Random Quotes

“I have achieved a lot: organising women’s self-help groups, getting the children to attend school, and providing basic needs such as water, electricity and street lights. Even men could not have done so much. ”

— member of a women’s group supported by CWS in Tamil Nadu

Gifted

Gifted: giving made simple

check out our exciting new website www.gift.org.nz for inspired gifts that help people out of poverty.You can order online or phone 0800 74 73 72. New gifts being added.

Current catalogue can be downloaded here: Gifted catalogue

 

 

Gifts include

 

Help protect agricultural training plots in Timor Leste. Fence construction is needed to stop wandering stock destroying the crops so local people can learn to produce their own food. From seed propagation through to harvest, the workers take their new skills home to their families, improving health, nutrition and income.Clean water is a lifesaver. Shout a family in Uganda a year’s supply. By contributing to building a rainwater harvesting tank, you ensure a household of six gets safe water, improved sanitation and no longer has to walk miles to collect this essential of life. This programme targets children who have lost parents to AIDS.Mangrove swamps in the Philippines have been cleared for commercial shrimp farming, causing increased erosion, declining fish stocks and deteriorating water quality. The fishing communities who depend on a healthy environment for their livelihood want the mangroves back. You can provide mangrove seedlings for restoration of these ecologically sensitive areas, and help towards crediting your ecological footprint!

 

Milk, meat, income and fertiliser - goats can make a real difference to families in Uganda. Children get a source of milk, the organic fertiliser helps grow more vegetables and fruit for the family, meat provides additional nutrition, and with the new opportunities from selling milk, the goats offspring, and surplus vegetables, people can afford to send their children to school or improve housing.Help a family grow its way out of poverty and enjoy better health while saving the environment. This gift does it all! Contribute to the home garden projects of CWS partners in Asia providing seeds, tools, medicinal plants, and training in environmentally sustainable gardening. Family health, nutrition and income improve while the soil is protected from erosion and depletion.Raising chickens provides eggs for the family to eat and to sell for extra income. Chickens are an essential part of backyard gardening projects. They are cheap to keep, can be fed on food scraps, and in return help fertilise the soil. If you don’t have room to keep hens yourself, you can give a family in Palestine the opportunity to do so instead.