Gift Guide 2017-2018

GIFTS FOR CHANGE

G IFT G UIDE 2017/2018 EDITION

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HOW IT WORKS

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Rather than just giving our partner communities what we think they need, we ask which items or programs the community needs or wants. After calculating extra costs like the training and education that accompany each gift, we share those items and plans with you!

IT’S ABOUT THRIVING COMMUNITIES.

SHOP 2 YOU and send a gift card Browse through the gifts and learn how each contributes to a community’s goal of becoming sustainable. Select and order your gifts by phone, online, or mailed form.

Then, for each item you purchase, you can opt to receive a free printed gift card, or go online to choose an electronic card. You then send the card to your friends, family, or clients to recognize that a gift was made in their name. Each card explains how the specific gift will help a developing community.

Food for the Hungry (FH) Canada, part of the global FH family, is a Christian non-profit organization dedicated to ending poverty worldwide.

With partners like you, FH walks alongside vulnerable communities throughout the developing world as they strive toward sustainability. Recognizing that each community faces unique challenges as well as advantages, FH is committed to an integrated, holistic approach to development including priorities such as agriculture, education, health, livelihoods, and gender equality.

FH believes in creating innovative, long-term solutions and providing everyone an opportunity to join in the pursuit of a poverty-free world.

FH Canada currently partners with communities in Bangladesh, Burundi, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, Rwanda, and Uganda.

ARE SENT 3 RESOURCES to the community

PROMISE OF STEWARDSHIP

In-country staff purchase the items locally, supporting small businesses and local markets. They then incorporate them into the community’s sustainable development strategy to ensure the gifts have the maximum impact.

Priorities are set by the partner communities, not by us. FH Canada promises to implement your gift where the need is greatest; to ensure your donation stretches as far as possible through innovative, cost-effective methods; and to operate efficiently, spending a minimum of resources on fundraising and administration. We will always spend your donation on the gift you choose or a gift in the same category should that item reach fulfillment.

Charitable Registration No. 132152893RR0001

And the community continues working toward GRADUATION! 2

Since 1994, 67 communities worldwide have graduated with FH Canada!

For more www.fhcanada.org/about

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A full jug of water weighs 40 pounds – that’s back-breaking work for a young woman like Maskerem. But the robust help of a donkey dramatically lightens the load and triples the amount of water hauled home, saving her time and stress.

FOOD & FARMING

$120

A Durable Donkey

You’ll get a kick out of this burly burro! These amazing beasts are hardly a burden. They help farming families with heavy lifting - supplies, water, firewood, crops - you name it, a donkey can haul it! Your gift provides critical training on how to feed, house, and protect a donkey from disease. For the stubborn (but endearing) person in your life, you can’t do better than this asstounding gift. Hee-Haw!

FOOD & FARMING PAGE 3-7

MAKING A LIVING PAGE 8-9

EDUCATION PAGE 10-12

HEALTH PAGE 13-15

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$50

Pair of Pigs Pass the pigs! A pair is just the start; next come the many piglets that can be sold in the market for profit or raised at home to produce manure for vegetable gardens. This gift includes training to keep the pigs healthy as well as instruction on making the most effective fertilizer.

$1000 Stock a Stable

By supporting farming co-ops, Stock a Stable truly promotes community development at its finest. Combining entrepreneurship and teamwork, this gift helps multiple farming families. Old McDonald doesn’t have anything on this livestock combo that includes cows, goats, chickens, medical aid, and animal care training, E-I-E-I-O! *** BES** SELLET R *****

I OINK, therefore I HAM. What a STOCK joke.

But it is one of his STABLES!

$25

Pair of Chickens

There’s nothing like the taste of farm-fresh, organic eggs.

And let’s be honest, there’s also nothing like the taste of farm-fresh, organic chicken. In addition, providing families with eggs and meat, chickens are a long-term investment. Future eggs and chicks can be sold while droppings can be used as fertilizer.

Why do cows have hooves?

...because they LACTOSE!

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$75

FOOD & FARMING

Sturdy Goat A goat provides milk, meat, manure, offspring, and income to an entire family for years. Your gift includes training on the best ways to care for the animal and to use what it produces. The recipient family will happily give the goat’s first kid to a neighbouring family in need.

* ****ST BE R E SELL ** ***

$160

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Dairy Cow

This gift is the cream of the crop! A dairy cow produces milk for children to drink, manure to increase a farmer’s harvest, and income through selling dairy products and calves. With this year's automatic match, your gift multiplies to help cover the cost of a dairy cow and help provide the training a farmer needs to make his cow thrive! *YOUR DONATION MATCHED BY A GENEROUS ANONYMOUS DONOR See details: fhcanada.org/match

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That joke was an UDDER failure.

The donkey gets such a KICK out of himself!

