The News about Training in Guangdong

From January 8 to 9, 2005, three personnel from HPI Hong Kong’s fundraising office—Lin Biyao, Wang Wanhua, and Zhong Yizhen—went together to visit Heifer’s beef cattle program in Liannan Yao Autonomous County, Guangdong. On this trip they visited farming households and saw their living and production conditions, and explained to them the source of the funding that they would soon receive.

On January 9 and March 10, HPI China’s Anhui Program Director Peng Bin gave Heifer Basics training to a total of 79 households in two villages, Tangnikeng and Wangdongping. Of the farmers who participated in the training, 35 were women, and they were very enthusiastic, bringing a relaxed and joyful atmosphere to the training. Both training sessions emphasized “passing on the gift” and explained in detail Heifer’s concepts of “Everyone helps me, I help everyone” and “It is better to teach a person to fish than to give a person a fish.” The program partners—the Liannan Bureau of Agriculture and the local township and village leaders—all gave strong support, and they gained a deeper understanding of Heifer. The two training sessions ended with “Passing on the gift” games. During the games, the farm households who were to receive help wore wide smiles on their faces, reflecting the happiness and good fortune that Heifer is about to bring them!