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  2008-05-25 11:05AM / 資料 / Life / 會員可以看
  

  Date: 23 May 2008

  Heifer international farmers help quake victims

  Anhui Farmers Donate to Help Restore Shattered Lives

  LITTLE ROCK, Ark., May 23, 2008 – Fifty impoverished farm families participating in a Heifer International development project in Jiangmio Commnity in Shouxian in eastern China have collected $300 (2,050 yuan) to help victims of the devastating May 12 earthquake in Sichuan Province in western China. Per capital income in the region is about $220 a year.Heifer groups throughout China have been raising support and aid for those in the earthquake-hit areas. In the spirit of Heifer's 'Cornerstone' values, the farmers wanted to share their feelings and ideas, to show their caring for the survivors, and to take action, said Chen Taiyong, Heifer's China Country Director. A key component of Heifer's work is cornerstones training that teaches groups how to convert their shared community values into action.

  Zhu Yuntao, a member of one of the project families, said, 'All the time we talk about helping each other. Heifer helped us and now it's our duty to help those who are suffering from the earthquake.'

  Zhu Zhonghao, from another project family, said, 'Heifer China started its projects first in Sichuan. Sichuan people are our project partners and we see them as our families. Their trouble is also ours. We'll try everything we can to support them to overcome present difficulties.'

  Liu Guang, a project partner said, 'As project partners, we are all obligated to join the relief efforts.'

  A donation ceremony was held in Jiangmiao Community on Friday, May 16. All 50 project families contributed. The money was sent to Sichuan by the Red Cross of Shouxian County.

  Another Heifer development project in Shicaogou in Chengde County also mobilized to collect $180 (1,250 yuan) for relief aid for quake victims. Liu Xue, the director of the community management committee, led 60 Heifer families and others in collecting relief aid for the victims.

  Heifer Is Committed to Rebuilding

  Immediately after news of the quake reached the U.S., Heifer International announced that it would help families rebuild their homes and livelihoods.

  Last week Heifer issued an appeal to donors to contribute to a fund dedicated to rehabilitating Heifer project sites in Sichuan where the 7.9-magnitude earthquake caused severe damage. More than 8,000 families participate in Heifer development projects in the region hardest hit by the quake. Heifer's central office is in Chengdu just 50 miles from the epicenter of the quake.

  Heifer's mission is to end hunger and poverty while caring for the earth. For more than 60 years, Heifer International has provided livestock and environmentally sound agricultural training to improve the lives of those who struggle daily for reliable sources of food and income. Heifer is currently working in more than 57 countries, including the U.S., to help families and communities become more self-reliant. Since 1944 it has helped 48 million people through training in livestock development and livestock gifts that multiply. Every gift of an animal provides direct benefits such as milk, eggs, wool, fertilizer, and indirect benefits that increase family incomes for better housing, nutrition, health care and school fees for children. Recipients 'pass on the gift' of offspring of their cows, goats and other livestock to others in an ever-widening circle of hope.

  For information about Heifer, visit www.heifer.org, or call 1-800-696-1918.
  

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