Guest guest Posted October 28, 2003 Report Share Posted October 28, 2003 Hi, everyone! This concept of " donating " cows to hungry families strikes me as a little odd; what do y'all think? I wonder how many of the families end up eating the cows once they're done producing milk? Perhaps it would be better to send the families seeds and water for growing vegetables! Take care, Shoshana > " Debbie Mytels " <dmytels > " Friends " <dmytels >Mon, 27 Oct 2003 18:44:25 -0800 >Learn how you can help Third World Families, Sat. Nov. 15 > >Come to an Open House for Heifer International on Saturday, November >15, 5:30 to 9 pm and learn about a new way to honor your family and >friends while giving a gift that builds international understanding. > >Held at the Foundation for Global Community, 222 High Street, Palo >Alto, the event will highlight the work of Heifer International work >during the past 60 years to provide culturally appropriate farm >animals and training to over 4 million families in 128 countries. > >Admission is 25 cents - add your quarter to the " Peace Pipe " to help >buy an animal! Light refreshments will be served during the open >house starting at 5:30 pm, followed by a talk at 7:30 pm by Gerald >Katusabe, Heifer International's Rwanda Country Director who has >recently arrived from visiting Heifer's programs in Africa. > >Teachers, youth group leaders, church and community group members can >talk with Heifer representatives about how to engage their class or >organization in providing livestock animals such as goats, rabbits, >sheep, heifers, ducks, geese - even trees - to needy families >throughout the world. > >Some Heifer programs, such as " Read to Feed " and " Animal Crackers " >are specifically tailored for use in classrooms or other youth group >programs. > >Other community groups may want to raise enough money to >provide an " Ark " of 15 pairs of animals that will serve 30 families >in one village. In addition, Heifer's tradition of " passing the >gift, " means that families who receive an animal agree to repay the >favor by passing on one or more of the animal's female offspring to >other families in need. > >The program will also include videos about Heifer's work both abroad >and in poor rural communities here in the U.S. > >For more information, contact Debbie Mytels, Outreach Director at the >Foundation for Global Community, (650) 328-7756 or ><dmytels. > >For more information about Heifer International, visit the website: >www.heifer.org. > >Hope you will join us! And please share this invitation around to >your friends. > >Cheers, Debbie Mytels ********************************************************************* * Shoshana Bella Billik * shoshana * * --- * billiksh * * http://www.billik.com/shoshana/ * sbillik * ********************************************************************* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 28, 2003 Report Share Posted October 28, 2003 Hi everyone, I am familiar with Heifer International as I used to get their solicitation mail. I think Heifer International promotes the killing of animals for meat consumption, which we as Vegans or Vegetarians oppose. If they gave away animals that are solely used for the purpose of obtaining their milk or eggs, as it may be, or if they were promoting the use of working animals only, i.e. horses, donkeys, to help carry loads or till fields, I could possible be persuaded to find Heifer International a worthwhile organization that truly tries to helps people. It seems to me that Rabbits, for instance, are not kept as pets in Africa, but only in order to make a meal out of them. Instead of giving livestock animals such as goats, rabbits, sheep, heifers, ducks, geese to poor people in third world countries, the organization should think of developing a program whereas those people are taught how to raise crops effectively or even benefit from planting fruit trees, so they can feed themselves. I oppose Heifer International because I don't believe in killing animals for meat consumption. If you are also a serious Vegan or Vegetarian, do not go to this meeting, rather write a letter to Heifer International, like I did, and state your views. Go to their web site: http://www.heifer.org/ and click on " Contact us " . Thanks. Miriam Miriam F. Leiseroff leiser18 on 10/28/2003 1:55 AM, Shoshana Bella Billik at shoshana wrote: Hi, everyone! This concept of " donating " cows to hungry families strikes me as a little odd; what do y'all think? I wonder how many of the families end up eating the cows once they're done producing milk? Perhaps it would be better to send the families seeds and water for growing vegetables! Take care, Shoshana > " Debbie Mytels " <dmytels > " Friends " <dmytels >Mon, 27 Oct 2003 18:44:25 -0800 >Learn how you can help Third World Families, Sat. Nov. 15 > >Come to an Open House for Heifer International on Saturday, November >15, 5:30 to 9 pm and learn about a new way to honor your family and >friends while giving a gift that builds international understanding. > >Held at the Foundation for Global Community, 222 High Street, Palo >Alto, the event will highlight the work of Heifer International work >during the past 60 years to provide culturally appropriate farm >animals and training to over 4 million families in 128 countries. > >Admission is 25 cents - add your quarter to the " Peace Pipe " to help >buy an animal! Light refreshments will be served during the open >house starting at 5:30 pm, followed by a talk at 7:30 pm by Gerald >Katusabe, Heifer International's Rwanda Country Director who has >recently arrived from visiting Heifer's programs in Africa. > >Teachers, youth group leaders, church and community group members can >talk with Heifer representatives about how to engage their class or >organization in providing livestock animals such as goats, rabbits, >sheep, heifers, ducks, geese - even trees - to needy families >throughout the world. > >Some Heifer programs, such as " Read to Feed " and " Animal Crackers " >are specifically tailored for use in classrooms or other youth group >programs. > >Other community groups may want to raise enough money to >provide an " Ark " of 15 pairs of animals that will serve 30 families >in one village. In addition, Heifer's tradition of " passing the >gift, " means that families who receive an animal agree to repay the >favor by passing on one or more of the animal's female offspring to >other families in need. > >The program will also include videos about Heifer's work both abroad >and in poor rural communities here in the U.S. > >For more information, contact Debbie Mytels, Outreach Director at the >Foundation for Global Community, (650) 328-7756 or ><dmytels. > >For more information about Heifer International, visit the website: >www.heifer.org. > >Hope you will join us! And please share this invitation around to >your friends. > >Cheers, Debbie Mytels ********************************************************************* * Shoshana Bella Billik * shoshana * * --- * billiksh * * http://www.billik.com/shoshana/ * sbillik * ********************************************************************* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 As a vegan, I do not support Heifer International personally, but I do want to clarify a few incorrect assumptions in the earlier posts. 1. HI does not ship animals to other countries. That would be an insane waste of donated money, not to mention very hard on the animals. They provide the money for people in those countries to buy the animals locally. 2. Most of the animals are not going to take much resources initially until they are earning money. Llamas eat grass, not human food. Same with sheep, cows, etc. Most of them, like in Central America, can drink from open sources of water and are not taking precious resources away from people. 3. Lack of food is not generally the issue in third world countries. It's lack of money to provide access to food, in part, but more to medical costs, education expenses, travel expenses, and fuel. It's lack of jobs. So buy being able to sell milk at a local market, or knitted items made from llama fur, a family can then eat better since it has more money to spend on non-food expenses and thus more money for food. Emily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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