From the Field

Project Participant's Filial Love: Love With a Clear Conscience

Tian Yihua is well-known around her village in China for her filial spirit, sacrificing her time to take care of her ailing mother-in-law and sacrificing a kidney to save her brother's life. Now she is a Heifer project participant, planning to make full use of her potential and carrying forward the spirit of self-reliance by continuing to pass compassion forward onto others.

Project Participation and Cornerstones Training Transform Family

Merina Tudu lives with her husband Rupen and their 1 1/2-year-old son in Holdibona village, Bangladesh. It was very difficult for them to meet daily living expenses with the income Rupen brought home as a day laborer. When the idea of the Heifer project came up, Rupen was not interested in letting his wife be involved. When they did join the project they received training on Heifer’s 12 Cornerstones for Just and Sustainable Development, which dramatically changed Rupen’s thinking in a positive way. Merina is very active in the self-help group now and has already passed on gifts to other group members.

From Literacy Facilitator to Village Chief

Heifer Cambodia project participant Reoun Theourk, 31, left school in the sixth grade because of her family's poor living conditions. In 2011, she was selected to be a Literacy Facilitator and began changing her life with the help of Heifer Cambodia and Disability Development Services Program. Her community rewarded her efforts and elected her as a village chief.

Improving Incomes in Central America through Agriculture

Heifer is working with communities in Honduras and Guatemala to create livestock and agriculture businesses, which help residents overcome poverty and malnutrition. Pierre Ferrari, Heifer's President and CEO, visited these projects in March 2013 and attended a Passing on the Gift® (POG) ceremony in Guatemala. There, project participants gave him a goat to symbolize their gift to Heifer to pass on to communities around the world.

Heifer-Supported Initiative Wins Award from Brazilian Government

March 13, 2013, will not soon be forgotten by Maria Rosa Lewitzki and Claudete Dupezaki, members of Living Water (Agua Viva), a group of women agroecologists in the community of Gois Artigas, Inacio Martins, Parana, Brazil. On that day, in Brasilia, in the presence of President Dilma Rousseff, the women received the “Rural Women Producers for a Sustainable Brazil” award on behalf of their group. The award, which includes a trophy and a cash prize, is given by the Secretary for Women’s Policies for the President of the Republic.

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