HEIFER INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
If you aren't familiar with the work of Heifer International you should check them out!!!! My favorite organization! Heifer supplies farm animals to families in need. The first offspring from those animals must be given to another family in the village. The resources from these gifts allows villages to rise above poverty with healthcare, education, and clean water. Heifer also provides sustainable ag education!!!! It's a worthy cause!!
It all started when the founder was giving cups of milk and blankets to a war torn village and thought... What if I gave them a cow instead of a cup!!! How beautiful!!!
Look at these "water buckets"! Slip a rope through the hole and roll it all the way home!
Transporting goods to the market
Pictures of what schools look like for other children. My kids were fascinated with the different language letters hanging on the wall.
The market area! There was a game for the kids to play. With each roll of dice you could have a well dry up or a hurricane devast infrastructure.... Easy to see how whole villages can have set backs!
Kids checking out mosquito netting and learning about malaria
An interactive quiz
Donating to the cause. We were also able to give a share of a llama (Sibley's choice) and a water buffalo (boys' choice) to a needy family.
Definitely one of the best parts of our trip!!
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