El Camino y la Comida
Trek across El Camino de Santiago and raising awareness to alleviate hunger, fight poverty, and care for the Earth.
El Camino y la Comida Day 25
Day 25 on the Way. For up-to-date news and photos of the journey, please go to: www.elcaminoylacomida.com. We’ve been sleeping somewhere different every night, and are grateful to have a place to rest our heads. If you can’t get to Arkansas, Heifer Global Village Site Sponsors offer great opportunities to experience the Heifer Global [...]
El Camino y la Comida Day 24
Day 24 on the Way, which is a strange way, is a global village itself with people from all walks of live walking the same path. For up-to-date news and photos of the journey, please go to: www.elcaminoylacomida.com. Heifer Village, located on the Heifer International Campus, is a hands-on, global eduction facility that imagines [...]
El Camino y la Comida Day 23
Day 23 on the Way. For up-to-date news and photos of the journey, please go to: www.elcaminoylacomida.com. By now, you have learned a bit about Heifer’s projects around the world – there are countless more. One of the reasons for the success of these initiatives is Heifer’s approach to microenterprise and its interest-free “living [...]
El Camino y la Comida Day 22
Day 22 on El Camino. For up-to-date news and photos of the journey, please go to: www.elcaminoylacomida.com. By now, you know that this is the way of St. James. Seeing old churches and monasteries is an incredible experience, regardless of what your beliefs are. Heifer Tanzania partners with many churches of all denominations throughout [...]
El Camino y la Comida Day 21
Beginning of Week 3, Day 21. For up-to-date news and photos of the journey, please go to: www.elcaminoylacomida.com. Making it this far, we want to break out in song and dance! Zambian women have beautiful singing voices. Listen to members of a Heifer women’s dairy cattle project in Tigwirizane, Zambia sing in appreciation of [...]
El Camino y la Comida Day 20
Day 20 on the Way. For up-to-date news and photos of the journey, please go to: www.elcaminoylacomida.com. By now, we are undoubtedly appreciative of the innovations made to things such as: lightweight sleeping bags and ergonomic packs. Innovation can be a beautiful thing. Farmers in Shaktikhor, Nepal, conducted an experiment from February 2010 until [...]
El Camino y la Comida Day 19
Day 19 on the Camino. For up-to-date news and photos of the journey, please go to: www.elcaminoylacomida.com. There is nothing like sharing a meal with people around the world – you start the the appetizer as strangers and finish with dessert as friends. Heifer International President Jo Luck and David Beckmann of Bread for [...]
El Camino y la Comida Day 18
Day 18 on El Camino. For up-to-date news and photos of the journey, please go to: www.elcaminoylacomida.com. Every ounce on our backs count, including books. Heifer CEO Pierre Ferrari is a voracious reader. A couple of his favorite reads are Plato and Platypus Walk Into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes by Thomas Cathcart [...]
El Camino y la Comida Day 17
Day 17 on our little “walk.” For up-to-date news and photos of the journey, please go to: www.elcaminoylacomida.com. We depend so much on our two feet to move, and we hope not to wear out its welcome. Known as “the living tractor of the East,” thewaterbuffalois used mostly for plowing and transportation by families [...]
El Camino y la Comida Day 16
Day 16, the Way. For up-to-date news and photos of the journey, please go to: www.elcaminoylacomida.com. Sometimes, all we want is a sweet treat – some cold ice cream. Another sweet, of course, is honey. One of ZomppaB’s favorite gifts is the gift of bees. For centuries honey was used for its medicinal qualities, [...]
