Essential Gifts catalogue 2023/2024

Catalogue

WELCOME

Introduction

Welcome to the latest edition of Transform Europe Network’s Essential Gifts catalogue. We offer a choice of 24 gifts across our three designated themes: Compassion, Sustainability and Education.

TEN continues to work in 12 countries, mostly in Eastern Europe, with more than 50 local Christian leaders and ministries who are proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ and meeting needs, often in areas with high levels of poverty and unemployment.

Buying an Essential Gift on behalf of someone special to you, whether for Christmas, a birthday or special anniversary, will be a blessing to your friend and for those who will directly benefit from your generosity. Thank you for your support.

Our Promise

As good stewards of the funds we receive from the Essential Gifts catalogue, we are committed to sending as much as possible to the point of need. At least 85 pence in every pound will be used on this important initiative. The small amount used to cover support costs ensures this project is sustainable.

We are also committed to ensuring every Essential Gift is wanted and the local need is met with the most appropriate gift. So, we require flexibility for our partners to be able to meet the most urgent need. Allowing this flexibility means we cannot guarantee the partner will provide the actual gift you purchase, but it will be an item within the same category. There are three categories: Compassion, Sustainability and Education.

Thank you for supporting our partners across Europe by purchasing Essential Gifts from this catalogue.

HOW IT WORKS

1. Choose your Gift or Bundle.

2. Place your order online, by post or by phone, (see page 15).

1. 2. 3.

3. Receive a Gift Card to pass on to your friend or family member.

CONTENTS Browse through 24 gift choices

COMPASSION

PAGES 4 – 8

A range of practical gifts from food hampers to firewood and warm clothing that offer immediate benefit to families living in poverty.

SUSTAINABILITY

PAGES 9 – 10

Gifts that last into the future include seeds for food, bee-keeping materials and livestock to rear.

EDUCATION

PAGES 11 – 13

By investing in education of young adults and children your gifts will help to share the Gospel and develop future leaders.

Essential Bundles

Special collections of gifts for those in need. Look out for money-saving Bundles throughout the catalogue.

COMPASSION

Socks and Shoes or Wellington Boots

It’s a shocking sight to see children playing in the snow in flip flops or bare feet. Help young children step out confidently with a new pair of socks and shoes or Wellington boots, giving protection from rubbish, mud and snow.

£17

Children’s Bundle

Your generous gift of a Children’s Bundle provides socks and shoes or Wellington boots, a winter coat, a woolly hat, scarf and gloves.

BEST SELLER

BEST SELLER

£25

Winter Coat

Temperatures plummet terribly in the winter months, sometimes reaching -30°C. Your gift of a winter coat is not just the difference between comfort and discomfort, but sometimes even life and death, especially for the young and elderly.

Woolly Hat, Scarf and Gloves

A woolly hat, scarf and gloves means the difference between heartache and joy when you walk to school and return home.

BEST SELLER

£15

Blanket

£12

In Eastern Europe, winter temperatures can drop to -30°C. Help a family keep warm and get a good night’s sleep with a cosy blanket.

£70

Food Hamper

It’s always great to receive a hamper full of food. Can you imagine the joy of receiving this gift when you’re struggling to feed your family?

Home Bundle

Your thoughtful gift of a Home Bundle provides a food hamper, hygiene pack and other home essentials required to a family living in poverty.

BEST SELLER

£17

Baby Basket

Firewood

Hygiene Pack

For many people, basic hygiene items are a luxury they simply can’t afford. Your gift of a hygiene pack containing soap, shampoo, toothbrush and other essential items will make a world of difference and restore a sense of dignity.

This beautiful gift will be given to a mother and her new baby in vulnerable circumstances while being offered loving support.

The ultimate winter gift! Your gift of a month’s supply of firewood will help one more family to combat the freezing winter temperatures in Eastern Europe. £45 £20

“It was wonderful, we gave wood to a single parent with two children who are poor and through that they now come to church, the father and two children. This is a miracle of God.”

Robert Salamanov, North Macedonia

£70

Hot Meals

For a child living in squalor, this might be the only hot meal that they have. Your gift would provide hot meals for a month.

Winter Bundle

Bring comfort and reassurance to a family in poverty by purchasing this Winter Bundle to include a supply of hot  meals, delivery of firewood and blankets.

£25 BEST SELLER

SUSTAINABILITY

Here’s your chance to create a buzz! Your gift will support a honey-making project that generates income to sustain the work of the church.

£35

£80

“Working with the bees helps us to cover some of our personal costs, some church costs and it helps us to employ people in the church who don’t have a job.”

Sustainable Bundle

By purchasing a Sustainable Bundle you are providing one more needy family with basic horticultural equipment, seeds for food and livestock for rearing.

Dario Kapin, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Livestock

Your gift will enable our partners to choose the most appropriate livestock for one of the rural families they are helping, whether it be a brood of chickens, a pig or a milking goat. £25

BEST SELLER

Seeds for Food

Your gift of packets of seeds will provide a family with potatoes, tomatoes, corn and soya for planting; rejuvenating unproductive land and ensuring food for the future.

£10

“We helped families by providing chickens to rear for food. We wanted to show how the church cares for people in their needs. These people are not from church.”

Siniša Stojković, Bosnia and Herzegovina

EDUCATION

£30

Children’s Bible

BEST SELLER

Your gift of a children’s Bible is an investment that may well have eternal impact.

Education Bundle

This bundle includes essential School Supplies, a Seasonal Outreach Gift and a Children’s Bible.

£10

BEST SELLER

Bible

Your gift enables a new believer to own their own Bible.

£10

School Supplies

Snacks for School

Your gift provides a child living in poverty with a week’s worth of school lunches, or enables them to go to an after school club where they’ll receive a healthy snack and help with their homework. £15

In some countries children cannot go to school if they don’t have exercise books and pens. Your gift will help give a child an education, and a chance to break out of the cycle of poverty.

£10 BEST SELLER

Seasonal Outreach Gift

Your gift will purchase a small present to be given away as a sign of God’s love, at a Christmas or Easter outreach event.

Student Resources or Outreach

Your gift will enable partners to provide either materials to further Christian studies or to enable student outreach events.

£30 £10

Introduction to Christianity (10)

Your donation will cover the cost of study materials for a group of 10 people and a leader’s pack.

£50

“God is doing a fantastic job with the people in the village. We had a time of Bible study with the women and we are grateful to God for your help that made this Bible study possible. People not only learned about the Bible, but also to love each other.”

Arben Bedulla, Albania

“Many families cannot afford to send their children to school. Many parents cannot afford to buy school supplies to support them for the whole school year. For this reason, we have children who don’t get an education, or they drop out without finishing. By helping these families with school packages, we help the children stay in school and get an education that will direct their life and future. Bathore’s community needs educated and capable individuals that will make a difference for the future generations.”

Please complete both sides of this order form including payment details and your choice of gift(s) and return it to Transform Europe Network.

We aim to post your Gift Card(s) within three working days.

Please allow additional time to meet the increased demand in the run up to Christmas.

YOUR DETAILS

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GIFT AID – MAKE YOUR GIFT WORTH 25% MORE!

I am a UK taxpayer and want TEN to reclaim tax on all my donations until further notice. I understand that if I pay less Income Tax and/ or Capital Gains Tax than the amount of Gift Aid claimed on all my donations in that tax year it is my responsibility to pay the difference.

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