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Stressed out about Christmas? Worried that you haven’t had time to buy your loved that special something? Well relax and don’t worry – Concern Gifts has got the perfect solution.

We’ve got a range of fun and quirky gifts that are perfect for every taste and budget. For keen gardeners we’ve got Vegetable Packs at £33 which could give an HIV sufferer in Zambia the tools they need to grow nutritious and delicious vegetables to eat and sell. For budding sports stars, how about Sports Equipment for just £9? Playing sport does so much for kids living in the developing world – with our help they can keep fit, learn new skills and meet new people. And for those who like to snuggle up on the sofa and keep warm this winter, how about our Blankets at £23 which are a real life-line to those made homeless after an emergency?

For over 40 years Concern has been transforming the lives of the world’s poor and so whatever Concern Gift you buy this Christmas, you can rest assured that it will make a real and lasting difference to people living in extreme poverty.

And every Concern Gift comes with an e-giftcard that can be sent directly to the recipient and you can order right up until Christmas Day so they’re perfect last minute gifts too!

Get a last-minute Christmas gift here from Concern >>

Cows n Things Charity Gifts

Whether it’s Christmas, a birthday or an anniversary, you’ll find a Cows ‘n’ Things gift for every occasion at Cows ‘n’ Things. From cattle, to chicks, to goats, or even an entire house, you can buy gifts that will transform the lives of older people overseas.

Cows ‘n’ Things is an ethical gift scheme, run by Age UK, designed to help the most disadvantaged people in later life overseas get the things they need – which is cows and things. We work in partnership with our sister organisation, HelpAge International, to support older people in more than 40 developing countries.

Whether it’s a cataract operation that can restore sight, a two room house that can shelter an older person and their family, or a cow that can provide milk and extra income, there are many ways your gift can help disadvantaged older people overseas.

It’s a fact that the world’s population is getting older – yet few governments or aid agencies target people in later life. Approximately 100 million older people in developing countries survive on less than 60 pence a day. Older people are often ignored, neglected and discriminated against, even though they’re the ones keeping families together when communities are decimated by conflict, HIV, famine or drought.

Your gift won’t just go towards supporting an older person and restoring their pride, it will have an affect on future generations too. If you buy a cow, or any of our gifts, we will pass it on to an older person in a developing country so they can support themselves and their family.

It might be hard to hide and even harder to wrap, but buy a cow from Cows ‘n’ Things and you could change someone’s life, not just their Christmas.

To buy a gift that would make a world of difference to an older person overseas, simply visit Cows ‘n’ Things.

Concern Rabbit

Concern Worldwide has launched its brand new Gifts website and this year theu have a number of brilliant new presents for that special someone in your life.

One of our favourite Gifts is the cute rabbits which are a bargain at just £10. Rabbits are the ideal gift for that pet lover in your life. And they are also the perfect item for a poor farmer in Malawi as they just love to breed! Two rabbits can quickly multiply with their off-spring being sold to help pay for essentials such as school fees, medicine and food.

Stefano Amos is a farmer and lives in Malawi where he provides for his wife, their five children and three young relatives. Life was really tough for him before he received two rabbits from Concern. As he remembers, “it wasn’t always easy to buy basics such as soap and clothes. Food was scarce. Everything simply got better as soon as the rabbits arrived. Having these animals has completely changed our economic situation”.

Whatever Concern Gift you buy this Christmas, you can be sure that it will make a lasting and real difference to life of people life Stefano. And every Concern Gift comes with a colourful gift card for you to personalise and send to the recipient.

But do hurry! Take advantage of their free postage and packing and order before Friday 10th December in order to receive your gift cards in time for Christmas. If you miss that deadline, don’t worry – you can still order online and send e-cards right up to 25th December!

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Guide dog

Guide dogs for the blind is one of the UK’s foremost charities, providing mobility and freedom to partially-sighted people. By donating to Guide Dogs for the Blind, your money will go towards direct aid, research, breeding and training.

75 years of experience makes them one of the most established charities you can donate to. Here’s where your money would go:

Helping partially sighted people gain independence by breeding and training guide dogs.

Research – canine research and ophthalmic research on which Guide Dogs bases its procedures, policies and services.

