2014 gifts for life christmas catalog

GIFTS FOR LIFE Transform a life this Christmas: Give a gift with lasting impact 2014 CHRISTMAS CATALOG

T h i s C h r i s t m as , S h a r e C h

rist’s light

UNITED STATES

JERUSALEM/ WEST BANK/ GAZA

MEXICO

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

GUATEMALA

HONDURAS NICARAGUA

EL SALVADOR

HAITI GUINEA SIERRA LEONE

COLOMBIA For 75 years, Episcopal Relief & Development has been responding to disasters and working to find lasting solutions to poverty, hunger and disease.

LIBERIA

GHANA

BRAZIL PERU

ANGOLA

Cover photo courtesy of Tammi Mott, and photos throughout the catalog courtesy of Harvey Wang, Nagulan Nesiah, Mike Smith, Tammi Mott and program staff for Episcopal Relief & Development.

NAMIBIA

All photos are representations of the gifts or stories mentioned throughout the catalog.

WHY YOU SHOULD GIVE

The most powerful way to make an impact, your gift will support Episcopal Relief & Development’s mission of 75 years: helping fight poverty, hunger and disease worldwide.

Gifts for Life Catalog Inside

WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE With each purchase, you can send a personalized card to your friends and loved ones to tell them about the life-changing gift you’ve made in their honor.

Feel good about your gift: Episcopal Relief & Development is committed to using all donations effectively and appropriately to empower people around the world.

The product descriptions in this catalog represent gift items related to our programs; actual gifts may vary depending on local need.

2

WHEN TO ORDER

Gifts for Life are the perfect way to show you care at any time of year. Order by December 3 to receive gift cards in time for Christmas and celebrate the season of giving.

Visit episcopalrelief.org/financials to learn how gifts are used to heal a hurting world.

Printed on recycled materials using vegetable-based inks

om these Choose a gift fr ategories: life-changing c

Animals & Agriculture

Basics for Life

Green Gifts

He a l th & Wellness

Econom ic Opportu nitie

s

CHINA

JORDAN

INDIA PHILIPPINES SOUTH SUDAN DR OF CONGO BURUNDI

BURMA - MYANMAR

KENYA TANZANIA

ZAMBIA

SOLOMON ISLANDS - VANUATU

MALAWI MOZAMBIQUE ZIMBABWE

SRI LANKA

Choose from these 3 convenient ways to order:

ONLINE

MAIL

PHONE

episcopalrelief.org/giftsforlife

Fill out the order form.

1.855.312.HEAL (4325)

Select and order your gifts anytime!

Send it with your payment in the attached envelope.

One of our staff will help you with your order. Please have your credit card ready.

Welcome to our 75th Anniversary Catalog!

Join us as we trace our history and explore all the wonderful gifts that have helped individuals, families and communities for 75 years.

3

Give gifts that nourish and Family garden Cultivate nutrition and income for an entire family

GOAT Provide a stable source of food and earnings

A year-round garden improves nutrition for an entire family. Using manure and specific planting methods, families can grow multiple vegetables and sell surpluses.

Training, seeds and gardening tools are included. $175 for a family garden / FS2404

75th Anniversary Gift Each year, more than 10 million children under age five die from malnutrition and hunger-related causes. By empowering people to raise healthy animals such as goats, we provide them with a stable source of food and income for their families.

Goats are hardy, reproduce quickly and can be raised in a variety of climates to produce staple items such as milk, cheese and manure for farming. $80 for one goat / FS0102

1940s

4

The Presiding Bishop’s Fund for World Relief (PB Fund) is founded to provide humanitarian assistance to refugees fleeing Europe during World War II. Episcopalians are invited to help through a popular radio broadcast known as “One Great Hour of Sharing.� Within three years, donations reach $4 million.

d sustain Success Story:

FLOCK OF CHICKENS

A passion for growth in Kenya

Provide a sustainable source of food and income

A flock of chickens is far more than some hens, a rooster and a daily supply of fresh eggs. Your gift will help train families and community groups to raise poultry and sell surplus stock and eggs in the marketplace.

FRUIT TREES

$25 per share / FS0901 $135 per flock / FS0902

A few years ago, our local partner in Kenya, Anglican Development Services – Nyanza (ADS), started working with communities to alleviate child malnutrition.

