Photos: ONE Girls and Women heads to Malawi

This week, ONE and Heifer International are traveling through Malawi with a delegation of writers and social media influencers who are hearing stories of success and hope. See some of their journey here:

A beautiful welcome from the Kasungu village women’s savings and loan club 🎶🎶🎶 #MeredithInMalawi #ONEHeifer

A video posted by Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls (@amypoehlersmartgirls) on May 11, 2015 at 6:55pm PDT

“Show me you are a strong and smart girl” 💪 #ONEHeifer #MeredithInMalawi pic.twitter.com/Z4lqnKiYO1

— AmyPoehlerSmartGirls (@smrtgrls) May 11, 2015

We visit Mchinji to meet farmers who are part of an important local dairy co-op. We’re greeted in song. #ONEHeifer pic.twitter.com/UIm0pbLnCb — Ellen McGirt (@ellmcgirt) May 12, 2015

“I’m a digester” – @wendiaarons When it comes to how to parcel out the important bits of an experience and weave them into a story. During an experience of this magnitude it feels next to impossible. Every 30 seconds produces a new tale, a new fact, a new face to capture. And on this, our second day in Malawi but our first site visits I am feeling overwhelmed but in a good way. It’s complicated, I suppose. It is certainly more than what I can fit in an instagram post. Anyway, eventually, I will tell the story of these goats. Just not today. #Malawi #ONEHeifer A photo posted by Heather B. (@heatherbarmore) on May 11, 2015 at 9:26am PDT

We met Mr. Mtika today, a lead farmer through @heiferinternational in a village in northern Malawi. He and his wife are AMAZING (yeah, yeah, I’m using that word a lot…because it’s the perfect word!) #ONEHeifer #malawi A video posted by Jane Maynard (@janemaynard) on May 11, 2015 at 11:20am PDT

Me. Mtika and his wife standing in front of their kitchen – this new kitchen is safer for their daughter to help cook, with better ventilation and requires less firewood per week. #ONEHeifer #Malawi

A photo posted by Karen Walrond (@heychookooloonks) on May 11, 2015 at 1:20pm PDT

Dorothy, sweet daughter of a lead farmer who works with @heiferinternational. #ONEHeifer A photo posted by Wendi Aarons (@wendiaarons) on May 11, 2015 at 9:25am PDT

This family welcomed us with open arms. Her and her husband are an example of a strong willed couple working together to improve their own lives and of their community. Will be sharing soon how they have embraced the @heiferinternational interventions, like receiving goats and paying it forward, has made a signficant impact on their lives. #ONEHeifer #Malawi A photo posted by Ana Flores (@laflowers) on May 11, 2015 at 6:15am PDT