Equal rights campaigning – Guide dogs for the Blind are behind a lot of equal rights campaigning for partially sighted people, and have influenced plenty of legislation over the years.

So – donate to Guide Dogs for the Blind today – and why not buy someone a puppy for Christmas?

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As kids right across the UK countdown the days until the end of term, don’t forget to spare a thought for the teachers that have taught them day-in, day-out for the last year. Committed, hard-working and dedicated teachers make the world of the difference to our kids’ education so why not show your appreciation with a Gift from Concern Worldwide?

Their range of quirky and fun ethical gifts is perfect for teachers of every age group and all of them come with a specially designed card for you to personalise and send on. Every purchase from their School Days section will specifically help to fund their education projects around the world.

In Concern’s Gifts range you’ll find something for every taste and budget:

£7 could buy a water filter to provide clean, disease-free water to communities so children can concentrate on going to school rather than having to collect water from far-away water sources.

£21 could buy pens, pencils and other essential school items for ten school children to ensure that they have the things they need to make the most out of their education.

£63 could provide a teacher with training to improve their teaching methods, expand their knowledge and grow in confidence, so that the children they teach have the best chance in life.

Concern believes that education is the key to ending poverty which is why we run a variety of education projects in some of the world’s poorest communities: In Kenya, for example, they provide grants to local primary schools to improve school buildings and ensure that children have a safe, secure place to learn; In Bangladesh they are working with school boards to ensure that the poorest children receive special attention in school to improve their performance; and in Haiti right now they are running child friendly spaces – areas set aside in refugee camps for earthquake affected children where they have lesson in reading and writing, as well as arts, crafts and music. By providing children with an education, they are equipping them with knowledge and skills they need to break the grinding cycle of poverty.

A gift for your favourite teacher today, could mean children living in extreme poverty around the world receive the education that every child needs. Please buy a Concern Gift today.

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Strains of ‘If you’re happy and you know it’ ring out as groups of children are gathered together laughing, singing and playing. It could be a scene from any nursery school in the UK but what makes this scene remarkable is that it’s in a refugee camp in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince – a city devastated by a terrifying earthquake just a few months earlier.

It’s hard to imagine your whole life changing in an instant but for millions of people living in Haiti, it did on January 12^th 2010. In just a few minutes, the earthquake claimed the lives of over 230,000 people and left 1.5 million homeless. As the island shook, homes were destroyed and roads, hospitals and other essential infrastructure decimated.

The education system in Port-au-Prince was particularly badly affected – school buildings were destroyed and others left in urgent need of repair. Without schools to go to, many children are forced to wander around camps like Place de la Paix, one of Port-au-Prince’s largest and most densely populated makeshift settlements.

But on the edge of the camp there is an unexpected bright spot: a playground with a children’s slide, a tiny merry-go-round and a colourful mural, and children gathered together, singing and playing.

This is part of Concern Worldwide’s emergency response programme in Port-au-Prince. Where in the midst of some of the largest camps, Concern has set up its Child-Friendly Spaces – classrooms, many in large tents or existing structures, that give children the space to forget their traumatic experiences and just be children for a short while. We’re reaching nearly 2,000 earthquake-affected children, giving them instruction in basic reading and writing, as well as arts, crafts and music.

Annette Ambroisa, made homeless by the earthquake, has seen changes in her daughters, Farline, (6), and Fedeline, (2) already:

“They’re happier, they’re learning something new every day, and they’re able to stay clean,” she says.

The children of Port-au-Prince have been through so much since the earthquake but thanks to the dedication of Concern’s staff on the ground, we can make them smile again.

And you can help Concern be ready to respond to the next emergency wherever and whenever it happens by treating a loved one to a Concern Gift this summer. We’ve got gifts for every taste and budget from life-saving water filters at £7 to emergency food supplies for £48. Each and every gift makes a real and lasting difference to people affected by emergencies and comes with a lovely card for you to personalise and send on.

With your help, we can be really for the next emergency – please buy a Concern Gift today.

BBQ kings will love our fuel efficient stove at £18. These brilliant little devices make the world of difference to women in Darfur who use them to keep warm and cook meals for their families.

For Dads who love gardening, just £28 could buy one vegetable pack with seeds, insecticides, fertilizer and a small sprayer – everything someone needs to grow vegetables on a small plot. The crops that are grown can be eaten or sold to pay for essential items like school fees or medical bills.