And now the cow is in a FOWL MOO-d.

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$240

Cooking with Gas Turn cow pies into cow power! By helping set up a biogas system, you’re turning manure into clean energy that powers the lights and cookstove in a farmer’s house. One load generates up to six hours of cooking fuel and four hours of light! Using biogas saves trees and stops families from breathing toxic smoke.

*** BES** SELLET R *****

CR ACK a window!

It smells like rotten EGGS!

$20

Piece of Crap This unconventional gift may stink but it’s not a waste. Farmers are taught to turn manure into environmentally-friendly, organic fertilizer to grow abundant veggie gardens. Whatever your friend or family member did to deserve this gift, there’s a family in a developing community that will be incredibly grateful!

I had When I said I liked PIE, ..! something else in mind

Looks like you're COOKING up something fresh, too..!

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$45

FOOD & FARMING

Garden Tools Families rely on home-grown vegetables to boost their children’s nutritional intake. With garden tools, they can build compact planters from local materials that will help increase their vegetable yields. Juicy tomatoes, crisp lettuce, crunchy carrots—they’re perfect for a nutritious dinner!

$30

*** BES** SELLET R *****

Fruit & Veggie Seeds Big impact can come in small packages. Fruit and veggie seeds provide a family with nutritious food and surplus produce to be sold for a profit.

Also included in your gift is localized training on crop rotation and compost use—two techniques that are yielding generous harvests.

“I got improved vegetable seeds and hand farm tools from FH. I started feeding my family and developing income from vegetable sales. Now I am able to support my children.”

- TEKILU GUTA SASIGA MID-HIGHLANDS ETHIOPIA mail order form, page call 81.800.667.0605 visit fhcanada.org/gifts mail order form,8 page call 1.800.667.0605 visit fhcanada.org/gifts

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“Being in a Savings and Loans Group transformed our family. I am now working hard to bring prosperity to my family.”

- HAWA BIBI CHAR BOROBILA BANGLADESH

$120

Help a Family Start a Business There’s an ambitious entrepreneur out there itching to begin her own business venture.

When you purchase this gift, you provide money management and skills training, as well as start up supplies, for individuals and co-ops. For the creative, forward thinker in your life, this gift is right on the money!

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$50

Piggy Bank If you want to make an impact that earns interest—invest here! This gift provides a Savings and Loans Group with training in financial literacy, savings practices, and small business management to help grow their modest incomes into substantial capital. Also included are a secure lock box, ledger, and accounting books.

MAKING A LIVING

$60

Hive of Honey Bees Ready to start a sweet beesness? By supplying a farmer with beehive materials, training, and honey bees you can provide her with a reliable source income from honey sales. Small but mighty, these expert pollinators also boost local agriculture.

** ***EST B LER L SE **** *

That's one SW EET BEES-ness dea l!

$100

Sewing Machine When you buy a sewing machine, you provide a woman with with the skills to handcraft and sell quality products, generate income, and provide for her family. If you know someone who loves beautiful fabrics and custom tailored clothes, but also cares about social justice, this gifts seams perfect!

SEAMS right on the BUTTON to me!

$30

Coffee Seedlings We love our cup ‘o joe! With the demand for quality beans as strong as ever, growing coffee is big business.

For the price of a few lattes and double-doubles, you can provide an entrepreneur with coffee seedlings, agricultural training, and market analysis to expand his humble grove into a lucrative, cash crop business.

Help them bring home the BACON!

But not really ...right?

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$500

Furnish a Classroom Bare walls and empty floors are a depressing (and impractical) learning environment. With this gift, you can furnish an entire classroom with blackboards, desks, and chairs that help eager children get a quality education.

$50

School Fees & Uniforms Bright, eager kids want an education, but families often can’t afford the mandatory fees and school uniform. Your gift helps meet these requirements, particularly for those kids who do not yet have a Child Sponsor. It also helps parents develop incomegenerating skills so they can afford sending their children to school in the future.

$65

Girl Power!

*** BES** SELLET R *****

This gift helps women access needed resources, and most importantly, helps girls go to school! When a girl stays in school her independence and future life opportunities increase, while her risk of child marriage and domestic violence decreases. Girl Power provides gender equality training for leaders, parents, spouses, and children.

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"I am currently in Grade 6. My favourite subject is math because I like numbers, sums, and divisions. My dream is to become a nurse.”​ - ANA, STUDENT

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VILLA HORTENSIA II GUATEMALA

$50

EDUCATION

Send a Child to AWANA

Growing up can be especially difficult for kids in communities where insecurity and violence are common. Weekly kids’ clubs use certified AWANA curriculum to affirm each child’s worth while they learn biblical values, make new friends, and enjoy crafts and games in a safe environment.

