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In
the Northern hemisphere, most people think of animals as pets or inhabitants
of zoos and farms.
But for poor women
in the global South, a hen that
lays eggs means food for the family, and products to sell to buy shoes
for the kids. You can give someone just such an animal.
For Beatrice Biira
and her family in Uganda, whose true story is told in the book
Beatrice’s Goat, a goat provided
nutritious milk and gave her family extra income that enabled
Beatrice to go to school and allowed her family to build a new
house with a tin roof. |
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TurtleWill knows that
nomads cannot survive without their animals who are killed by winter
and drought. The nonprofit organization runs animal loan programs
for the Tuareg and Wodaabe tribes of Niger and Mali. You can give
them a cow for $250; a donkey, $50; a Sheep, $35; a goat, $25. |
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Mercy Corps sells Camel, Pig and Goat kits, a Kids Food kit (in fact, a Farm Kit") that you can give as gifts. While you're shopptint at their site, look for the Women's Health Kit. Click here. |
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Hurricane Mitch slammed into Choluteca,
Honduras leaving a trail of devastation. "Even before, life
here was hard," says Doña Pastora, but Mitch swept homes,
belongings and animals away in seconds. The
Heifer Project is rebuilding hope with a chicken project
to provide an ongoing source of eggs. Watching her hens drink water
from an old tire cut in half, Doña Pastora says, "Receiving
these chickens was like receiving credit. To be able to pay the
loan back when I'm able is of great value." Soon, she'll "repay
her credit" by giving some chicks to a neighbor, as Heifer
requires. Heifer Project has an entire animal catalogue on its website:
llamas, geese, camels. It’s WILD program, Women in Livestock
Development, can change much for women like Doña Pastora. |