b'contact with anyone they knew.be in the group or not, PunI feel like their life should beTOP LEFTAfter that time, with the warsaid. Because there weredifferent, Gharti said. I wantGharti picks marigolds in nearly at an end, they finallysome other organizationsthem to have the education thather backyard.reunited with their families. that didnt have such afits the generation that were The two decided to restartgood reputation in this area,in right now. In [this] era, ifBOTTOM LEFTGharti and Pun their lives in the rural town ofso we were generalizingyoure not educated, it wouldntcan often be Rihar, a place where they couldHeifer. But Gharti and Punbe possible to do anything. found taking their 55 goats find land to buy, and wheredecided to move forward, andThe profits from the salebehind the Pun knew a distant relative. their fortunes changed. of goats are enough to coverhouse to graze.On the very first day thatSeven years after receivingregular payments of the loanTOPwe came here, we faced sotwo goats from Heifer, Ghartithey took out from a localFeeding time much hardship, Pun said. Weand Pun now spend portionscooperative to build their newfor the familys didnt have income. We had toof their days escorting 55 goatshome, which has enoughherd of goats.sustain ourselves by cookingthrough the jungle, makingspace for two growing children [a kind of wild radish], whichsure they have enough to grazeand hosting guests. And on is mostly eaten by goats. on and keeping them as safeoccasion, Gharti and Pun even Pun tried his hand atas they can from leopards andget a chance to sit down and rearing pigs, but it wasntother dangers. The coupleenjoy the summer breeze.profitable. Then the couplespends another portionWe decided that we heard about Heifer Nepal. of their time helping theirwanted to stay here forever, We had some discussion12-year-old son and 7-year-oldPun said. We wont be going between ourselves whether todaughter with their studies. elsewhere from here.nHEIFER.ORG |35'