Mrs. Ranney-Poole

HEIFER beneficiaries receive much more than just the gift of livestock.  Participants receive extensive community development in the twelve cornerstones: passing on the gift, accountability, sharing and caring, sustainability and self-reliance, improved animal management, nutrition and income, gender equity and family focus, genuine need and justice, improving the environment, full participation, training, and spirituality.

We were able to witness evidence of these cornerstones in each and every project we visited.  The scope of HEIFER's work reaches way beyond simply livestock.

Guanás - – these people live on the side of the mountain – and plant a large variety of crops (terraced) , they had a telapia pond , and flowers everywhere. They offered us coffee made from their own beans and some cake, made with “Heifer” eggs! In this area, Heifer partners with Fundación PUCA 

Women are empowered to become influential members of the community.  The women form small groups and make decisions together.  In the Chocti village, the women formed their own bank and are giving small loans to the men!

For more information on HEIFER's unique cornerstone training and focus, visit

http://www.heifer.org/site/c.edJRKQNiFiG/b.201546/

Manure is placed in the bag.  The methane gas rises and is piped in to the home for an eco-friendly fuel.  The remaining manure is placed in the fields for fertilizer.

Chickens eat bugs that would normally attack the crops.  In Honduras there are no regulations on pesticides.  Poison, as a result of misuse of pesticides, is found in rivers, crops, milk products, and has caused thousands of deaths per year.  Participants only use natural pesticides!