47: Teach a Person to Fish, I Mean Farm

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The model of Heifer International (HI) really wants to support poverty and reinforce that old adage that teaching a person to fish is better than giving the person a fish - and I love empowerment. With HI, you can choose to donate by actually buying a goat or a cow or even helping with water pumps and other water sources to grow food. Like the fish saying, buying a chicken helps a family with eggs every day, and how much greater is that than sending one meal? Not to mention how much cuter.

Having helped millions of families over 70 years and with almost a billion people to go (https://www.heifer.org/ending-hunger/index.html), Heifer helps people by assisting in sustainable resource development and ongoing assistance. The Donation by the Dozen contribution is only enough to partially send one goat, but I appreciate knowing exactly how the donation will help. I also know I have friends who would appreciate me giving a gift of a cow or chicken to a family in need on their birthday, so it is a great way to reflect a birthday wish for someone. The Alton Brown video below gives a great summary of the organization. 

In addition to donations or fundraising, you can shop to give a family farm animals and other agricultural support (here: https://www.heifer.org/gift-catalog/index.html), but you can also shop for gifts where part of the proceeds go toward fundraising (here: https://www.heifer.org/marketplace/index.html#panel). There are various experiences raging from a middle school visit to explore sustainable agriculture for a few hours to multi-night and day programs for older children. So much more is available to explore on the site, too: https://www.heifer.org.

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Thanks and cheers to charity, m