PRESS RELEASE

Photo Gallery

"One World, One Family"
A photographic and art exhibition dedicated to
ending world hunger and saving the earth

UNITED NATIONS, New York - October 2004 –- The United Nations will display a Heifer International photography and art exhibit, "One World, One Family" October 26, 2004 through the end of November 2004 in the UN General Assembly Visitors lobby.

The exhibit features photographs by Darcy Kiefel, resident of Boulder, Colorado. Her photos capture community development programs where Heifer International is at work providing livestock and training to poor families. In addition, vivid paintings by artist Betty LaDuke, resident of Ashland, Oregon, will compliment the photos to portray the spirit of Heifer project partners and their common link to the environment and the earth.

For 60 years Heifer’s work has provided hope to malnourished families in 50 countries through training in sustainable agriculture gifts of livestock.

"Whether the story involves losing one’s parents to AIDS in Kenya or war in Rwanda, getting out of prostitution rings in Thailand and getting an education, or reclaiming dignity within the Navajo nations, these narratives and images are testimonies to the dream of Heifer’s founder Dan West, that there is a sustainable way to meet the basic needs and rights of all, and after 60 years of success, the work of Heifer deserves public awareness," said Ray White, director of public information.

Since 1944, Heifer International has provided struggling families a way to become self-reliant for food and income. Through the gift of livestock and training, a family can obtain milk, eggs, wool and other income-producing benefits to feed, clothe and educate their children. Each gift multiplies because every family that receives a Heifer animal promises to "pass on the gift" by giving one or more of their animal's offspring to another family in need. Heifer International currently supports projects in 50 countries, including the United States, that create sustainable small-scale farm enterprises to improve nutrition and supplement income. Local community groups conceive and manage Heifer International projects, empowering them to solve their own problems and equipping the next generation to face challenges successfully.

For more information about Heifer International, please call (800) 696-1918, or visit the web site at www.heifer.org.