Cultural immersion is encouraged. Days are filled with travel and visits to various projects, some hands-on work and evenings are spent processing and reflecting. Since 1944, Heifer Project International has been helping hungry families feed themselves. HPI, a nonprofit organization, provides rural families around the world with food-producing animals and training in their care. HPI s International Learning and Livestock Center in Perryville, AR, is a 200-acre educational center, retreat center and livestock holding center.
Costs vary per group.
HPI, a nonprofit organization, provides rural families around the world with food-producing animals and training in their care. Volunteer opportunities include feeding, milking, barn cleaning, livestock chores, gardening, construction and carpentry. Inc. Located in Rural Kentucky, Helping Hand Project, Inc. has been helping families in need maintain their homes for several years now. Their main focus is on rural poverty and homelessness. Their work began through assisting families whose homes had been destroyed by fire.