Gifts of Hope

Girls' perspectives belong everywhere decisions are made. This gift engages girls in Canada and around the world, including those in refugee camps, in decision making. Through seat shares, advisory panels, innovation hubs, consultation sessions and more, this gift helps girls have meaningful interactions with governments, corporations and civil-society organizations. It supports training for girls that builds their leadership skills as well as community sessions for girls' perspectives to be both heard and factored into decisions.

The goal is to End HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria infections around the world by 2030. It's a big, bold, audacious goal, and you can help make it happen. This gift supports the efforts of government and health care workers to provide communities with awareness, prevention tools and treatment.

What if your life depended on this phrase: Khajc jklc aslkjp akhcbp. Can't make sense of it? That's what life is like for the millions of women in the world who cannot read. But this gift of literacy, including financial literacy, is helping thousands of women in low-income countries make sense of the world.

This eco-conscious gift will support women and youth in growing businesses that nourish communities and help the planet flourish. It works to sustain environments, food availability and incomes with training and supplies for ventures like seaweed farming, mushroom foraging and beekeeping. This gift also helps protect regions most vulnerable to climate disasters with community-led initiatives like mangrove planting and conservation to reduce storm dangers and damage.

Equip and revamp preschools, primary schools and other education facilities for thousands of children. The schools can provide access to water, separate latrines for girls, canteens filled with tables, chairs, pots and pans, and essential food staples to make healthy, filling meals.

This gift goes wherever the greatest needs are for children across more than 50 countries around the world. It provides everything from urgent and essential care for newborns to nutritious food for families to aid for communities in crises…and so much more. Give this gift to help reach those who need it most, no matter what arises.

The Mom Shop helps women become entrepreneurs who can support themselves and their children. This gift includes vocational training and financial­ literacy courses. It offers village savings and loan programs so women can work together to create small businesses, making things like honey, peanut butter, clothing or soap - initiatives that provide a solid income for family needs and independence.

This gift unites and enables youth to harness their passion, hone their skills, connect networks and amplify their voices through inclusive growth opportunities like workshops, mentorship, conferences and clubs. Support youth, of all backgrounds, throughout Canada, to step into their power as the next generation of global leaders.

This eco-conscious gift will support women and youth in growing businesses that nourish communities and help the planet flourish. It works to sustain environments, food availability and incomes with training and supplies for ventures like seaweed farming, mushroom foraging and beekeeping. This gift also helps protect regions most vulnerable to climate disasters with community-led initiatives like mangrove planting and conservation to reduce storm dangers and damage.

Water is a basic need, and access to it is a basic right. Yet more than 1.5 million children die annually from illnesses related to drinking unclean water. Let's change that. Help thousands of people access clean, reliable water systems and sanitation facilities and give them the training and skills to protect their water supply and ensure it will be there for future generations.

This is one of our most popular gifts. It's fun to give and to receive. And, most importantly, it can be life-changing for families, who can then provide protein-rich goat's milk to their children, especially girls. And selling goat offspring means they can also pay for essentials like education and food.

About a third of the world has never used the internet; most are women and girls who are disconnected from learning, careers and independence – especially during crises. This gift helps girls and young women build fundamental tech and online skills so they can keep pace, create businesses and succeed amid uncertainty. It sets up development centres and computer training, and teaches the use of mobile wallets and digital financial services to increase self-reliance.