Heifer International

Heifer International

Non-profit Organizations

Little Rock, AR 73,382 followers

About us

In 1944, Heifer International’s founder, Dan West, began outlining a simple but groundbreaking plan to tackle hunger around the world. West, a farmer from the Midwest and Church of the Brethren member, had recently returned from feeding weary refugees during volunteer service in the Spanish Civil War. He had seen firsthand that giving people food was a short-term solution, whereas providing them with animals offered a steady supply of nutritious food for an entire family. His philosophy still inspires Heifer’s work today. Partnering with farmers across a range of different livestock and crops, we create unique solutions to local challenges. Today, Heifer International has operations in 19 countries around the world, working alongside local farmers, business owners and their communities, as they mobilize and envision their futures. Together, we build inclusive, resilient economies, so communities can develop effective ways to end global hunger and poverty in a sustainable way. To date, we have supported more than 52 million farming families across Africa, Asia and the Americas and in the past five years alone, we have worked alongside 2.7 million families to close the living income gap or set them on a path to doing so. Between now and 2030, we will support an additional 10 million people to reach a living income by scaling up our signature programs. To achieve this, Heifer International relies on its passionate, committed and highly skilled staff.

Industry
Non-profit Organizations
Company size
501-1,000 employees
Headquarters
Little Rock, AR
Type
Nonprofit
Specialties
International Development, Sustainable Agriculture, Women's Empowerment, Hunger Relief, Smallholder Farming, Social Capital, Farming, Sustainable Development, Livestock Farming, Food Systems, Poverty, Regenerative Agriculture, and Climate-Smart Agriculture

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  • This holiday season, start a tradition your children will be proud to continue. When you choose a gift from Heifer International, you share your blessings with others and create lasting memories while teaching your children the importance of giving back. Your family’s gift of a cow, a goat or garden seeds will provide a family in need with the tools and education to grow their farm, increase their income and build a business. Ultimately, you give them the opportunity to lift themselves out of poverty once and for all. Start your tradition of giving today at Heifer.org.

  • This Thanksgiving, we're thankful for our generous supporters like Eli. With help from his mother, 7-year-old Eli sold handmade ornaments to raise money for Heifer International. "I’m Eli and I want to give an Ark-full of animals to help people who don’t have enough." Eli’s family has supported Heifer for decades, but Eli wanted to make an even bigger gift: an Ark to change the world two by two. An Ark of Heifer animals delivers more than $5,000 worth of impact — including all the training a family needs to turn their animals' byproducts into income, opportunity and hope. Eli gave a speech at church, and many supported his effort. "He spoke with such clarity and passion," said his mother, Katherine. "And sure enough, it paid off because they heard him, and they listened and they came through with their help." After raising more than $700 that first day, Eli's dream started to become reality. They continued to raise money, and with the help of an employer matching gift program at Katherine's job, they met Eli’s $5,000 goal for an Ark. "I kept Eli in the dark until Christmas, when I wrapped the Ark certificate and put it under the tree. He opened it with a huge smile and said, ‘This is the best Christmas present ever.’ It was for me, too. Eli did something at age 7 that I could never do. I’m so proud of him." A little hope and a big heart can work miracles. Eli’s Ark is at work today, helping families all over the world lift themselves from poverty.

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  • Learn how we are working with Indigenous Mayan communities in Mexico to preserve seeds, build climate resilience, and forge viable agricultural livelihoods.

    View profile for Surita Sandosham, graphic

    President and CEO Heifer International

    Thanks @Emilio Godoy for highlighting the impact of Heifer México's Milpa for Life project. Implemented with John Deere's support, the project aims to increase productivity in the traditional milpa system (maize, beans, and squash) and improve nutrition and household income. Read Emilio's IPS Inter Press Service article to learn how the Indigenous communities we work with are building climate resilience and forging productive agricultural livelihoods through the project: https://lnkd.in/g2dzdEpg #Mexico #farmers #climate #agriculture

    Campesinos mayas mejoran su vida y el policultivo de la milpa en México

    Campesinos mayas mejoran su vida y el policultivo de la milpa en México

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    Strategic Communications, Stakeholder Engagement, and Resource Mobilization

    Here at #COP29 with my colleagues Sumnima Shrestha and Shyam Katta on Food, Water and Agriculture thematic day. Lots of talk about how we help farmers - especially smallholder farmers - deal with an increasingly volatile and extreme climate situation. For example at a The World Bank session, speakers active in the relief/humanitarian space emphasized that having early warning systems and available tools are just half the battle - countries themselves need to be in a position to interpret and act upon data and warnings that are shared. As an official from Lesotho put it at the event: "Do we have enough capacity in the Ministry of Agriculture or other institutions...to take up the information and determine what the impact will be downstream, so we ca properly inform and guide district managers, extension officers, etc." One element of helping farmers is to expand accessbility of crop and livestock insurance products, which Heifer International is doing with partners in some countries. Micol Mulon of World Food Programme' climate finance team described their approach in the R4 rural resiliene initiative which (like Heifer's) combines insurance with support to restore degrated lands, promotes improved ag practices as well as savings groups so that farmers actually can invest in climate-friendly technologies and approaches. Many speakers also highlighted the great urgency of the matter - such as CGIAR chief Ismahane Elouafi, who told a crowd at the U.S. pavillion that "the science is very clear. We're on track to exceed the 1.5C limit - it's at 1.3C above already. With every degree more there will be more malnourished people...there are 350 million in extreme hunger today, with a rise of 2C there would be 500M." Time to act!

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  • “This year’s #COP29 discussions in Baku must prioritize the adaptation and resiliency needs of rural farmers, whose contributions to global food security and local economies are critical and cannot be overlooked.” - Oscar Castañeda Read our latest press release on Tropical Depression Sara and the need for immediate and direct support focused on resilience-building for smallholder farmers across Honduras, Guatemala, Belize and Mexico’s Yucatán peninsula.

    Heifer International Calls for Action on Climate Resilience in Wake of Tropical Depression Sara in Honduras

    Heifer International Calls for Action on Climate Resilience in Wake of Tropical Depression Sara in Honduras

    Heifer International on LinkedIn

  • Unprecedented levels of drought in Latin America are leading to crop failures and strains on the agricultural sector, rising rates of hunger and poverty, and growing economic pressures driving migration. As global leaders hold critical climate talks at #COP29 this month, Heifer International is calling for leaders to deliver the below actions for smallholder farmers: • Secure a dramatic increase in climate financing for smallholder farmers including funding for adaptation and loss and damage. • Include indigenous farmers and smallholders in the climate decision-making process at all levels. Read our full release here → http://ms.spr.ly/6041WSCbL

    Heifer International Urges Global Response for Drought-Stricken Smallholder Farmers in Latin America

    Heifer International Urges Global Response for Drought-Stricken Smallholder Farmers in Latin America

    heifer.org

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