HEIFER INTERNATIONAL

The Morristown UMC supports Heifer International as one of its ADVENTure choices.  A financial contribution, given to the MUMC and earmarked for Heifer International, is an alternative gift that can be given to a loved one or in honor of or in memory of a loved one.   A gift of $10 will buy a flock of chicks, $30 will buy a hive of bees, or $120 will buy a goat or a pig that will provide food and income for a poor family in the United States or around the world.

Heifer International works with communities around the world to end hunger and poverty and to care for the earth.  Since 1944, Heifer has helped 8.5 million families in 125 countries move toward greater self-reliance, through livestock, training, and “Passing on the Gift.”  By providing animals and training, Heifer enables families to overcome poverty and make lasting improvements in their quality of life.
 

History of Heifer International
     
A Midwestern farmer named Dan West, serving as a Church of Brethren relief worker, was ladling out rations of milk to hungry children during the Spanish Civil War. He realized, “These children don’t need a cup, they need a cow.” When he returned home, he formed Heifers for Relief.  In 1944, the first shipment of 17 heifers left York, Pennsylvania for Puerto Rico, going to families with malnourished children.
The source of information in this website is provided by www.heifer.org.
For further information contact Heifer Project International, 1 World Avenue, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA 72207 or call (800) 422-0474.

Read more about the amazing transformation of Beatrice, a young girl from Uganda, who, with the help of a goat from Heifer, attended school for the first time, and saw her life change dramatically. Her story was featured in the award-winning book Beatrice’s Goat (2000).  Children of the Niantic Community Church purchased the goat given to Beatrice. Beatrice became and outstanding student winning a scholarship to Uganda’s best girls’ high school and also to a prep school in Massachusettes and then to Connecticut College. Beatrice plans to earn a master’s degree at the Clinton School of Public Service in Arkansas and then return to Africa to work for an aid group. Her story was featured in an article by Nicholas D. Kristof in The New York Times, July 3, 2008, p. A 23.

To contribute to Heifer International, send a check to “MUMC” for Heifer.