Gifts of Hope

Women around the world bear an invisible burden: unpaid labour, from child care to housekeeping and more. It’s even worse for women living in poverty. This gift combines child care, continued education and training sessions to help redistribute unequal labour so everyone can thrive.

Too many girls are held back by discrimination, violence and barriers like poverty, with their rights increasingly under threat each day. This gift helps change that through education, health and protection projects that are specific to girls’ needs. Celebrate the power of every girl by helping them change their lives – and our world – for the better.

Trauma can be debilitating, especially for a child. This gift funds children’s mental health services in the conflict- and disaster-affected areas where we work. It helps children gain access to safe spaces with therapeutic outlets and professional counselling from trained social workers. Help survivors not only cope but heal every hidden scar.

The world isn’t fair for girls – and their rights are being taken away in many places. This bundles includes our best-selling Girl Power gift and helps girls stay in school, stay safe from violence and early marriage, and gain job and leadership skills. It helps girls live the lives they want, and it’s an inspiring gifts for the people in your life too.

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!

Savings groups can be a game changer for women who don’t have access to standard banks or financing options like loans. Coupled with money-management training, they help women overcome poverty and save funds to invest in one another and support their children and communities.

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!

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.