http://www.heifer.org/
- The Heifer Project
- hope for humanity:
- Compartir
Recursos: - Passing on the Gift
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- The URL above is an invitation to
read about an international aid program that really works! They
have established programs in Africa, Asia, Central/Eastern Europe,
Latin America/Caribbean and North America.
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- Unlike other international aid
agencies, The Heifer Project invites people to help fund a gift to
some region of the earth which desperately needs renewal at home -
not handouts from the surplus goods of one of the wealthy nations,
but simple offerings of a "starter" animal like a young cow (a
heifer), or a goat, or a pullet and a cockerel, with which to
start a family on the road to health and prosperity. But, like the
starter animal, this gift is only a starter for a step-by-step
program of teaching families how to replenish and care for their
land, no matter how badly depleted it has become, so that they may
teach their neighbors what they themselves have learned. Truly,
this is a one animal, one person, one family, one village, one
country at a time program which builds from the bottom
up.
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- I would add only that I believe that
it is an approach like this one - and this one in particular! -
which is the ONLY kind of program that works, and that will work -
to achieve world peace and justice! I do not believe that mass
programs or handouts work! I believe that pronlems which exist, no
matter how devastating they may be - are solvable one locality at
a time, one family at a time - one person at a time - and that the
adage, "Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day - teach him
how to fish and he will eat for a lifetime" sums up the only way
real change takes place in the world.
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- Below is a fascinating account by
writer and environmentalist Barbara Kingsolver of a trip to Peru
which she made with "a dozen Heifer International devotees from
the United States who'd come to bear witness to the works we had
supported for years with our hearts and wallets." Barbara
describes both her experience and her understanding of how the
program works so vividly that I would hesitate to substitute my
account for hers - so I urge you to read hers!
- http://www.heifer.org/site/c.edJRKQNiFiG/
- b.848209/k.7FE8/Barbara_Kingsolver_on_Peru.htm
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- The Heifer Project has a number of
learning centers in the US at which they love to teach and to
demonstrate their work.
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- Here's the
list:
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- Heifer Ranch
- 501-889-5124
- ranch@heifer.org
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- Overlook Farm
- 508-886-2221
- overlook.farm@heifer.org
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- Ceres Center
- 877-841-7182
- cerescenter@heifer.org
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- They inviite you to get involved. As
they put it on the website,
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- Heifer In Your
Community:
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- Get involved in your local community
with Heifer events, volunteer opportunities, fundraising and more.
Contact the Regional Office nearest you for more
information.
- You can receive their gift catalog
and donate the cost of one of more animals you can subscribe to
thewir newsletter and hear about current activities, you can visit
their World Ark Online.
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- Northeast
Region
- (ME, NY, VT, CT, MA, NH, NJ,
RI)
- 216 Wachusett St.
- Rutland, MA 01543-2099
- Toll Free Phone:
877-663-1681
- Email: ne@heifer.org
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- Mid-Atlantic
Region
- (PA, WV, VA, MD, DE, DC)
- 7719 Germantown Ave.
- Philadelphia, PA 19118
- Toll Free Phone:
877-663-1688
- Email: ma@heifer.org
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- Southeast
Region
- (TN, NC, SC, FL, GA, AL,
MS)
- 315 W. Ponce de Leon Ave., Suite
245
- Decatur, GA 30030
- Toll Free Phone:
877-663-1685
- Email: se@heifer.org
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- Midwest
Region
- Contact Info for: IL,IN,KY,
MI,MO,OH,WI
- 66300 US Hwy 33 East
- Goshen, IN 46526
- Toll Free Phone:
877-663-1684
- Email: mw@heifer.org
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- Contact Info
for:
- MN, SD, ND, NE, IA
- 1719 74th Ave. S.
- St. Cloud, MN 56301
- Toll Free Phone:
877-663-1689
- Email:
uppermw@heifer.org
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- Chicago
Area
- 3944 West Irving Park
Road
- Chicago, IL 60618
- Phone: 877-474-8224
- Email:
chicago.rep@heifer.org
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- Central
Region
- (AR, KS, OK, LA)
- 1015 S. Louisiana St.
- Little Rock, AR 72202
- Toll Free Phone:
877-663-1686
- Email:
central@heifer.org
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- (CO, NM,
TX)
- P.O. Box 45508
- Rio Rancho, NM
87174-5508
- Toll Free Phone:
877-663-1687
- Email:
centralwest@heifer.org
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- Southwest
Region
- (HI, AZ, S. CA, S. NV)
- 330 Main St., Suite 203
A
- Seal Beach, CA 90740
- Toll Free Phone:
877-663-1683
- Email: sw@heifer.org
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- Northwest
Region
- (WA, OR, ID, MT, UT, BC, NV, CA, AK,
WY)
- 2015 J. St., Suite 106
- Sacramento, CA 95814
- Toll Free Phone:
877-663-1682
- Email: nw@heifer.org
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- Heifer Project
International
- P.O. Box 8058,
Little Rock, AR/USA 72203
- Tel.: (800)
422-0474 | Contact Us