World Ark Magazine - March/April 2008 - (Page 26) for 1 million people in East Africa $42 8 $42.8 Million Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grant Expands Heifer’s Programs By Ray White, Heifer Public Relations Director Photography by Geoff Oliver Bugbee As the U.S. and world economies struggle to rebound, a matching grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation enables Heifer supporters to get more for their donation dollars. Through this grant, Heifer International will help 1 million small farmers in Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda—three of the world’s poorest countries that are devastated by malnutrition, genocide and HIV/AIDS—realize their dreams of self-reliance. Opposite page: Hamdun Mutsinzi and his wife Salama Esperance Mukagatsinzi, both HIV positive, pose with their week-old calf at the Muhazi Women’s Dairy and Horticulture Development Project in Nsinda Village, Rwanda. They will soon pass on the calf to another needy family. 26 26 March/April 2008 | WORLD ARK January/February 2008 | WORLD ARK www.heifer.org www.heifer.org http://www.heifer.org
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