Heifer International: The Pay It Foward Entrepreneurial Charity
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Heifer International 'Teaches Them to Fish'
Heifer International is the perfect example of how this wise saying works. The give the fish to get someone started, but then teaches them to fish more efficiently.
Heifer is my ideal charity because it provides the means and training for third world people to become entrepreneurs while reminding them to take care of their neighbors. It a perfect of a blend of self reliance and being 'my brother's keeper'.
Heifer
1. Teaches people to fish (farm, raise honey bees, you name it).
2. Doesn't give them an omelet to eat for a day, but gives people the chickens to raise eggs to eat forever, PLUS helps them start an entrepreneurial project where they can also sell eggs to get the money to send the kids to school.
3. Has 'pay forward' programs where recipients give by helping their neighbors get started.
4. Has camps where well fed kids can live in mock ups of third world villages where they learn how to survive and gain respect for people they don't know.
5. So much more.
Disclaimer: The title is my description of what Heifer does. It is not the words that Heifer uses to describe itself. It does, however, give people the means to be entrepreneurs and expects them to pay forward.
Contents at a Glance
- In Heifer International's Own Words
- My Must Do Today List!
- Heifer International Brings Animals to People So People Can Make a Living
In Heifer International's Own Words
- The Heifer Online Catalogue
- More fun than Victoria's Secret!
Buy a few rabbits for a family in Kenya or some bees for an American Indian family.
Send the 'man who has everything' a card letting him know that a Peruvian family will start a business thanks to the chickens you bought in his name.
Get some laughs when you give your pompous boss a card that says that a goat, with his name on it, is going to Indonesian peasants! - World View of Heifer Projects
- Click on the world map, choose the location of your choice, point the arrow and click. You will learn about what is going on in that area. It can help you decide where and what to donate.
- Heifer's Projects in Video
- These videos are Heifer produced depictions of projects around the world.
- You Can Give More Than Money
- Lots of time and no money? Volunteer. Just want the experience of a lifetime? Volunteer.
- Fund a Project
- Instead of giving individual gifts, check out the projects and start giving.
My Must Do Today List!
Call Heifer, order a hive of bees for a family in Peru! Ask about other options....
Heifer International Brings Animals to People So People Can Make a Living
Heifer International in News and Blogs Around the World
- Heifer International Night Out takes place Wednesday
- The Astoria High School Senior Class and several local restaurants will present Heifer International Night Out during dinner Wednesday at T Paul's Urban ...
- A Cow for Christmas
- Not a cow, a goat, or a pig, but that is exactly what Heifer International has to offer. "The wonderful thing is for example if you give a sheep or a llama ...
- Rwanda: 23 Heifer Cows Donated to Residents in Jabana
- Residents in Jabana sector in Gasabo last week had reason to rejoice when Heifer International gave out 23 cows. According to Dennis Karamuzi, ...
- Shepard named Onslow County Teacher of the Year
- They have also contributed to Heifer International, a non-profit organization whose goal is to help end world hunger and poverty through self-reliance and ...
New York Kids Promote Heifer International
There are so many ways to contribute
Dan Zanes - Holiday Time In Brooklyn
When our friends at heifer (www.heifer.org) asked if I would do a holiday video, little did i know that a llama, a goat and a cow would visit my street in brooklyn. I invited a bunch of high energy neighbors to join me for a crazy afternoon video shoot of laughing, strumming guitars, playing flutes, trumpets, saxophones, banging on drums, and dancing madly, all for the sake of helping heifer international continue to raise money to combat world hunger.
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Teenagers from Hong Kong Go to Tibet from Heifer International
They raised money to give Yaks to Tibetian Families and See Their Work Up Close and Personal
Kids from Hong Kong raise money to buy animals for Tibet. The families who got the animals use them to support themselves and give some of the offspring to their neighbors, combining the best of entrepreneurship and some social concern. Then it is rounded out when the kids from Hong Kong visit and learn more about the people they helped, first hand and see what their work has helped to create.
Heifer Project in Tibet
In March 2006 some Hong Kong International School students visited families who received animals to raise through Heifer International. Funds for these gifts were raised by HKIS Primary School students through a Read to Feed program.
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Ideas for Gift Buying
Heifer gives you gift cards when you purchase animals. Here are some ways to use them.
1. Your vegetarian aunt will be pleased that her name is on the gift of lambs enabling a New Mexico family to make income on the wool.
2. Your neighbor, who makes great omelets will like it that you bought chickens for an African family, in his name.
3. Your crabby boss will be perplexed when you buy a goat in his name for a family in southeast Asia. But what can he do?
Young Girl Explains Heifer International Perfectly in Her Own Words
Demonstrating That This Is Truly a Grassroots Organization/Movement
Learn More About Heifer
The More you Know the More You Give
Heifer Project International Cook Book (California)
Amazon Price: (as of 12/15/2009) 
Heifer International's Lessons From a Village Called Earth - Curriculum Guide 5th & 6th Grade
Amazon Price: (as of 12/15/2009)
Changing The World, One Girl At a Time
60 Minutes - Beatrice's Goat (June 12, 2005)
Amazon Price: $17.95 (as of 12/14/2009)
Dan West: The Founder of Heifer International
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Not a cup but a cow
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Learn more about Dan West, the founder of what has become an international nonprofit that is helping feed millions of people through sustainable methods. This year, choose a meaningful gift for your loved one: an animal that will help the world'...
Three Nights in a Heifer International Global Village
American Kids Express Experience Through Theater
Heifer International Arts
Daniel Obzejta and the cast of "Drop" perform "27" in August 2006 after Heifer International's groundbreaking Arts for Social Change summer camp (formerly known as "Llama Drama"). The 18 kids spent three nights in a Heifer Global Village and learned about building a world without need through their art.
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- GoodBug GoodBug Dec 2, 2009 @ 1:09 pm
- A wonderful organization and well done you for spotlighting them. It is inspirational to read about people such as Dan West (founder of Heifer) because it shows you how one person can make a difference.
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- Margo_Arrowsmith Margo_Arrowsmith Nov 11, 2009 @ 1:11 pm | in reply to lambie
- Good question. I don't have an answer. I do know that Heifer has its catalogue on line, I would guess to save money. However, I haven't heard of your other charity. But its always good to keep checking and asking questions.
I hope you get this as you didn't give an email address. Blessings to you!
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- lambie lambie Nov 11, 2009 @ 8:27 am
- How is Heifer International connected/contrasted with World Vision? Both charities seem to do the same thing! If somebody knows, please answer me -- am perplexed and want to gift the grandkids once again with a Heifer International animal to give, but I have not received a catalogue from Heifer and I have received one from World Vision.
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- dagsmith dagsmith Nov 5, 2009 @ 9:54 pm
- A great organization - and a great lens to highlight them! 5*****
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- blue22d blue22d Jul 18, 2009 @ 12:53 pm
- What a wonderful organization. First I have heard of it. Thanks. Had did it start? I sure I will find my answers checking out your references. 5 * to you.
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Don't get me wrong, I am a hard worker. I have worked a full-time job, a part time job and a private practice all at the same time for a lot of years in my past. It isn't the work, its the working for someone else. Never wanted to do that, and I don't understand those who want to do that.
When I was six months old my parents bought their first small town weekly newspaper in Iowa. This was back in the day, back when small town newspapers were not just advertising sheets. Perhaps there are still some of them that are real, I hope so.
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Growing up in Iowa, in the fifties, I also grew up politically conservative. By the time I was 30 I was radically left. Today? I am proudly liberal and what that means will be clearer as we progress.
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