* ****ST BE ER SELL ** ***

AWANA go to school, too!

$30

School Supplies

Who doesn’t love the smell of a freshly sharpened No. 2 Pencil? Many kids in poorer communities don’t have the luxury of textbooks, notebooks, or even those pencils. When you give School Supplies, you’re directly supporting a child’s education in a practical and valuable way.

$45

Kids' Books

You'll have to BEE on your best BEE-haviour!

Oh, to be a KID again.

Whether there’s a wocket in your pocket or you see Spot run, kid books are for everyone! The joy of learning to read is one of the most magical experiences of childhood. When you give Kids’ Books, you’re stocking the libraries of children’s clubs with quality books as well as hope.

$25

Children's Breakfast Club

Breakfast is an important meal for children, yet many kids in developing communities have to go without. Your gift supplies a child with a nutritious school breakfast for the entire school year! With such a good deal on breakfast, consider buying multiples of this item.

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****S*T BE R E SELL ** ***

$25

Sports Equipment

Kids around the world love to be active and dream of playing on a team. By purchasing Sports Equipment, you create a learning environment where students will have fun as a team while developing their individual skills.

Who knows? You could be supporting the next Olympic champion!

$1800

Classrooms for Kiddies

It’s never too early to get those tiny tikes learning! With this gift you help build a preschool classroom for little sprouts to jumpstart their education. Colours, shapes, numbers, letters, and playtime make these classrooms the perfect community space for kids under five to thrive.

Why was the tomato red?

$80

School Garden School isn’t just about reading, writing, and arithmetic, it’s also about life skills. In the school garden, students have the opportunity to learn effective farming techniques, and how to care for their environment through composting and creative recycling. By giving seeds and training this gift helps kids proudly cultivate produce that supplements nutritious and tasty school lunches.

... Because it saw the salad dressing!

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$30

Chubby Cheeks

HEALTH

*** BES*T* SELLE R *****

Proper nutrition in the first months of a newborn’s life is foundational to their lifelong health. This gift equips “Leader Mothers” to teach new moms life-saving lessons about breastfeeding and nutrition. It also provides counseling, vitamins, and supplemental nutrition so mommy and baby stay healthy and strong.

$50

Life Hacks for Moms Forget protecting your car with pool noodles and shower capping your shoes — these life hacks are the real deal! With this gift, you can empower a group of women with essential health lessons, fresh parenting tactics, nutritional musts, and practical cleaning tips.

Life Hacks also encourages and equips women to support each other through peer counseling.

“I like learning and applying new health lessons like good living conditions, eating properly, and cleaning my surroundings. I am more confident and can share what I learn with my neighbours.”

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$75

Clean Water Tap

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Tap into the world’s most precious resource: water.

This gift provides families with hand-washing stations and access to clean water storage so they can drink, cook, and wash safely. Families will also learn life-saving hygiene lessons like hand-washing and water purification techniques. *****T BES SELLER *****

$2500 Water Well

Location, location, location! An easily-accessible, clean water source is revolutionary for the health and development of a community. Girls can return to school because they no longer spend hours walking to fetch water. This gift will help dig a well for an entire community.

Or FLU SH it awa y!

$75

Clean Toilet

What’s worse than not being able to find a bathroom when you really need one?! This gift helps construct clean, secure toilets so families (especially children) can avoid common health problems caused by poor sanitation. It’s sure to bring a smile to someone in your life, too!

$35

Purification Filters

Imagine turning on the kitchen tap and getting a refreshing cup of...cloudy, infected water? Yuck!

Your gift provides a family with a locally-made water purification system as well as education on sanitation. Imagine how this will improve their quality of life the next time they take a drink.

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$40

HEALTH

Send Medicine

What would happen if your child fell ill and every pharmacy was out of the medicine she needed? This scenario plays out daily in crisis communities around the world. When you send medicine, you restock shelves with medical supplies, malaria medication, and life! Your gift also supports desperately needed HIV prevention training.

“We used to just prepare and eat what we can access in our community. We were not eating enough.”

- CONSOLATE HAKIZIMANA KABARORE BURUNDI

$25

Send Food Aid

Ladle up food relief for communities living in crisis or transitioning to self-sustainability.

Whether it’s for kids at school or refugees struggling to get by, micronutrient food shipments fill hungry tummies and bring hope and life to every place they’re sent. mail order call8 1.800.667.0605 visit fhcanada.org/gifts mailform, orderpage form, 8page call 1.800.667.0605 visit fhcanada.org/gifts

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$40

Where Needed Most Sometimes, the unplanned hits a community hard. Drought robs a farmer of her crop. Broken transportation blocks staff from accessing communities. A malaria outbreak threatens the lives of school children.

When the unpredictable strikes, your gift will be there to provide an immediate and appropriate response where needed most.

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