Heifer International is a non-profit organization dedicated to ending hunger and poverty while caring for the earth.

Heifer International works with communities to help our project partners become more self-reliant. We help them achieve greater economic independence through the gift of livestock and training. Each of our project partners is not only a recipient of a gift of livestock and training, but also becomes a donor when he/she "passes on the gift" of the first offspring of their animal. We also work with communities on agroecology methods to ensure their farming practices are sustainable.

http://www.heifer.org