They decided to switch from growing tobacco to growing passion fruit—which is not only good to eat but in high demand throughout Kenya and on the export market.

Through the program, farmers learned to control pests; prune the branches to get a good harvest; separate the fruit based on size, color and ripeness; and share what they learned with their neighbors.

The farmers also started a tree nursery, where they grow avocados, mangoes, papaya, citrus and forest trees, and created a team of grafters who create stronger trees by combining disease-resistant local trees with higher-yielding foreign varieties.

Enrich a family’s food supply and farmland

Your gift of lemon, mango, avocado and banana trees will provide a long-term, sustainable source of nutrition and income. Fruit trees planted on hillsides are also used for erosion control, helping farmers maintain their land. $35 per share / FS2401

Farmers who had been growing tobacco for many years told us that they were so much happier now—no longer at the mercy of the tobacco companies and able to make good money for their families.

Laughing, one man said, “When my wife washes my clothes, she will now sometimes find change in the pockets.”

CALL TODAY 1.855.312.HEAL (4325) ORDER ONLINE ANYTIME episcopalrelief.org/giftsforlife

5

Give gifts that nourish and SEEDS, TOOLS AND TRAINING Provide the tools to thrive

Help women farmers succeed

This gift provides the seeds, agricultural training and quality farming tools needed to cultivate a sustainable food supply from the land. $45 per share / FS1201 $180 per family / FS1202

ox And plow

Donkey, Plow AND Cart for Women Farmers

Give a small farmer the chance to grow

Having an ox enables small farmers to plow their land for planting, control weeds, open new land for cultivation and transport products from field to home to market. $780 for an ox and plow / FS2201 $1,400 for two oxen and plow / FS2202

Donkeys are smaller and less expensive than oxen, making them easier for women to acquire and manage.

The plow and cart allow for greater productivity and potential income if rented to others. $450 for one donkey with plow and cart / FS2203

COW Improve nutrition for malnourished families

Your gift of a milk-producing cow will not only supply nourishment, including much-needed protein and vitamins, it will also enable families to sell surplus milk in the marketplace and better provide for their children. $65 per share / FS2102 $630 for one cow / FS2101

1950s

After the war, the PB Fund helps rebuild Anglican institutions such as missions, hospitals and churches in war-ravaged Europe and China, and also expands its mission to include humanitarian assistance worldwide.

6

d sustain BEES AND HONEY Give small farmers a taste of success

For small-scale farmers whose land is too poor to accommodate livestock, your gift can literally transform lives. It will provide bees, apiary training and a whole new source of income through the sale of honey and beeswax. $55 per person / FS1601

PIG Help a family break the cycle of poverty

Your gift, which includes training on raising and selling pigs, gives families a better future fast. Pigs reproduce quickly, and piglets are ready for market in just six months. $20 per share / FS1001 $100 for one pig / FS1002

CALL TODAY 1.855.312.HEAL (4325) ORDER ONLINE ANYTIME episcopalrelief.org/giftsforlife

7

Provide nece

Success Story:

Access to clean water and sanitation in Nicaragua In remote Nicaraguan communities, a lack of clean water and poor sanitation are major obstacles that people face.

The Murillo family of Camoapa was having serious health problems because of their latrine’s unsanitary conditions. Maria Murillo said that her children were constantly ill and simply using the dilapidated structure was a daily challenge for everyone.

Fortunately, Maria’s family was able to receive a new latrine through Episcopal Relief & Development and our partner, El Porvenir, a community-based organization that facilitates the construction of latrines and fresh water wells in Nicaragua.

The Murillo family also learned about basic hygiene and was trained on latrine upkeep. Maria said that her family is now much happier and healthier. “We feel that our lives have changed,” she says.

The Murillo family is an inspiring example of how simple gifts such as clean water and proper hygiene can keep an entire family healthy.

BASICS for LIFE Clean Water Provide life’s most basic necessity

75th Anniversary Gift More than a billion people around the world do not have access to clean water, and a child dies every 15 seconds from a water-related disease. By building water systems and offering the education needed to practice good hygiene, we can help ensure access to the most crucial element of health—clean water—and protect entire communities from illness. $35 per person / PH0301 $215 per family / PH0302

1960s-1970s

As awareness of suffering worldwide grows in the U.S., the PB Fund reorganizes and sets a new emphasis on sustainable development to address problems arising from hunger, disease and natural disasters.

