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could quickly become 23,751 goats for 23,751            So $500 gets a heifer and everything a family needs
          What exactly can $950,000 do?                                                                                             families, in just one generation.                     for the heifer, and with this fundraiser, we can buy
                                                                                                                                      Sorry,  we’re running back into those big  1,900 heifers. That’s 1,900 families getting fresh
                                                                                                                                    numbers again. We just love the idea of endlessly- milk every day, which they can drink for better
            At the time of writing this, we’ve raised a little   A single  biogas stove  is $50, which means we                     multiplying goats...                                  health or sell for the money they need to improve
          over $950,000. It’s easy to look at a big number  could get 19,000 biogas stoves. 19,000 families get                       The coast of sending a girl to school is $275, which  their lives. That’s 1,900 joyful milk mustaches each
          like that and know that’s a lot of money that can do  a better and more reliable way to feed themselves, as               means we’ve raised enough to send 3,455 girls to  and every day.
          a lot of good, but it’s also such a big number that it  well as a healthier living environment since they’re              school. These are young women who otherwise
          makes it harder to wrap your head around exactly  not filling their homes with woodsmoke.                                 might not have the chance to learn, or who might
          what good it can do. So we want to break it down       A    goat,   one                                                   have needed to leave school to help their families
          for you a little bit.                                of  our  favorite                                                    work—but with our help they can get the education
            Using the nice round total of $950,000, let’s see  Heifer    animals,                                                   they deserve.
          what that looks like in terms of Heifer projects.    costs $120. That                                                       Clean water for an entire village costs $300, so
            A flock of ducks costs $20, which means we’ve  translates  to  7,917                                                    that means clean water for 3,167 villages. That’s
          raised enough to buy 47,500 flocks of ducks. That’s  goats we could                                                       3,167 entire communities who no longer have to
          47,500 families getting to feed their children highly  get! The magic of                                                  walk miles for access to water. 3,167 communities
          nutritious duck eggs, which gives a huge boost to  a goat is that they                                                    who can have better access to water for themselves
          health.                                              often  have  twins,                                                  and their animals. 3,167 communities who can live
            Honeybees cost $30, so that’s 31,667 honeybee  which           means                                                    healthier lives.
          hives we could buy. Those provide honey and          when it comes                                                          A  heifer, the flagship animal of Heifer
          beeswax all year long, and even better, they pollinate  time to Pass on the                                               International,  costs $500. It seems like a lot  for a   It’s easy to see how much difference $950,000
          wherever they go. Just think of how much 31,667  Gift, the effect of a                                                    cow, but it’s not just the animal—$500 also buys  can make—real, tangible difference in the world.
          beehives could pollinate!                            goat is doubled—                                                     training for the new owner, and the supplies to build  Together we can do so much good, and together
            But that’s still a huge number, still pretty hard to  our 7,917 goats                                                   an appropriate enclosure, and the tools to make sure  we can give so many families the power to pull
          get your head around. Let’s go deeper…               for 7,917 families                                                   a family can take care of their new cow.              themselves out of poverty.




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