Work & Income

Learn how Heifer Tanzania’s initiatives have reshaped the dairy market and benefited more than 1 million farming families.

The Milky Way program is driving sustainable change in Nepal’s dairy sector, supporting smallholder farmer incomes, increasing milk production and advancing the local government’s goal of raising dairy standards.

Beekeeping increases both income and choice in rural communities limited by climate shocks and poverty.

In the complex landscape of rural-urban migration, Heifer’s seed loans and seed-saving training offer compelling support for smallholder farmers to remain on their land.

With support from Heifer Mexico and her women farmers’ group, Magali built a business selling cage-free eggs and gained a new lease on life in the process.

Chart the success of 143 women entrepreneurs from Yucatán state, Mexico, who collectively sold half a million eggs to a major restaurant chain and ushered in a new era of women-led enterprise in their region.

Access to credit remains one of the greatest challenges for smallholder farmers, especially women. But when Marzan joined a Heifer-supported self-help group, she was finally connected to the network of support she needed to invest in her future.

In a world where 1.4 billion people remain unbanked, Heifer is spearheading financial inclusion to combat global poverty and income disparities.

In Nepal’s Phalebas village, Bishnu’s shift from raising goats to building a dairy business has opened up new doors to prosperity and provided the means to invest in her daughters’ schooling.

In a community where most women lead lives devoid of identity and recognition, Preeti is establishing herself as a dynamic young woman and a successful entrepreneur.