Heifer-Chicago Volunteer Participation in
Heifer Study Tours

Heifer Study Tours are specialized expeditions through spectacular geography and unique ecosystems to visit remote villages and isolated peoples. But a Heifer Study Tour goes beyond sightseeing. It is a journey into the daily lives of extraordinary people. As you visit with the farmers and families who are working with Heifer to improve their lives, you will learn more than you could have imagined.

Twila and Loren Habegger joined Chris Quinlan, the Midwest Community Volunteer Coordinator; Valerie Clifford, the Mid-Atlantic CVC; and other Area Volunteer Coordinators throughout the U.S. for a tour of Heifer projects in Honduras. The Study Tour leaders were Tim and Gloria Wheeler, Heifer lead staff in Honduras.
Study Tour features included visits to Heifer sustainable food projects in southern and western regions of Honduras, and Heifer supported projects for small-scale coffee producers. The study tour participants were also be given the opportunity to visit the Mayan Ruins in Copan, Honduras.
For more information on this study tour, please contact Loren or Twila Habegger at chicagoheifer@gmail.com. A Power Point presentation of the Tour can be seen by clicking here.

Wendy Davis visited the Senegal office, which was only 3 years old, and all the projects were just getting under way. A highlight near the end of the trip was attending a Passing On The Gift ceremony in which Tour participants are considered part of the process because of their interest in Heifer and all it stands for. The photo is of Wendy passing on grass cutters in Ghana. (Grasscutters are rodents much like rabbits raised for their meat.)
Click here for more photos and tour descriptions. For more information about this study tour, please contact Wendy Davis at wendydavis5@comcast.net.

Photos from Christine Fisher's Study Tour in the Philippines in 2010.
For more information about this study tour, please contact Christine at nlfishbit@aol.com

Smiling faces in the Tabuk, Kalinga community

Planting trees donated by Heifer in the community of Legazpi in South East Luzon. Trees get destroyed annually by typhoons. Trees are needed to help buffer the winds.

A Passing on the Gift ceremony in South East Luzon

Photos from Christine Fisher's Study Tour in Poland in 2009.
For more information about this study tour, please contact Christine at nlfishbit@aol.com.

Ceremony of Passing on the Gift of a Heifer in Poland.

A Polish family with their work horse, donated by Heifer.

Audrey Veath went on a Study Tour to Zambia with her Granddaughter, Laura, in June of 2005. She writes:
    "Why go on a Heifer trip?
To see the world? To experience a different culture? To find out where your Heifer donations go? How they are spent? To meet the recipients of the goats and cows, chickens and pigs, bees and trees that Heifer provides?
    "YES to all of the above!
It is an amazing experience to meet the other part of the Heifer family organization. You will find out how their live have been changed with the gifts of their animals, new knowledge of animal husbandry and improved farming techniques. You will be amazed to be part of this inter-connection of lives.
    "So, get out your passport and join a Heifer tour. Even better, take along a teenager or grandchild to let them experience first hand how one person can make a difference in the world.
    "And plan on your own life being transformed by your trip. "
    Click here for more photos and tour descriptions.

Lynne Atherton went on a Study Tour to Honduras in 1987. She writes:

"When I first went in 1987 (with the 20 goats and 5 heifers on the cargo plane), I stayed with Tim and Gloria Wheeler [Honduras Heifer staff] over Easter when their twins were just babies. Gloria gave me a Salvadoran Christus Rex that I've had in my office ever since. A parrot watched, nearby, early one morning as I was writing in my journal... "
For more information on this study tour, please contact Lynne Atherton at lynneatherton@sbcglobal.net.