$500 Cow

buys a high- yielding cow

$250 Fish

builds and stocks a
community fish farm

$50 Goat

provides a goat for a family

$30 Pig

buys a pig for a family to break the cycle of poverty

$25 Turkey

adds a turkey to a
family’s yard

$10 Chicks

provides 10 chicks to build an egg business

Animals provide families with food, funds, and fertilizer—all for a better future. Cows are especially valued. In some parts of Africa cows are a family’s security and bank account. Animal-related development projects are an important part of ELCA World Hunger’s comprehensive and life-saving efforts.

How can a goat change a life? Zipporah, a widowed mother of seven children, lives on a one-acre farm in Kenya. Hunger, made worse by drought, threatened her family. ELCA World Hunger and partner the Lutheran World Federation supports a program that provided Zipporah with a breeding goat and trained her to care for it. As one goat became many, Zipporah is able to provide for her family.

Goats are a helpful part of God’s global barnyard because they are hardy, multiply rapidly, are easy to care for, and produce nutritious milk. Goats can survive in drought-striken areas by eating drought-resistant shrubs and grass. Children can care for goats, which is especially helpful when families are dealing with a serious illness like HIV/AIDS.

Goats and other animals, part of God’s global barnyard, provide families with food, funds, and fertilizer, breaking the cycle of hunger and poverty. Your gifts to the ELCA World Hunger Appeal for God’s global barnyard go beyond livestock to provide training, access to safe water sources, help securing markets, and much more.

Little chicks bring big hope. Gifts to the ELCA World Hunger—God’s global barnyard helped our long-time partner in Mexico, Amextra (Mexican Association for Rural and Urban Transformation), alleviate economic struggles. In the remote village of Nuevo, Jerusalém (New Jerusalem) Amextra provided 46 families with flocks of baby chicks.

For Juana and Miguel, who have four teenage boys, those little chicks made a big difference. In just a few months the chickens were laying eggs that helped satisfy the appetites of their growing boys. Juana and Miguel’s chicken business will provide stable nutrition and a sustainable income source.