I just made my first contribution to Heifer International. This is a great organization that takes the attitude that we who are more fortunate can help those who are less fortunate by giving them livestock to build a self-sustaining economy.
The livestock aren't used as food, but rather to produce a cash crop (or survival rations) on the basis of which people can live themselves out of poverty. Those who receive the livestock agree to pass on the female offspring to others who are less fortunate.
The organization started during the Spanish Civil War and operates in something like 115 countries now.
To my mind, it fits perfectly with my personal philosophy of teaching a man how to fish, not just giving him the fish. One of my resolutions is to make a contribution from every paycheck.
Posted by artandscience at January 28, 2005 08:36 PM | TrackBack