One of my favorite charities is Heifer International, which was once known as Heifer Project. The provide a boost to farmers around the world by giving them such things as cows, water buffalo, bunnies, bees, and goats. The idea is that the family can get food from the animals and can also sell some of the products in the marketplace, thus bringing in some cash. In today's NYTimes, Nicholas Kristoff has a lovely story about how a Heifer Project goat given to a family in Uganda eventually made it possible for the daughter to come to America for college. It makes you proud to be alive and know that such good things can happen.

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