Since 1944, we have helped more than 46 million families lift themselves out of hunger and poverty by providing livestock, training, tools and education.
Your life-changing gift through Heifer International will help a family...
start a business 📈
feed their families 🍅
send their kids to school 📚
empower their community 🤝
and create brighter futures ☀️
Turn your generosity into a lifetime of opportunity today.
Divine received the gift of a cow more than 10 years ago. Now, he owns EIGHTEEN cows and successfully runs a business selling milk and yogurt.
His family no longer has a problem keeping food in the house, and he can cover basic needs and education for his children!
@justinhendrix
Justin, we are having a COW about this wonderful support! We are so moo-ved! Even better? Right now these donations are being DOUBLE MATCHED! Thank you for helping us in our fight to end hunger and poverty! You Rock!
Our goats have made their prediction for tonight's big game! 🏈
They picked last year's winner correctly, so let's see if can they go two in a row! Agree or disagree??
Have you heard the news?
@UzoAduba
is our first Ambassador to Africa! This piece from
@Refinery29
shares about Uzo and how she champions women and our partnership.
Not only do we provide livestock and training to small-scale farmers, we also give them the tools that they need to improve their farms and homes.
In this Tanzanian photo of the week, Wheybrow Mwampashi repairs his milking pen using tools he received from Heifer International.
Since 2008,
@worldbuilders
has raised more than $10 million for Heifer.
Hear from New York Times bestselling author and founder of Worldbuilders,
@PatrickRothfuss
, as he discusses this year's fundraiser, what it means to be a geek, and much more.
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@puckjim
WOW! Thanks for thinking of us and for spreading the word about Heifer International! This year marks our 75th anniversary of ending hunger and poverty while caring for the Earth. This wouldn't be possible without amazing supporters like YOU! Lean more at:
Emmy has shot to the top of her class since she started getting a few square meals a day!
Read her story and learn how goats are helping her incredible great-grandmother provide for their entire family.
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Emmy has shot to the top of her class since she started getting a few square meals a day!
Read her story and learn how goats are helping her incredible great-grandmother provide for their entire family.
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The gift of a cow:
✅Provides milk and nourishment to hungry families.
✅Boosts income through sales of extra milk.
✅Enables entire communities to benefit through Passing on the Gift.
AND, when you
#GiveHeifer
today, your donation will be DOUBLED!
In many communities around the world, water is scarce. In others, it is contaminated.
Heifer helps install pumps, so families can have regular access to clean water. Give the gift of clean water today on
#WorldWaterDay
, and your donation will be DOUBLED!
A family receives a cow and training in its care... They earn extra income from selling milk... Now, they can buy food, medicine and education for their children... Children grow up healthy and break out of the cycle of poverty! ❤️
And it all starts with the gift of a cow. 🐮
We are deeply saddened by the passing of actor and long-time Heifer supporter, Ed Asner.
His generosity still lives in the gifts he made to struggling families around the world.
@justinhendrix
WOW, Justin, thank you so much for your support! It means a lot to us! Here is a blog post about how the gift of a cow helped change a family's fortune in Tanzania:
When women have control over their income, they reinvest in their families.
🌽Everyone eats nutritious food.
📚Kids go to school.
💊Families get better health care.
And women work together, like this group in Nepal, they can transform entire communities!
#PhotooftheWeek
𝙎𝘼𝙑𝙀 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝘽𝙀𝙀𝙎. 𝙎𝘼𝙑𝙀 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙒𝙊𝙍𝙇𝘿.
Bees don't just make honey, they pollinate a huge percent of the food we eat every day.
Here are 5 easy ways you can support these crucial buzzers.
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Music legend Willie Nelson has supported family farmers for decades.
In the latest issue of Heifer's World Ark Magazine, we sat down with Nelson to talk about music, farming and everything in between. Read more:
World renowned chef and
@BravoTopChef
lead judge
@tomcolicchio
has used his prominence in the food world to advocate for ending childhood hunger in the U.S.
Join us today as
@HeiferCEO
and Tom discuss the importance of nutrition education.
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Did you know alpacas are earth-friendly? 🌎
Their unique hooves allow them to walk without disturbing soil, and when alpacas graze they only snip off the tops of grasses, leaving the roots of the plants unharmed and healthy.
How considerate are these guys?!
#FunFactFriday
🦙
Yogurt, anyone? In this photo of the week, Theresia holds yogurt that she makes from milk provided by her own cows! Heifer
#Tanzania
is helping farmers like Theresia meet the demand for local dairy products.
Thank you
@LuckyGoat_io
for donating a portion of all earnings each month to provide the life-changing gift of goats to families in need! What a great combination! ❤️🐐
It's 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗕𝗘𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬! 🐝 🎉
Bees don't just make honey, they pollinate a huge percent of the food we eat every day. Support these crucial buzzers with these 5 simple ideas.
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With support from our incredible donors, Charity's family was given the tools and training to grow a successful garden.
Now, they have delicious fruits and vegetables they can both eat and sell to lift themselves out of hunger and poverty! 🍊
Beatha used be to seen as a slave, by herself and her husband.
See how a Heifer project has brought their family income, communication and equality. Learn why women are key to ending poverty, how we aim to empower them, and what you can do to help →
When banks refused to open accounts for women because of their gender, this group of women gained financial independence by forming a co-op. Read more: