World of Gifts campaign makes gift-giving easy!

Eight pages. Forty gifts. Thousands of lives changed.

This year’s World of Gifts highlights the bright ideas and innovation of our partners. From clean water and eco-toilets to egg incubators and honey bees, you can support projects that improve local health, care for creation and provide opportunities for people to become more economically stable.

And here’s more exciting news – thanks to a generous donor, all gifts will be matched up to $100,000!

Across the country, people will receive the World of Gifts guide in the October, November and December issues of the Anglican Journal. Didn’t get yours yet? Not to worry, you can review the guide here, or peruse on our online guide.

Every year, our donors give approximately $400,000-$450,000 to the World of Gifts campaign. This year you can support local environmental efforts in Colombia, Zimbabwe and Uganda. Partners are teaching communities about improving soil with worm composting and other natural fertilizers, and infrastructure techniques that conserve water.

There’s also lots of ways to support food security, from raising chickens in Colombia and managing dairy cows in Kenya to farming tilapia and mushrooms in Zimbabwe. Oh and don’t forget the breadfruit production in Haiti!

Health is a priority for many of our partners, and we have gifts that focus on treating children for malnutrition in Burundi and improving maternal and newborn health in Lesotho.

And we are always working to support women and girls and their place in their communities. Partners in Uganda and Lesotho are exploring innovative ways to build skills and income, which in turn provide financial stability and options. Check out all 40 gifts here!

You can “buy” gifts to support our partners, or why not give a meaningful gift in honour of a loved one? Simply check off the box on the order form to receive a physical card that you can fill in and deliver. When you do that, you’ll receive a special thank you gift tag from us that you can even hang on your Christmas tree if you like!

When ordering online, you can indicate whether you’d like to receive a physical card in the mail, or send an ecard directly to the recipient. You can also download the gifts cards to print at home and give them to the people on your Christmas list.

Parishes also love the World of Gifts!

Sunday Schools, ACWs and outreach committees often choose a specific gift item to support and turn it into a group project. Check out this year’s “Big Ticket Items” — a power generator in Cuba ($1,000), a shallow well in Kenya ($3,000) and an eco-smart cow shed in Kenya ($6,800). But there are also many items under $50. No gift is too small. All support is appreciated.

With each of these 40 items, you’re showing your commitment to Alongside Hope’s mission to build a truly just, healthy and peaceful world.