And for Dads who love technology, £48 could buy a mobile phone and solar powered charger. We use these to transfer emergency cash grants to people during an emergency – and we’re making use of this groundbreaking technology right now in Niger where a food crisis is affecting thousands of people.

Each gift comes with a beautiful card you can personalise and send to your Dad to make the day extra special.

So whatever your Dad’s into, you’ll find something perfect for him at Concern Gifts.

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A devastating food crisis is unfolding in the west African country of Niger which is the poorest, least developed country on earth. 50% of the country’s 15million people are now vulnerable to food shortages caused by the failed rains and widespread crop failures of 2009.

Concern has been working in Niger for a number of years and our staff on the ground have seen for themselves the terrible effects of the 2009 crop failures. They have seen how villages and communities had been totally deserted and emptied because of crop failure. And how there have been large rates of migration out of villages by people with no access to food, abandoning homes in search of work in urban areas.

The situation is so bad that the government of Niger has appealed to the international community for urgent help and Concern is there now and helping those most in need.

Concern ’s response

Concern doesn’t just want to treat malnutrition once it’s happened in Niger – we want to try and stop it in its tracks. That’s why in the next few months we’ll be:

• Using mobile phones to transfer emergency cash grants to 2,500 families giving them the freedom to spend the money on essential items for their families.

• Distributing seeds and fertilizer to 3,000 households to help replace the failed crops and prevent future food shortages.

• Providing nutritional support to children under 5 years old and pregnant women who are most at risk of malnutrition.

The people we’re helping

In the next few months Concern’s emergency programme will help over 80,000 people in Niger— people just like Asama Masala.

25 year old Asama lives in Indire in the Tahoua ragion of southwestern Niger where Concern estimates that the global acute malnutrition rate is at 13% – well above the 10% rate that signifies a nutrition emergency.

With six children to feed, Asama found life extremely tough at the start of 2010. A lack of pasture and the catastrophic harvest in 2009 left her with very little food for her family.

But the emergency cash transfer she received from Concern has made a real difference. She recalls “The help is a big relief as it will allow me to buy us necessary things like food for my children.  Thank you for your help, because we have never received any help like this in the past.  My husband is also gone abroad

to find work, so there is no one to help me here.”

How you can help

By purchasing a Concern gift online today you can help Concern be there for the people affected by the food crisis in Niger and other emergencies around the world. We’ve got items to suit every taste and budget including Plumpy Nut sachets to treat childhood malnutrition at £16, vegetable packs containing seeds and tools for £28, and mobile phone technology for just £48. Each gift will make a last and real difference to the lives of people living in poverty around the world.

Do something amazing today and buy a Concern Gift!

1 Action Aid

With Action Aid, you know that you’re making a difference. Action Aid’s child sponsorship programme is helping children all over Africa fulfil their dreams.

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2 Practical Presents

Practical Presents does exactly what it says on the tin. Choose a charity gift that will make a difference to someone’s life – sometimes drastically so!

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3 NSPCC

One of the UK’s largest charities, helping distressed children all over Great Britain.

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4 Concern Gifts

Whether you choose to donate on a monthly basis or get a gift for someone, your money gets to the right people quickly with Concern Worldwide.

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5 World Gifts

Here’s a great site where you can get two gifts in one – one for the person you want to buy a Christmas present for, and one for someone who really does need it – have a look here

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6 Greenpeace

One of the most active charities on the planet, and you can either shop in their charity gift store or set up a monthly direct debit to Greenpeace here.

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7 The World Land Trust

Gifts, donations and even personalised donations are to the fore here at the World Land Trust – a brilliant charity that helps save the rain forest. Save your own acre, or save it in someone’s name here.

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8 The RSPB

An established charity that looks after birds – and someone really has to. Problems threaten their environment – man-made problems, and only one organisation helps wildlife, and it’s the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.

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9 Save the Children

More charity gifts here, and ones that could help children in the third world – Save the Children is a great place for gifts.

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10 The Red Cross

There are fewer charities that have such a world class presence as the Red Cross, who have helped in almost every incident around the world of late. You can help them continue helping people by setting up a monthly direct debit here…

>> Donate here