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Athe promise of a new year, I would be remiss if I didn’t ground us Despite the year’s trials, in the reality that 2017 saw very real we are committed to threats to the entirety of the global continue empowering development sector and to the moral direction of our nation, which, for so communities to lead long, has stood up for people in need. lives of dignity The year began with news that and self-reliance. the foreign aid budget would be BOOK cut. Our work over 70 years has This issue of World Ark delivers Connectography is a must-read in shown that sources of confl ict stories perfect for anyone feeling today’s volatile global political and often include poverty and lack refl ective or looking toward the economic environment. of opportunity, and a cut to this future. Our historian, Peggy budget could harm national security Reiff Miller, recounts our early and the advances we’ve made in years providing cattle to families so many areas. Violence, racism devastated by World War II. You’ll and fear were also repeatedly learn how we worked with the seen throughout the world as German government to build peace the year progressed. Today, we and select recipients for the 4,000 remain uneasy about the direction heifers that were placed there from many nations are taking and the 1949 to 1961. eff ect it could have on the most Our work today in Haiti is also marginalized. Despite the year’s featured. We’re partnering with GIFT trials, we are committed to continue International Flavors & Fragrances Chickens make eggs, and empowering communities to lead on a project with vetiver-growing those eggs yield fast cash lives of dignity and self-reliance. communities to both improve the and great nutrition. Can a And we did have plenty to lives of the farmers and produce chicken save the world? celebrate, like the launch of a a better-quality vetiver oil. It’s just youth-centric project: The East one of many ways we’re leveraging Africa Youth Inclusion Program in partnerships to help farmers move Uganda and Tanzania. The program more of their product to market and will support youth as they develop diversify their incomes. business ideas, navigate pathways As always, none of our history for employment and pass on their or our work today would be possible knowledge, skills and resources to without your support. Thank you other youth in their communities. for allowing us to continue serving These new endeavors fi ll me families in need. with hope and determination, and PLACE I believe that Heifer is uniquely Yours for a better world, Tanzania … lovely, kind people, positioned to take an age-old and I understand a lot of Swahili. occupation — farming — and It is the language of my childhood apply cutting-edge technologies in the Congo. Asante sana! to increase yields, develop needed Pierre U. 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Their An Egg a Day Keeps the poultry business ensures regular income and good nutrition for the family of 11. 14 Doctor Away Top photo: Clement Djaba, 15, collects Just a small daily dose of protein is eggs from his family’s laying hens. making all the diff erence for young Photos by Olivier Asselin children in Ghana. Fortifi ed with good health and energy, these families are fi nally fi nding happiness and hope. Dollars and Scents Few crops thrive in the denuded soils 36 of Haiti, but vetiver is diff erent. An ingredient in expensive perfumes, this root gives farming families a path into a thriving marketplace where their product commands high prices. Food for Body and Soul Seagoing cowboys loaded ships with 46 livestock and crossed the ocean to bring relief after World War II. A new The Most museum exhibit and book delve Important into Heifer International’s legacy in 25 Germany, where hundreds of families Gift Catalog received cows to fuel their rebuilding in the World eff orts. WWW.HEIFER.ORG | 3 letters READERS RESPOND TOO SWEET say Western countries, including their name or picture identifies them I am stunned that a recipe for the United States, are mired in as African-American to potential Autumn Apple Cake was featured in social stratification systems of their employers, generally needs to send your Fall issue. The ingredients are own. What do you think?” Here are out one and a half times as many sugar, butter, oil, etc. Wouldn’t it be a few of our favorite responses. resumes to get the same number more appropriate for your magazine of interviews. Black and Hispanic to feature recipes that provide good I think the only Americans who candidates identified as such are nutrition? would deny that we have the more likely to get no response at all, DOROTHY WHITESIDE same issues are those from the and they also sit more interviews Placentia, California upper classes. It is driven into before getting a solid offer and the American mind that rich = an employee badge than white MISTAKES DEPARTMENT hardworking and smart, and poor candidates. We do have a racially In the interest of accuracy: the = lazy and stupid. The actual truth based caste system, it’s just a little bit article on seed saving used the is few people will move far from more porous than the one in India. term “biannual.” That is incorrect. the socioeconomic status they are KEITH KAROLYI The term “biennial” refers to a plant born into, no matter how much From Facebook that needs two years to reproduce. effort they do or don’t put into life. “Biannual” means twice per year. You do see some movement from While I can respect traditions and To be sure that I remembered from generation to generation, but even cultures of other countries, the college, I looked it up. that is the exception, not the rule. lack of personal freedom is what LINDA GILL HEATHER FARNSLEY separates the two. In one system, Sylmar, California From Facebook people are pigeonholed into pre- determined futures and do not If you’re white and American, there’s have the freedom to escape that. far more mobility and opportunity In America, there are definitely open to you, no matter which socioeconomic and racial barriers socioeconomic stratum your parents to overcome, and people may came from. For people of color, feel restricted at times, but every the stratification and exclusion citizen has the freedom and equal is real and much harder, but not opportunity to pursue his or her own impossible, to breach. Friends who happiness. Some may be successful are employment advisors in the and some may not, but there exists government or private sectors have the freedom and the opportunity to told me that a black candidate, if try. It is possible (and often happens) that people work hard to make what they want out of life and achieve it We want to hear regardless of the obstacles in their from you! way. Everyone should be the master of his own destiny. Please send your comments to EVE RYAN [email protected]. Include From Facebook your name, city, and a telephone In our Fall issue we asked readers number or email address.