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This is a way of making myself write something coherent and grammatically correct almost every day. I'm opinionated and need an outlet. I'm also prone to flights of fancy. Thanks for stopping by. |
| There is an excellent organization called Heifer International. It operates on the principle of "Give a man a fish, he eats one meal. Teach him to fish, and he eats a lifetime." Heifer buys animals and teaches people how to care for them, feed the family, and maybe make a profit. You can donate the cost of an actual heifer or a share of a heifer ($500 vs $50), or some other animal. For instance goats are popular with children led families (orphans); the goats provide more milk than the children need to drink. The extra milk can be sold or made into cheese.The goat produces manure for the vegetable gardens. And a goat will have two or three kids a year. They can sell the kids, or if able to handle a flock, start a small dairy, and thereby get out of poverty. Llamas, pigs, ducks, chicks, even water buffalo have use in countries all over the world. The donor can choose by country or animal. Or a donor can give an honor card. Think of the teachers who get so many useless and repetitive gifts. But for $10, you can give a share of rabbits or a share of a sheep in her name.You can give a whole flock of chicks for $20! In Guatemala, they even have a honeybee project, where people learn to manage bees and harvest honey. A side effect is that the bees pollinate the coffee trees so the small farmers will produce more coffee. While providing food and income through animals, Heifer International attempts to preserve the ecology, to be organic, and protect the peasants from intrusive tourism. Because clean water is so scarce, they also provide irrigation pumps. I'm impressed by the use of biogas stoves. Since most cooking in places where Heifer works is on wood stoves, biogas offers an alternative to deforestation. These stoves operate on methane from the waste from those animals! The stoves are reliable, safe, and efficient.Yet another way the animals help villages and remote areas of impoverished people. If you're interested, you can contact www.heifer.org. This might be better than any other attempt to address world hunger. |
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