Heifer Project prepares to feed the world Most students would not consider a Mexican house of tin and cardboard or a terrace garden the traditional classroom setting. However, two hours northwest of Little Rock in rural Perryville, Ark., Heifer Project International (HPI) provided just such a learning environment where students could gain insight into different cultures and lifestyles. Two years ago, veteran missionaries Monte Cox and Jerry Myhan began an intersession class at HPI to help missionminded students "get to the root of a problem," Myhan said. "If malnutrition is the problem, let's teach good nutrition; if infections are the problem, let's teach basic health." Students got to the "root" ofthe problem both literally and figuratively. After Lisa Massey and Mika Hane ishi work together in an 'intensive organic garden.' One of the many methods which students at the Heifer Project learned to combat world hunger was cultivating large amounts of vegetables on a small plot of land using limited technology. Photo by Jerry Myhan. J .. b morning class with Monte Cox, "we would learn about organic gardening or how to terrace a hillside," Heather Wilson said. Having lived in East Africa for most ofher life, Wilson was able to testify to the helpfulness of such a program. "Considering that it is in the middle of Arkansas, the Heifer Project was extremely effective in presenting actual village life," Wilson said. "I have wanted to do full-time mission work in developing projects such as this one my whole life." Besides gardening, students learned to raise animals for food, administer basic first aid, and live in Third World housing conditions. Students who participated in the Heifer Project felt that the class changed their world view dramatically. Senior Christina Weber said, "The Heifer Project opens your mind to another world. I realized that the United States is blessed with more food and more education than most countries. Unfortunately, U.S. citizens don't realize how lucky we are and how desperate other countries are." - Rebecca West Erin Elliott - Lebanon, Conn. Fawnda Elliott - Springfield, Mo . Andy Ellis - Tualatin, Ore. Matthew Ensor - Ruidoso, N.M. Diana Estes - Prescott, Ark. Ben Etheridge - Summerville, S.C. Laura Evans - Muscatine, Iowa Phillip Fagala - Jonesboro, Ark. Emily Fair - Meridian, Miss . Laura Falgiani - Broken Arrow, Okla. Marka Fambro - Colorado City, Texas Katie Fant - Searcy, Ark. Misty Fant - Memphis, Tenn. Sylvia Farrar - Clarksville, Ark. Rachael Fatula - Berwick, Penn. Mike Feril - Clinton Township, Mich. Kim Fincher - Suwanee, Ga . Anna Fink - Birmingham, Ala. Jasmine Flagg - Maryland Heights, Mo. Molly Flanigan - Rochester Hills , Mich. Yavonda Fletcher - Booneville, Ark. Molly Floyd - Russellville, Ark. Coleman Forbess - Dora, N.M. Michelle Ford - Powell, Ohio Freshmen 107
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