Are you guys familiar with this organization? I guess I first heard of it on an Animal Rights board. They hate it, so, of course, I had to check it out. W've been supporting it off and on ever since. Their stories about the way an animal (cow, goat, sheep, pigs, etc.) can change the life of a family or even an entire village are heartwarming.
http://www.heifer.org/
http://www.heifer.org/