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1 Jan 2012

Charity urges recycling of unwanted children's gifts



A children's charity is urging people to give an extra charity gift by recycling Christmas presents for vulnerable children. _________________________________________
30 Dec 2011

Top 20 counties for child sponsorship revealed

Surrey has topped the child sponsorship league this year according to charity Action Aid. Enough children were sponsored by the county to fill 80 primary school classes. _________________________________________
25 Nov 2010

A Christmas gift is for life, not just for Christmas!

A new website, urging a radical rethink of Christmas spending, has been launched this autumn. www.casc-aid.org.uk promotes charitable giving at Christmas on a basis at least equal to the amount that we spend on our own gifts and celebrations, and urges both churches and charities to advocate ‘preferential’ or ‘50/50 giving’ to good causes. _________________________________________
15 Nov 2010

Club together to give a charity gift this Christmas

Christian Aid, is launching four new group gifts for Christmas in its Autumn Winter 2010 catalogue, including a sturdy bamboo shelter for a Burmese refugee family living on the Thai/Burmese border (£230) and an adult literacy centre in Sierra Leone (£543). _________________________________________
13 Sep 2010

CAFOD Harvest Fast Day 2010

Jeanne didn’t have the sort of childhood many remember having. Her early years weren’t filled with playground games, homework or summer holidays. Instead she remembers a time of utter devastation that she’ll never forget. _________________________________________
11 Dec 2009

Help prevent HIV and hunger this Christmas

Halima Salim lives in the Masasi district in Mtwara region, Tanzania. When diagnosed as being HIV positive, she was still mourning the death of her husband and her baby twins. _________________________________________
19 Nov 2009

The best of the bogs - celebrating World Toilet Day

It’s international toilet day, so we thought it only appropriate to compile a list of the best of the bogs. _________________________________________
14 Nov 2009

NGO addresses education deficit for women in India

A non-profit development agency in India, Astha, is running education camps for young women who have missed out on their time in school. _________________________________________
12 Nov 2009

Top 10 World Vision must have charity gifts

This Christmas you can get innovative and think outside the traditional (gift) box with an alternative festive gift from leading international development charity World Vision. _________________________________________
13 Oct 2009

Get a letter from Santa this Christmas

You can add some huge excitement to a child's Christmas this year, by getting a personalised letter sent to them from Santa, thanks to the NSPCC. _________________________________________

If you are looking for that ethical gift or extra special gift for Christmas then why not buy fairtrade flowers, or fairtrade chocolate? Alternatively, try a charity gift from the Oxfam, World Vision or Christian Aid charity gifts web sites with a selection of fairtrade gifts which enable you to send a goat, pig, sheep or camel to the developing world on someone else's behalf. Or how about adopting an animal or sponsoring a child? There's a whole range of ethical and fairtrade gifts in our Lifestyle section for Christmas. Or if you want something more substantial try Apartments Dublin.