Africa

Florence of Zambia's Testimony: Heifer's gift of livestock

Zambia: Florence Yotamu's Testimony
Florence Yotamu is the chairperson of Twalumba Women's Draft Cattle Project and has been divorced since 1996. She says her husband abandoned her with three sons for an educated woman. Farming was the option she turned to in order to support herself and her three children. On rented land, she could not even produce enough grain to last the year. "My family survived like that until Heifer International introduced draft animals and training."
Read more of Florence's testimony of perserverance.

Cynthia's Hope for a Better Future in South Africa

South Africa: Cynthia's Hope for a Better Future
Cynthia is a single mother and the only breadwinner of her family of seven. Just a few months ago, her family's financial well-being depended on small part-time jobs that she managed to find from time-to-time. But without a permanent income, the family struggled with food insecurity. Not having a warm and healthy meal was part of everyday life. At the beginning of 2011, Cynthia started her journey with Heifer and Cynthia's family's life started to change.

Heifer Gives A Bright Future to Two Boys in Malawi

Malawi: A Bright Future for Two Boys in Malawi
Their names are Garfield and Mizeki — two precious little boys in Malawi. It was in December of 2001 that their grandfather, Daniel, received a cow from Heifer International that he knew would be the key to Garfield and Mizeki's future. Since then, their farm and prosperity have both grown by leaps and bounds.
Read more of this heartwarming story.

Valuable Support for the Most Vulnerable Children in Tanzania

Tanzania: Valuable Support for the Most Vulnerable Children
It was a day to remember for the orphan and disabled children who are normally referred to as the Most Vulnerable Children (MVC) of Zinga village in Tanzania when International School of Tanganyika (IST) students donated chickens and dairy goats through Heifer International's Read to Feed program. Heifer International Tanzania's objective for this project is to enable MVC, most of whom live on less than US$ 1 a day, to realize some extra income through sale of eggs, chicken, live goats and surplus milk to enable them to buy basic households and school requirements.
Learn how Heifer's Read to Feed program beneffited the Most Vulnerable Children in Tanzania.

Joining the Chain of Giving in Rwanda

Rwanda: Joining the Chain of Giving
At a Heifer International “Passing of the Gift” ceremony that took place outside Kigali, Rwanda, one-hundred fifty farmers, officials and celebratory dancers took part in the joyous occasion to mark the “passing on” gift of a dairy cow from 22 Heifer donors to 22 recipients. The donors were themselves recipients of a Heifer International gift of livestock, and were fulfilling their commitment to give their cow’s first-born female to another needy recipient. The donations represented the sixth generation of giving for the vibrant, successful Heifer dairy cow project in Jabana, beginning with 172 animals in 2004, almost doubling in size to 321 cows in 2009. .
Learn how you can join the chain of giving in Rwanda

Cows from Heifer Help Rwandan Community Heal after Genocide

Rwanda: Miracle Cows in Rwanda
After losing everything in the horrible genocidal war that ravaged Rwanda in 1994, Christine Makahumure heard about an organization that was giving out cows. With little else to hope for, she applied for help. And soon after, Christine received her cow from Heifer International. In Rwanda, where a little more than a decade ago, neighbors were killing one another, Heifer's project partners are finding hope through their Cows of Peace.
Read more about the Cows for Peace Project in Rwanda.

Dairy Developments for Small Farmers in Africa

Africa: Gates Foundation grant empowers 179,000 dairy farmers through EADD
Through a generous gift from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Heifer is working through the East African Dairy Development (EADD) to empower 179,000 dairy farmers double their milk production and develop refrigeration cooperatives so that the farmers can get more milk to market. Watch the video to see the impact this project is having on small farmers in Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda.
Learn more about Heifer's partnership with the Gates Foundation

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