For more than 80 years, Heifer International has provided families with the tools and resources they need to thrive. By empowering farmers with long-term solutions to hunger and poverty, we have earned a place among the world’s most innovative and trusted charities. Heifer has earned 4 out of 4 stars and a 98% rating from Charity Navigator, recognizing us for exceeding best practices and industry standards across almost all areas. We are a Hilton Humanitarian Prize Laureate, the world's largest annual humanitarian award, and in 2003, were named one of Forbes magazine's top 10 charities. Heifer has also earned recognition from previous United States presidents, including President George H.W. Bush, who honored Heifer with the Presidential End Hunger Award, and President Ronald Reagan, who recognized Heifer with the Volunteer Action Award. Learn more about our history and nonprofit ratings here → http://ms.spr.ly/6040lOrjp
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 46 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.
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http://www.heifer.org
External link for Heifer International
- 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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1 World Avenue
Little Rock, AR 72202, US
Employees at Heifer International
Updates
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On July 14, 1944, Dan West facilitated a shipment of 17 cattle from Alabama to Puerto Rico to improve the fortunes of impoverished communities there, and Heifer International was born. 80 years later, we have continued to evolve our ways of working, but we remain laser-focused on West’s fundamental goal: ending rural hunger and poverty. And because of supporters like you, we have helped more than 46 million families in 125 countries. Thank you for joining us in creating a better world. ❤️
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Between the summers of 1945 and 1947, more than 7,000 men and boys volunteered to serve as “Seagoing Cowboys” and delivered life-changing gifts of livestock animals to war-torn countries. Eighty years later, our work has evolved, but our mission to fight poverty and hunger continues. Explore fascinating snapshots of our journey — and more.
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Oscar Castañeda, Heifer’s SVP of Americas programs, spoke yesterday at the World Food Prize Foundation’s #DialogueNEXT event in Mexico, on a panel exploring sustainable agriculture through responsible sourcing. He called on centering the voices of smallholder farmers, for the impact of cross-sector partnerships, and for empowering farming families — and the women who often head them — by making science accessible and applicable. "For us, the future rests in the hands of the women with whom we work,” Oscar said. “Thanks to our impactful alliances with the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and John Deere, we have significantly strengthened the capacity, knowledge and skills of small-scale farming families, enabling them to further develop their production and economic systems through sustainable innovations.”
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In the 1950s, we began operating in Asia, shipping eggs to war-torn South Korea and delivering Jersey cows to India. Today, we empower women in this same region, where cultural norms limit their potential. By forming self-help groups and cooperatives, we provide women like Ayesha with training in financial literacy and business development, so they can achieve independence and inspire other women and girls to dream big. Read more about where we stand now. → http://ms.spr.ly/6042lyIn2
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As a community agrovet in Tanzania, Zawadi finds a sense of purpose providing low-cost animal health services to local farmers. Learn about the program in which agrovets are trained and the work Zawadi is doing. #Heifer80 | #LocallyLed | #EndHungerAndPoverty
A Community Vet Spreads Health and Wealth in Tanzania
Heifer International on LinkedIn
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Since beginning work in Latin America in the 1940s, we have given families a hand up, not just a handout. Fast forward to today, and this guiding principle thrives in places like Mexico, where we've partnered with women in the Kikibá collective to break restrictive barriers and achieve financial stability with their cage-free egg business. Read how women can ignite change and spark community-wide inspiration in "Local Leaders," a collection of visual features. Read more → http://ms.spr.ly/6044lyxQ8
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Heifer International was founded in 1944 on the belief that access to the right knowledge and resources can equip people to transform their lives and overcome hunger and poverty. Eighty years later, this belief still holds true as we work alongside local changemakers worldwide. Our impact is rooted in sustainable, locally led development, which includes supporting farmers in forming cooperatives and working toward a shared vision for the future. Ahead of #CoopsDay on July 6, meet the animal health workers, women-owned cooperatives and business leaders making headway in their communities and carrying this legacy forward. Read more → http://ms.spr.ly/6040lDQu6 #Heifer80 | #LocallyLed | #EndHungerAndPoverty
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#JobOpening: Passing Gifts Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Heifer International, is seeking candidates for the open position of Senior Project Manager - Training, Social Capital and Government Partnership. This position will assist in the design, implementation, project partner management and follow-up of social capital development and aligned training activities at the project partner and farmer levels. The Sr. Manager will also establish government partnerships at the district and state levels. This position will work with the project team and manage project work in accordance with PGPL’s objectives, policies, and procedures. #Apply now → http://ms.spr.ly/6049lDWE5 #nonprofitjobs #ngojobs #indiajobs #communicationsjobs
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Heifer International is #hiring in Bangladesh! Heifer International is looking for an analytical candidate with excellent leadership qualities for the position of Senior Program Manager-Livestock Value Chain. The Senior Program Manager – Livestock Value Chain will facilitate the sustainable development and adoption of innovative technologies, animal nutrition, animal breeding, and genetics, disease control to improve animal health and production management, along the livestock value chain. #Apply here → http://ms.spr.ly/6041l8xTh #bangladeshjobs #ngojobs #nonprofitjobs
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