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Heifer Project International
At our annual Giving Fair, Heifer Project Animal Cards are offered as an alternative
to traditional Christmas Gifts.
Today, millions of people who were once hungry will be nourished by milk, eggs and
fresh vegetables.
Families who for generations knew only poverty will be building new homes and starting
businesses.
Children who once headed out to the fields to do backbreaking work will be heading
into schoolrooms to learn to read. People who never thought they'd be in a position
to help someone else will be experiencing the joy of giving.
How is this possible? With Heifer's proven approach – almost 60 years in the
making – to helping people obtain a sustainable source of food and income.
Cornerstones
guide our efforts to alleviate hunger and care for the earth.
“Passing
on the Gift” means recipients agree to share the offspring of gift
animals with others in need, making them equal partners with Heifer in the fight
against world hunger.
Community Involvement drives our work, because we provide animals and training
to organized local groups that request assistance.
Caring for the Earth & Agroecology infuses everything we do, because
a community's ability to support itself depends on its ability to preserve and protect
its land, its water and its other natural resources.
http://www.heifer.org