b'Equipped with a cooler to transport her livestock medication and vaccines, a starting investment of 30,000 rupees ($228), her tablet and a microscope all from Heifer Nepal, Kusu sets out by foot each day to help local farmers keep their farms thriving andLEFTtheir incomes consistent. Kusu places a It is about service, and it also provides anposter in her community, income for myself, said Kusu, who has usedhighlighting her growing savings to pay for her daughtersbest practices school fees and hopes to one day buy afor animal care and hygiene.scooter for transportation and more goats for her farm. BOTTOMMany Now I . aim to expand my farm to 100smallholder goats. And I know the key to bigger farms isfarmers like Kusu grow vegetables healthy animals, she said. This is whatin kitchen brings satisfaction: that I can help my familygardens, which and my community with the skills that Ithey fertilize with livestock have learned.n manure.HEIFER.ORG |15'