World Ark Magazine - March/April 2009 - (Page 27) Liu Shuqiong sieves corn at Yuzixi Village in Sichuan province a month after the earthquake. Villagers were able to find some grain and food-preparation tools buried in the rubble. Nearly a year after a devastating magnitude 8 earthquake struck China’s Sichuan province on May 12, 2008, its people, left with scarce food and housing, are working together to reclaim their lives and livelihoods. To help, heifer china is in full-swing implementation of an $8 million project to provide animals, training and support of community groups for an initial 4,000 families in 20 villages. more than 9,000 additional neighbors will eventually benefit from participants’ passing on the gift of animal offspring and training. in the spirit of community, heifer hong kong, inspired to provide help and comfort for the chinese mainland to the north, is offering $3 million in matching funds to assist in rehabilitation efforts for the seven-year project, heifer’s largest disaster-rehabilitation project to date. This presents a tremendous opportunity for heifer PHOTO By XINHUA/LANDOv. donors to double their helping power. long after post-quake relief runs out, heifer’s work will continue to help restore villagers’ farming and animal operations and rebuild communities. w w w. h e i f e r. o r g march/apri l 2009 | worl d ark 27 http://www.heifer.org
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