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Concern Gifts

admin — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:34:33 +0000

Concern

At time of writing, it’s coming up to Christmas, and the very best thing you can do is get a present for someone you don’t know.

Now, I know what you’re thinking – that’s nuts, it’s a recession and Little Tommy wants the latest whizz-bang thing on the shelves that’s going to cost 25% more than last year, but at Concern Gifts they’ve got loads of stuff that goes to people who really need it.

And I’m sure you can probably get that laser gun for Little Tommy too. Right, so what do they have?

Pigs. Well, OK, a piglet – and they’ve got 6 chickens too. A piglet is just £7 – and can help feed a family. This is what Concern have done:

When 15 year old Paul Nyombi lost both his parents to AIDS he had to fend for himself. Concern gave him two piglets and training on how to care for them. When the pigs produced their first litter there were 12 small piglets in total. Paul was delighted and called the sow ‘Mama’ because she had been so productive.

That’s pretty cool. For £7 you can start something like that. And if you’re rolling in it, £305 will get a buffalo. They’re a bit more expensive and high maintenance, but you can imagine the amount of milk they get.

Quips aside, you can buy essential drugs, water pumps and everything people in poverty around the world actually need. And no laser guns.

So if you’re looking for a charity gift that really does mean something, hit the image above or visit Concern here.

Must Have Gifts : The Charity Gift Catalogue

admin — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:03:56 +0000

So do you remember the wedding last year where, I don’t know, Bob and Sue, or whatever their names were, you didn’t really know them all that well, they gave you a wedding list of things that you would never, ever dream of getting yourself, but it’s oh so practical because hey – these are things they really do want – especially that Denby gravy boat – and it’s best if they have a list because that way they don’t get two Denby gravy boats – yes, you remember that wedding?

Christ, I do.

I haven’t spoken to them since. And neither have they spoken to me. That leads me nicely onto something I should have done – and maybe they still wouldn’t have spoken to me, but I would have felt a little better about myself having wasted all that money on a stupid Denby gravy boat.

Worldvision’s “Must Have Gifts” catalogue is chock full of charity gifts that you can give as wedding gifts, or even birthday gifts.

And now you can see why I used the analogy, yes?

You can select from a range of wedding gifts of all prices – that will all have uses in parts of the world where there really is no need for a Denby gravy boat. Or gravy.

World Vision is one of the world’s leading relief and development agencies. Right now, around the world, they are working with more than 100 million people in nearly 100 countries in their struggle against poverty, hunger and injustice, irrespective of their religious beliefs.

Worldwide, they employ over 20,000 people and well over 90% of their staff work from their own home country.

In the UK, World Vision is one of the members of the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC). They are also a member of British Overseas NGO’s for Development (BOND) and a member of the Consortium for Street Children (CSC).

World Vision works in three main areas:

Emergency relief
Long term development
Advocacy

So – you can help. Just by providing one gift, you can give someone out there a helping hand. It’s not much. And it will cost you less than a Denby gravy boat. And if Bob and Sue don’t like it, then don’t speak to them, because they probably weren’t worth talking to in the first place. Make a difference to people who really need it. Buy a charity gift here.

Charity Gift Ideas

admin — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:38:59 +0000

We here at Give To Charity love the Practical Presents website. It’s full of gift ideas that actually make a difference.

For example, visiting the website, you’ll see a great idea in action – a floating garden which helps the people of Bangladesh grow the vegetable gardens that they need to survive, without their food being washed away by the incessant floods.

You could alternatively help out with the flooding by providing fish cages for just £26. So there you go – Practical Presents, full of charity gift ideas.