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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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