Tis the season to go into debt. Just kidding! It’s time to buy lovely gifts for lovely people that you love. And then go into debt. We’re going to try to make this a little easier for you. In the next week we’re going to run a variety of gift guides – for beauty products, men, kids and homewares.
Today though, we’re going to start with gifts you can buy that really do keep on giving because the proceeds of the sale goes to charity.
We’ve gone through nine worthy charities and chosen five awesome gifts from each to bring you a guide with an appropriate gift for everyone you know.
Cattle manure $15 http://www.oxfamunwrapped.com.au/gift-103-cattle-manure
Today’s gifts have come from:
Do you have someone difficult in your life to buy for this year and need some advice? Leave a comment below with your dilemma and please leave suggestions for other commenters. Go.
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try this site for lots of different presents: http://www.karmacurrency.com.au/
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LOVE this!
Another great idea is TOMS shoes – buy a pair for yourself/partner/friend/family & they give a pair to a child in need. AND…the shoes are comfy, sustainable, light & on-trend for their style!
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I’ve bought the best Charity Gift vouchers on http://www.karmacurrency.com.au
That way the person who gets it can choose where to spend their money.
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UNICEF also has great Gifts that Give, like the gift of life (a Maternal Health Kit) or purity (a water pump).
http://shop.unicef.org.au/ProductDisplay.aspx?Category=SX10
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Animals Asia also has fantastic Christmas gifts, including sponsoring a bear – you get a card with a picture of the bear – or providing food or vet services.
https://www.animalsasia.org/shop.xmas/giftshop.php?act=2&grp=2&cat=5
Also do they eventually eat the cute little piglets? Confused.
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Just this morning I ordered cards from Oxfam Unwrapped for my friends – a duck, a hip-hop microphone, a piglet and a river. This post is great timing and it has given me some great ideas for the rest of my friends and family.
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Thankyou, I thought I was finished my Christmas shopping, but it seems I have not xx
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Yes we did that last week …a chicken, a duck and cooking set through world vision… my youngest child and i also sponsor a child. We have everything we need you know? In this country we really do.
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I think charity gifts are a wonderful idea. May I also please respectfully suggest that people consider giving gifts to the children’s charity, Barnardos to be distributed amongst the Barnardos children. It makes a huge difference in a young life. Thanks.
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I love Oxfam!
MY parents are getting goats, and all the little girls in my world are getting the Batsirani mother and baby dolls – I love the way they kinda give three times, in the the women who make them are mothers of children with special needs, and that the doll we buy has a twin that’s given to a child affected by HIV/AIDS
And all the babies and toddlers I’m buying for are getting either a Taj the tiger, or a Raza the elephant, or a Twiga the giraffe, all also from Oxfam.
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My nieces got those dollies last year – possibly my favourite present to buy ever!
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Yaaaaay! I love charity gifts – much nicer than crappy clutter. I’ve already given a bunch of Oxfam and World Vision gifts this Christmas, and hope to receive a goat or two myself
Thanks Mia.
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You can also use these gifts to educate your children. My husband and I, some time back took my 4 young kids into a store, think it was Oxfam from memory and chose a CD from there. It was a good learning experience for our kids to understand how the sale of this CD helped others who are not as priveledged as themselves and we really do all enjoy the music when travelling in the car together so a win for all.
I have used used the world vision gifts in the past for teacher’s end of year presents, there are only so many nic-naks that a teacher can handle.
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Thank you, you just solved my Secret Santa dilemma. Miss B is getting either a big pile of poo or she is giving some toys to some kids in Africa. Brilliant!
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Thanks for this post Mia. =)
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i love the hippo bookends!!!
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me too!!! My housemate is obsessed with hippos so I think I might have to get them for her
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