of Illiteracy: One Family’s Gender Reckoning
An Indian woman stands amid her goat herd, smiling at the camera and balancing a bowl of fodder on her head.

Equality

Breaking the Cycle of Illiteracy: One Family’s Gender Reckoning

After joining a Heifer India project in 2013, Panchu Devi learned to write — and to rethink, together with her family, long-held beliefs about...

Creating Economic Opportunity in the Northern Triangle: Breaking Down Barriers to Stimulate Recovery
A Honduran business owner holds up the cheese he makes and sells for income.

Announcements

Creating Economic Opportunity in the Northern Triangle: Breaking Down Barriers to Stimulate Recovery

A new Center for Strategic and International Studies report recommends the U.S. government prioritize reforms that reduce the barriers to growth...

‘You Learn From the Setbacks’: Kenyan Youth Weather Pandemic Together
A community vaccinator gives a presentation on improved chicken management techniques to a poultry farmer standing beside him.

Food & Water

‘You Learn From the Setbacks’: Kenyan Youth Weather Pandemic Together

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Kenyan poultry farmer Victor Odero and community vaccinator Calvin Swaga are honing their skills, expanding their...

Guatemalan Spice Farmers Forge Path to Fair Pay
A close up shot of freshly-picked green cardamom seeds.

Announcements

Guatemalan Spice Farmers Forge Path to Fair Pay

While companies, traders and intermediaries extract profit from cardamom, producers struggle to get by. Heifer Guatemala's Green Business Belt...

Announcing the Champions of the Inaugural AYuTe Africa Challenge
Three Ugandan youths pose side by side in a field of corn.

Announcements

Announcing the Champions of the Inaugural AYuTe Africa Challenge

Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu and Jehiel Oliver won Heifer International's AYuTe Africa Challenge, an annual competition that awards cash grants to young...

New Pricing Model Takes on Poverty-Ridden Coffee Industry
A close up shot of a farmer's hands inspecting a red coffee berry.

Food & Water

New Pricing Model Takes on Poverty-Ridden Coffee Industry

Heifer International, Bellwether Coffee and Sustainable Harvest developed a new pricing model to tackle the enduring crisis of poverty in coffee...

Aftershocks in Haiti: Recovery Underway Despite Cracks in the System
Two Heifer employees distribute orange tarps to Haitian residents from the back of a truck.

Announcements

Aftershocks in Haiti: Recovery Underway Despite Cracks in the System

As strong aftershocks from the Haiti earthquake continue, Heifer has sourced and begun distributing 1,600 tarps to those hardest hit.