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The Success of the Berdashen Community in the Framework of the CARMAC Project

The Berdashen community of Armenia, part of the World Bank and Republic of Armenia’s joint effort, the Community Agricultural Resource Management and Competitiveness (CARMAC) project, is seeing success. Heifer Armenia contributes to this project and supports targeted communities with capacity-building measures involving technical assistance and cost-sharing for the purchase of agricultural equipment.

Heifer Recognized by Vietnam Union of Friendship

Heifer Vietnam and 51 other international non-governmental organizations received certificates for their remarkable contributions to poverty alleviation and sustainable development this year at a ceremony on December 16, 2012, in Hanoi.

Heifer Vietnam Seals Partnership to Aid Farmers

Dang Thi Doan Trang, country director of Heifer Vietnam, and Kare Borseth Ronningen, country director of Norwegian Mission Alliance Vietnam (NMA –V), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on December 12, 2012, in Hochiminh City.

2012 Golden Talent Awardee Creates Ripple Effect in Community

Aurora Swine Raisers and Farmer’s Association (ASFA) self-help group (SHG) members in the Philippines credit their fruit-bearing status to the leadership of a woman whose example created a ripple effect not only among members, but among the entire community, 2012 Golden Talent recipient Luzvisminda Rangas Sinagan.

Full Participation is Tradition in Peru

In Peruvian communities, there is still a strong effort to preserve ancestral heritage. Ayni and Minka are Incan practices and traditions that represent and encourage the ideas of sharing workloads, helping others and cooperation–just like the Full Participation cornerstone of Heifer International’s 12 Cornerstones of Just and Sustainable Development.

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