Gifts of Hope

This gift helps ensure that the perspectives of girls in Canada and all over the globe are included wherever decisions are made. It engages girls in schools, refugee camps and a variety of communities to take part in leadership-skills trainings, advisory panels and meaningful interactions with governments, corporations and civil-society organizations. This gift opens space for girls in boardrooms, in politics and anywhere else they want to be.

HIV, TB and malaria are three of the deadliest diseases worldwide. But we can stop them. This gift helps protect those who are most at risk by engaging communities in awareness and prevention activities, trainings and treatments.

Imagine your life depended on this phrase: Khajc jklc aslkjp akhcbp. Or that you couldn’t sign your own name. That’s the daily reality for millions of women who have been denied the chance to learn. Literacy training equips women with reading, writing and financial skills so they can take part in all aspects of society, grow their savings and tap their true potential in life.

This eco-conscious gift helps women and girls start businesses that support healthy and sustainable environments, increase food supplies and provide income. They might try seaweed farming, mushroom foraging, beekeeping or planting mangroves to help protect communities from damage during extreme weather disasters.

Help equip a school so thousands of children in low-income countries can get the education every child deserves. This gift helps revamp pre-primary and primary schools to include things like clean water taps, private washrooms, desks, chairs and canteens filled with food staples!

Help make a difference for communities in need across more than 50 countries around the world. This gift provides everything from urgent and essential health care for girls and women to food and aid for the children and people who need it most.

A great gift for mothers near and far. Through small businesses like selling honey, peanut butter, clothing or soap, the Mom Shop helps women become entrepreneurs. It includes job training, savings and loan programs, and courses so women can achieve financial stability.

This gift connects and supports youth in Canada. It helps young people of all backgrounds develop public-speaking skills and build their self-esteem, global knowledge and advocacy experience. Help passionate young leaders drive positive local and global change through workshops, mentorship opportunities, conferences and clubs.

This eco-conscious gift helps women and girls start businesses that support healthy and sustainable environments, increase food supplies and provide income. They might try seaweed farming, mushroom foraging, beekeeping or planting mangroves to help protect communities from damage during extreme weather disasters.

Today – and every day this year -– 1,000 children will die from water-related diseases. We can’t let that continue. This gift helps thousands of people, including children, access clean, reliable water systems to stay healthy and safe for generations to come.

No kidding: A goat really can change a life! Goats provide milk and cheese for growing children and can be a new income source for families, which means more funds for things like girls’ school fees. Better health, a livelihood and new opportunities – there's nothing goofy about this gift!

Give a goat and more! A farmload of animals will help families have fresh milk, eggs and cheese to feed children. Plus, they can sell what they don’t use to pay for housing, medicine or school fees for their children.