8

essities for better lives Nurture AND Nourish the Earliest Learners

Disaster Relief Kits Provide lifesaving necessities in times of crisis

Nourish tomorrow’s minds today

In poor areas, young children often lack stimulation. Your gift supports preschool programs that help kids develop their language, social and motor skills and that provide healthy eating education and nutritious snacks.

Floods, hurricanes, earthquakes and civil unrest impact the lives of many of the people we serve. Your gift of food, clean water, medicine and blankets saves lives and fosters recovery.

$15 per child / PH1101

Educate Children Affected by AIDS Provide hope to a child in need

$50 for one kit / DR0304

Wells and Water Systems Save a village

Each year, HIV/AIDS leaves families vulnerable to sickness and death, greatly impacting children’s lives.

Your gift provides them with the tuition, books, uniforms and school supplies they need to grow and learn.

Your gift will provide clean water and training in well maintenance and basic hygiene – helping secure access to one of life’s necessities and allowing families to grow strong for the future.

$80 for one child / HV0501

$750 for a share of a well / PH9131 $5,000 for a well for a village / PH9132

CALL TODAY 1.855.312.HEAL (4325) ORDER ONLINE ANYTIME episcopalrelief.org/giftsforlife

9

Help people - and our plan energy-efficient cookstove Eliminate harmful pollution in homes

Your gift of a cookstove will help conserve wood, eliminate pollution caused by smoke and reduce lifethreatening respiratory illnesses for an entire household.

Reforestation Plant the seeds for long-term growth

$175 per stove / PH0701

community garden Sprout strong communities

75th Anniversary Gift During the rainy season, many communities around the world suffer from soil erosion and landslides— which affect their livelihood. Planting trees is one significant way to address these environmental problems and cope with the changing conditions.

Your gift will help reforest hillsides to prevent mudslides and erosion. $50 for 50 trees / FS2405

Foster growth and better health by helping a hungry community sustain a nutritious food supply. Training, techniques, seeds and basic tools are included. $35 for an individual share / FS2403 $175 for a family share / FS2402

1980s

The PB Fund increases its refugee efforts and advances work in development programs, including famine relief throughout Africa and the Middle East and disaster relief in Central America.

10

net - thrive Success Story:

rainwater harvesting Provide access to fresh, clean water

After being collected in catchment tanks or underground capture points, rainwater is filtered and treated—supplying a community with safe drinking water year round. $400 for one water catchment system / PH9134

Tapping into success in Burundi Though there is high rainfall in Kagoti, Burundi, the rainwater soaks into the ground or flows down the hillsides. As a result, most people have to get their water from streams and creeks, which are easily contaminated.

With technical assistance from the local water agency and support from our partner, the Anglican Church of Burundi, Kagoti community members built a capture point underground to gather the relatively clean rainwater.

After the water is captured, it is filtered with layers of clay and sand before flowing out through PVC pipes. Community members also built a fence around the area to protect it from people walking over it, digging near it and from animals.

In Kagoti, water now gushes out of five taps on the sunny hillside. Various community members told us how happy they were to have a reliable source of clean water. Illness in the area has decreased, and the protected spring saves everyone a great deal of time.

Community leaders are now planning to build more water points in neighboring communities.

Gifts such as rainwater harvesting can help people around the world use natural resources to provide clean water for their families and communities.

CALL TODAY 1.855.312.HEAL (4325) ORDER ONLINE ANYTIME episcopalrelief.org/giftsforlife

11

Provide the foundation for l Vitamins and preventive Medicine Give children a foundation for good health

Care for Moms and Newborns Protect vulnerable moms and their babies

75th Anniversary Gift Globally, more than 300,000 women die each year from causes related to pregnancy and childbirth.

