Founded 58 years ago, Heifer International is now assisting poor families in 125 countries. It provides gifts of livestock—chickens, ducks, rabbits, goats, a llama, a cow, or some other creature suitable for the area. Heifer also engages in community development. The individual families who receive livestock understand that they will share offspring of the animal with another family in the community. That family, in turn, passes along offspring from the animal they have received, and so on. Since its inception, Heifer has been able to help more than five million families, or about 27 people.
, senior advisor to the president of Heifer International, spoke with the Journal staff about Heifer's work in the world community.
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