Initiatives
 Agroecology
 Animal Well-Being
 Gender Equity
 HIV-AIDS
 Microenterprise
 Urban Agriculture
 Young People’s Initiative
Agroecology
 The sustainable use and
 That means everything is
management of natural
resources, accomplished
by using social, cultural,
economic, political and
ecological methods that
work together to achieve
sustainable agriculture
production.
working together to help
save the environment – a
healing touch for our
planet that helps reduce
our environmental
footprint, the impact
each one of us makes.
Animal Well-Being
Heifer International general
Animal Well-Being
Guidelines include:
 Giving preference to
purchasing animals that
are already acclimatized to
the local area
 Providing sufficient
training to farmers before
they receive any livestock
 Using appropriate shelter
and separate pens for
animals of different species
 Teaching zero-grazing
techniques, which enhance
animal health and ensure
that adequate feed and
water are provided
 Emphasizing nutrition,
including providing clean
water at least once a day
 Encouraging indigenous
breeding
 Providing project
participants with initial
vaccinations
Gender Equity
 Heifer's Gender
Equity Initiative is
rooted in their vision of
justice — a vision
that values women, men,
girls, and boys equally
and enables them to be
crucial partners for
truth, justice and
sustainable
development.
HIV-AIDS
 AIDS is a particular
threat to food security,
due to the loss of the
most economically able
and productive members
of a society. Uninfected
family members,
sometimes school age
children, must also
sacrifice to care for those
infected.
 This brings a double
burden of the loss of
present human capital
and future social,
economic and political
transformation and
stability. This health and
social epidemic, often
times, affects farmer
communities and groups
receiving assistance from
Heifer.
Microenterprise
 Heifer's partners from
the Philippines to Peru
are cashing in on the
earning potential of their
small farms by using
limited resources and
investments to develop
small businesses.
 These micro-enterprise
programs build on their
unique ideas and skills,
empowering them to
create their own
economic opportunities
and achieve selfsufficiency.
Urban Agriculture
 Heifer International’s Urban
Agriculture program is
growing goodness, changing
lives and building
communities in the heart of
North America’s big cities.
Heifer supports grassroots
organizations that help
communities reclaim and
support local food
systems.
 Inner-city youth learn
entrepreneurial skills and the
value of healthy eating by
planting vegetables, growing
flowers, and selling produce
to local markets. Immigrants
share community gardens
and their indigenous
agricultural practices, which
builds bridges between
cultures. Disabled citizens
use therapeutic gardening to
reconnect with the earth and
their communities.
Young People’s Initiative
 Heifer International’s
Young People’s Initiative
(YPI) is an initiative
aiming at empowering
young people with skills,
tools, opportunities and
involving them to affect
positive change in their
lives, communities and
the world at large.
Gift Catalogue
 Heifer
 Flock of Ducks
 Sheep
 Flock of Geese
 Llama
 Trio of Rabbits
 Water Buffalo
 Gift Ark
 Goat
 Joy to the World
 Milk Menagerie
 Flock of Hope
 Knitting Basket
 Trees
 Livestock Development
 Honeybees
 Flock of Chicks
 Many more…
Heifer $500 or $50/share
 When a family has a cow,
every morning there's a
glass of rich milk for the
children to drink before
heading off to school.
Classes are paid with the
income from the sale of
milk, and there's even
enough to share with the
neighbours.
Sheep $120 or $10/share
 Entire communities
depend on wool and
meat from sheep.
Struggling families use
sheep's wool to make
clothes, or sell it for extra
income. Sheep often give
birth to twins or triplets
and can graze even the
hilliest, rockiest pastures
unsuitable for other
livestock.
Flock of Chicks $20
 Heifer helps many hungry
families with a starter flock
of 10 to 50 chicks. A good
hen can lay up to 200 eggs
a year - plenty to eat, share
or sell. With Heifer
recipients' commitment to
pass on the offspring and
training, the exponential
impact of adding chickens
to communities in poverty
is truly a model that helps
end hunger and poverty.
Honeybees $30
 As bees search for nectar,
they pollinate plants.
Placed strategically,
beehives can as much as
double some fruit and
vegetable yields. In this
way, a beehive can be a
boost to a whole village.
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that raises money for
Heifer. Join the work to
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and care for the earth.
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Today to sign your team
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