Children under age five and pregnant women are the most vulnerable to infectious diseases. By giving care to moms and newborns, you’ll provide the basic medicine and nutrition they need to survive and build the foundation for a family’s lifelong health. $35 per mother and child / PH0801

Hunger, lack of a balanced diet, and prolonged illness or infection cause malnutrition in millions of children around the world. Your gift ensures that children have a strong foundation for healthy growth. $65 per share / PH1001

POSTNATAL CARE Safeguard infants from deadly illnesses

With your support, an infant will receive lifesaving essentials such as immunizations, vitamins and medicines needed to protect newborn babies from fatal illnesses. $50 per infant / PH0501

1990s

12

Following Hurricane Mitch, the PB Fund launches “Faith, Hope and Joy,” an innovative disaster relief program in Honduras. A combination of rebuilding and development helps spur economic growth in the devastated region, and this integrated approach becomes a core element of the PB Fund’s disaster relief work.

lifelong health

CALL TODAY 1.855.312.HEAL (4325) ORDER ONLINE ANYTIME episcopalrelief.org/giftsforlife

13

Provide the foundation for l training of community health workers

Fight the triple threat to children’s health in Africa

Help spread lifesaving information and education

Your gift will help save lives by providing basic health care training to community health volunteers, who can then treat their neighbors’ minor illnesses and ailments. $50 trains one worker / PH0401

Offer critical care wherever it’s needed

$15 for one medicine package/ PH1002

Squash the threat of malaria

Imagine if the nearest hospital were hundreds of miles away. Your gift provides essential health services, immunizations and medicines that reach people right at the end of the road.

14

Your gift will provide community health workers with a medicine package to combat diarrhea, malaria and pneumonia in Africa and teach parents how to recognize symptoms.

MOSQUITO NETS AND TRAINING

health clinics

2000s

Medicine Package and Training

A simple insecticide-treated net can prevent malaria.

Your gift provides for the distribution of nets and training in how to use them, how to recognize malaria symptoms and when to seek treatment.

$12 for one net distribution and training / PH0105 $15 per person / PH0601 $150 for 10 people / PH0602 $120 for distribution of 10 nets and training / PH0106 $300 to help 25 families / PH9133

The PB Fund is renamed Episcopal Relief & Development to better emphasize its growing focus on implementing long-term development and rehabilitation programs.

The organization shifts to long-term development programs and partnerships worldwide and formally endorses the Millennium Development Goals.

lifelong health Success Story:

Healing a hurting world—literally!

In the small village in India where Beti and Mehdi live, the nearest health center is almost four miles away.

With no access to public transportation, the only option for them and their neighbors was visiting the local quacksalver, who charges excessively for simple first-aid treatments such as cleaning a wound or providing antacids.

Beti and Mehdi heard they could learn to treat minor illnesses and ailments through a first-aid training program with our local partner, the Church Auxiliary for Social Action (CASA).

As community health workers in their village, Beti and Mehdi now help their neighbors in times of minor medical emergencies.

Beti recently treated a boy who fell down on his way to school. She sanitized his wound with antiseptic and covered it with a bandage, free of charge!

Said Mehdi, “We feel happy that we cured so many people of our community. Even though it is small, we couldn’t do this before.”

Their story shows how two women and one Gift for Life can improve the lives of an entire community.

CALL TODAY 1.855.312.HEAL (4325) ORDER ONLINE ANYTIME episcopalrelief.org/giftsforlife

15

Give hardworking people a cha women’s literacy groups Increase women’s access to information and resources

MICro-credit loans for women Give women the tools to succeed

In addition to teaching reading and writing, this gift also educates women on how government and financial institutions run and empowers them in their decisionmaking processes. $25 per student / FS1802

vocational training 75th Anniversary Gift Worldwide, 2.4 billion people live on less than $2 per day. Most don’t earn enough money to provide basic necessities for themselves and their families.

Through micro-credit loans and the training they need to start or expand small businesses, women can increase their income, become independent and save for the future. $200 per loan / FS1801

Help young people pursue a brighter future

Your gift provides opportunities for disadvantaged and disabled youth to learn skills that will help them gain confidence and financial independence. $100 per student / FS1803

2010-2013

16

In 2010, Episcopal Relief & Development helps respond to the massive earthquake in Haiti by providing food, medicine and rebuilding assistance. The U.S. Disaster Program is also created, helping Episcopal Church leaders respond to emergencies in America.

ance to succeed savings groups for women Empower women through microfinance

By joining savings groups, women learn financial management, develop leadership skills and gain access to economic resources. Participating in the success of their own businesses and communities is empowering. $60 per member / FS1805

Success Story:

Women helping women in Peru Viviana lives with her son in a rural village in southern Peru. When her husband’s job took him away from home, she needed a way to care for her family.

