World Ark Magazine - March/April 2008 - (Page 27) RWANDA KENYA UGANDA B www.heifer.org www.heifer.org ill Gates, speaking at the 2008 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, announced a four-year, $42.8 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to Heifer International, which includes $2.5 million matching grant. Combined, the grant and Heifer-raised matching donations will secure a total of $45.3 million for the East Africa Dairy Development (EADD) project, which will help farmers in Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda achieve better livelihoods through dairy farming—significantly increasing household income through profits generated from the production and marketing of high-quality milk. Gates said that Heifer will lead the project with two partner organizations as subcontractors—TechnoServe, a U.S.-based enterprise development organization, and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) of Nairobi, Kenya. Heifer has four country programs in East Africa, which center around integrated livestock farming. March/April 2008 | WORLD ARK January/February 2008 | WORLD ARK 27 27 http://www.heifer.org
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