Charities are urging people to turn one chocolate egg into 150 real eggs for families in the developing world this Easter. This cracking idea, being pioneered by World Emergency Relief, and called ‘Be a Good Egg’, is being followed by a brood of other charities.

In recent years there has been a trend to give animal gifts such as pigs, llamas, alpaca's, goats, sheep, cows and even worms to the developing world. Others have pioneered animal gifts which enable you to adopt or sponsor an animal such as a monkey, bear, dolphin or donkey.