Though she cleaned houses and raised animals for sale, she still wasn’t earning enough to make ends meet. But then she heard about a local women’s group offering micro-credit loans and business training in cooperation with ECLOF Peru, Episcopal Relief & Development’s local partner.

With the loan she received, Viviana was able to purchase more animals, improve their pens and help them

grow. She also got training in finance and management, which helped her reach her goals.

Today, Viviana loves being part of a caring community of women and can finally send her son to school. “My life is better,” she says.

Viviana’s story shows us how gifts such as micro-loans and savings groups can help empower women to improve their lives and provide for their families.

CALL TODAY 1.855.312.HEAL (4325) ORDER ONLINE ANYTIME episcopalrelief.org/giftsforlife

17

Bring Gifts for Life to your parish Parishes all over the country are finding new ways to support Gifts for Life—from making ornaments to hosting shrimp-boil dinners.

We’re excited to share one of these inspiring parish stories with you.

The Church of Saint Paul, Hamilton and Wenham, Massachusetts

The Schmit Sisters’ Malaria Net Stocking Project Marie Antonioli and Tom Schmit have always tried to teach their children about helping others. One evening, Tom challenged his daughters – Gina, Sophia and Olivia – to consider ways they could encourage their congregation’s involvement with Gifts for Life.

The Schmit sisters did not have to look far for role models. They were well aware of the work being done by the Episcopal women’s group to produce items for sale at farmers markets and local craft shows. With these members in mind, the girls decided to use their sewing talents to make tree ornaments in the shape of Christmas stockings using mosquito netting.

In mid-November, the three sisters announced their project in church, set up a booth in the basement and began their coffee hour sales under the canopy of a mosquito net they had purchased. The girls sold each stocking for $12, enough for a malaria net to be purchased through the Gifts for Life catalog.

In just one month, they were able to raise $700! Through Gifts for Life and the generous support of their Episcopal community, Gina, Sophia and Olivia are making a big difference.

Share your stories! Email us at info@episcopalrelief.org.

Present

18

Seventy-five years after it began, Episcopal Relief & Development is still saving lives and working to heal a hurting world. The organization is now present in approximately 40 countries and touches the lives of nearly three million people every year.

Send a 75th Anniversary Gift Package

WANT TO GET YOUR PARISH INVOLVED this Christmas?

As we celebrate 75 years of creating lasting change, we’ve put together a special Christmas package for your parish—made up of gifts that have proven to form the core building blocks of an entire community.

Care for Moms and Newborns

3X $35

Protect vulnerable moms and their babies

$105

Reforestation

2x $50

$100

MICro-credit loans for women Give women the tools to succeed

1x $200

3x $80

Provide a stable source of food and earnings

Plant the seeds for long-term growth

$200

GOAT

$105 Clean Water

$240 3x $35

Provide life’s most basic necessity

It’s a wonderful way to get your congregation involved and raise $750 for people in need. The gifts you send will make a big difference, and your parish could even be featured in next year’s catalog!

$750 per Christmas gift package / CH7501 For more information and toolkits for our other special anniversary campaigns—including the 75th Anniversary Campaign, Carry the Water, Fast to Feed, Thrive to Five, and Pennies to Prosperity— please visit www.episcopalrelief.org/75-all-campaigns.

CALL TODAY 1.855.312.HEAL (4325) ORDER ONLINE ANYTIME episcopalrelief.org/giftsforlife

19

815 Second Avenue New York, NY 10017 ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED GLC14-12

60-1205

Choose from these 3 ways to order:

ONLINE episcopalrelief.org/giftsforlife Select and order your gifts anytime!

MAIL Fill out the order form.

Send it with your payment in the attached envelope.

PHONE 1.855.312.HEAL (4325) One of our representatives will help you with your order. Please have your credit card ready.

Your gifts are fully tax-deductible.

CONNECT WITH US: