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"What I like best about Heifer International is that it is not only about saving lives, but also making lives independent at the same time." Scott Glenn  

" My cow is a treasure to me and my vision. No longer do I sit alone in total darkness, but work as a farmer."-Lydia Chelangat-Mutal (a legally blind Heifer reciepent),Kenya  

"Heifer is unique in its program to directly aid people around the world ...With this project you get a much greater sense of person to person relationship, which is very important." Walter Cronkite, Former Managing, Editor, and Anchor for CBS Evening News

We have lived with nothing all our lives. Our house was empty, but now full of hope. Because we have received the cow from Heifer, we will be able to send our children to school. Our priority is them, and we hope they will have a future unlike what was given to us. I would like to show gratitude for  Heifer International, but I have such limited words to express it." Kein Tein, Viet Nam

" I am taking care of two children for the last two years. My son left these children after their mother died. I have had to pay for everything on my own from my pension( $20 per month). Heifer International has been our savior. Without this cow, these children surely would have died." Kotyck Maria Dmytrivna ( a 69 year old grandmother), Ukraine

"It is achievable."- Tererai Trent, Heifer's African Program Director

Relief Projects

Heifer's main goal is to provide long term relief from world-wide hunger through programs that benefit individual families who in turn use their skills, knowledge, and prosperity to give back to the community. However, Heifer International doesn't stop at assisting smaller families at providing the animal. Heifer International also funds projects to assist orphans and empower women. Here's a list of past and present projects that Heifer International has used to support communities in Tanzania, Africa.

  Present Projects:

Southeast Tanzania Integrated Livestock Assistance Project-

Fish Farming Development Project-

Northwest Zone Dairy Cattle Project-

Southeast Agroecology Project-

Anglican Masasi Dairy Goat Project-

Northeast Tanzania Integrated Livestock Assistance Project-

Northeast Zone Dairy Cattle Project-

Northwest Zone Fish Farming Project-

Support to Orphans & Vulnerable Children Project-

Southern Highlands Tanzania Integrated Livestock Assistance Project-

Northeast Zone Dairy Dairy Goat Project-

Livestock Development Project-Northwest Zone-

Southeast Zone Dairy Cattle Project-

Northwest Tanzania Integrated Livestock Assistance Project-

Northeast Zone Community Based Natural Resource Management Project-

Northwest Zone Bee Keeping Project-

Southeast Beekeeping Project-

Tanzania's Past Projects

Past Projects 2000-2005

Southeast Tanzania Integrated Livestock Assistance Project- This project, funded by Heifer, assisted 2,050 families and 130 community groups. Heifer distributed 120 heifers and 40 goats a year along with 60 pass-on animals a year. Along with the animal donations, the families receiving them were educated in how to tend for the animals and animal vaccines. This project also worked to provide empowerment to women and to educate recipients on zero grazing, agroforestry, and soil conseravtion.   

Southern Highlands Tanzania Integrated Livestock Assistance Project- Through this project Heifer provided 60 goats, 50 bee hives, and 100 pass-on animals a year. This project was also aimed towards gendered issues within the Tanzania region itself. This projects currently assists 4,134 in Tanzania's Southern Highlands region.

Northeast Tanzania Integrated Livestock Assistance Project- Through this project Heifer distributed 200 dairy heifers, 60 goats, 50 camels and 200 pass-on offspring to heifer qualifying families. The expectations of this project were 3,572 families assisted with in Tanzania alone.

Heifer Sustainable Agriculture Network Project- This project is to raise awareness of environmentally safe agricultural practices and natural resources and promote the use of grazing practices. The workshops were carried out for two years along with exchange visits and a newsletter.  

Heifer Tanzania Stingless Bee Project- Heifer's Stingless Bee Project provides honey and wax to be used at home for foods or household products or sold to neighbors or nearby communities.

Copyright 2007 Misty Hughey. I claim no rights to Heifer.org only construction of this webpage. All information has been obtained with contractual permission of Heifer Organization and it's website, or though related affiliates.