The Festival date this year is October 20. The first year they need 5 Angus heifers bred to calve next spring. Funds may be given to purchase, or heifers may be brought to Festival. In 1998, Festival contributions provided 1250 goats for war recovering families in Mozambique. The goat program is very successful and expanding to other districts.
Women provide the main labor force for crops using hand hoes.
HPI will assist 18 families with 51 animals plus plows and carts, training and technical assistance. Heifer Ranch is an 1,100 acre, hands-on campus for education about world hunger and solutions through animal agriculture. Our group of 15 will stay in lodge type facilities with bunk beds, join in the community meal at noon, and prepare our own morning and evening meals.