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During our first day in the village, there was a 'festival'
to give the cows their vitamins. The vitamins were given by
the women of the village - the owners of the cattle. The cattle
are a huge source of pride. Now the children can have milk.
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| We visited another Heifer village just outside of Copan.
Here, electrical wires pass through the village in route to
the big ranches just across the street, but the village has
no electricity. These indigenous people reclaimed this land
as part of a government sponsored program to redistribute land.
Heifer is working to teach the people sustainable agriculture
and farming. Here the village girls show us the village cattle.
Six men from the village must sleep in a shelter with the cattle
every night to keep them from being stolen. |
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An important aspect of the Heifer program
is the act of 'passing on' the gifts you've been given. That
is, when a family is given livestock, they breed their animal
and then pass the off spring on to a neighbor or neighboring
village.
We stopped in one last Heifer village. To
the left, the villagers show us the earth worms that Heifer
gave them to use in farming. They now have fields and fields
of organically grown crops to feed their families. Smiles
of pride spread across their faces. They couldn't wait to
show us the baby cows that they had "passed on"
to their neighbors. If you're interested in supporting Heifer,
click
here.
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Anne Hodges-Copple
Rey Aponte
Kevin Simmons
Wil Weldon
Brian Alberti
Shalimar Holderly
Jane Cho
Brandon Little
Whitney Eriksson
Annie Hundley
Alice Williamson
Anna Bauer
Louisa Watkins
Ashley Carlson
Laurel Redding
Duke Chapel Mission Ministries
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