Trees fight hunger too!

Trees are essential to life on earth. They breathe out oxygen and breathe in carbon dioxide. They hold water in the soil and moisture in the air. They provide food and medicines for birds, animals and people. That's why planting fast-growing trees that put back nitrogen in the soil, serve as wind-breaks and provide fodder, fencing and firewood is often the first step in an HPI project.
Our project in Guatemala will be establishing tree nurseries to promote sustainable agricultural practices for soil conservation such as live barriers, terracing, irrigation channels, minimum tillage, use of stubble and vermiculture, steep slopes reforestation and implementation of a nursery in each community. The project in Vietnam will be using trees as living fences for the dairy cattle we will be providing them.
Come to the market and be sure to stop by the tree booth to find out all the many ways that Heifer trees are fighting hunger around the world.

Dan Vos Construction Company sponsors the Vietnam Project

A pillar in the community, recently finishing their 150th church building, Dan Vos Construction knows the value of a good foundation. For families in Vietnam, a cow can be the foundation of a successful dairy business that will make the difference between struggling to survive and success. Dan Vos Construction's sponsorship will help us raise the necessary funds to offer these families fresh hope and a strong beginning.

Thank you, Dan Vos Construction, for continuing your commitment to community service in a way that will touch the world.

Vietnamese Dairy Production in the Mekong Delta

VIETNAM Promotion of Dairy Production
22-0775-07

This project will provide 50 dairy cows to 40 families in the Mekong Delta to increase the project family's income. Four dairy cooperatives will be set up in four villages to promote small scale dairy production and to improve the animal health in these areas.

Heifer Viet Nam will implement this project through the four dairy cooperatives which will be set up in these four villages. The animals will be distributed through the cooperatives to individual families. Training and other technical services will also be arranged through the cooperatives. Men and women equally share the leadership roles and responsibilities in the cooperative groups. Passing on the Gift will be managed by the cooperatives and the groups will also assist individual members with milk marketing.

Grass seeds will be distributed to the farmers to grow feed for the cows. Families will receive young seedlings to build living fences, which are fences made by growing trees, especially nitrogen fixing trees. The living fences will provide shade, fencing, animal feed, firewood and also prevent soil erosion.

This project is sponsored by Dan Vos Construction. If your business would like to sponsor one of our remaining projects, please contact us through our email, heiferhappening@gmail.com.