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Building a future with clay bricks
Building a future with clay bricks

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Building a future with clay bricks

Ojok Ivan Emmanuel, 17, and his brother Ronnie Owekgiu, 12, work together to pile up clay bricks that will later be cooked. Selling the bricks is...

Making Mezcal and Money in Mexico
Making Mezcal and Money in Mexico

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Making Mezcal and Money in Mexico

Ciro Rodriguez, 62, is a mezcalero in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. Making mezcal is an art, and Rodriguez is an artist who is sharing the craft...

Poverty and Violence Leave Hondurans No Option But to Leave Home
Poverty and Violence Leave Hondurans No Option But to Leave Home

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Poverty and Violence Leave Hondurans No Option But to Leave Home

The thousands of people leaving Central America for the United States aren’t abandoning their homes because they want to. Violence and poverty...

4 Chilling Tales from Parts Unknown
4 Chilling Tales from Parts Unknown

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4 Chilling Tales from Parts Unknown

One of the best parts of traveling to Heifer projects is when the people we meet around the world regal us with local ghost stories and legends....

A new caravan of Hondurans hopes to leave violence and poverty behind
A new caravan of Hondurans hopes to leave violence and poverty behind

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A new caravan of Hondurans hopes to leave violence and poverty behind

News of another caravan of Honduran emigrants fleeing northward to escape violence and economic insecurity did not surprise Heifer International...

Hype up your holidays with death, demons and root vegetables
Hype up your holidays with death, demons and root vegetables

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Hype up your holidays with death, demons and root vegetables

There’s plenty going on in the United States in October, November and December, with our trick-or-treating at Halloween, Norman Rockwell-worthy...

Earthquake in Northern Haiti Shakes Heifer Projects
Earthquake in Northern Haiti Shakes Heifer Projects

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Earthquake in Northern Haiti Shakes Heifer Projects

A 5.9 magnitude earthquake shook Haiti late Saturday. Heifer project participants throughout the country felt the shock and Heifer Haiti is...

The Case for Overpacking: A Post-Trip Autopsy
The Case for Overpacking: A Post-Trip Autopsy

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The Case for Overpacking: A Post-Trip Autopsy

Is over packing really the sin it's made out to be? According to travel blogs and experts, yes. But one writer is making the case for over packing....

Orange is the New Black Star Uzo Aduba gives us #goals
Orange is the New Black Star Uzo Aduba gives us #goals

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Orange is the New Black Star Uzo Aduba gives us #goals

If the internet has done nothing else, it has given us the gem of a hashtag: #goals. This week, as the United Nations General Assembly meets...

Songs Willie Nelson Made Better
Songs Willie Nelson Made Better

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Songs Willie Nelson Made Better

Farm Aid’s 33rd annual music festival — held for the first time in Connecticut — wrapped up this weekend. Farm Aid’s been supporting family...