AAF News

• Christmas Gift Ideas - Make a difference

  15/11/2009

  Christmas is around the corner - time to start shopping. Do you sometimes feelthat you end up buying Christmas gifts just for the sake of buying agift for that special person. Well here is another idea which willreally make a big difference for someone that is less advantaged. Spendyour money this Christmas on a Gift Card for your family and friends.Your money will go towards making a real difference in the lives ofpeople that really need our help. Below are some great gift ideas foryour loved ones this Christmas.

  
  Gifts are available for purchase at the upcoming fundraising events or contact Sharon on 4655 7608

  

  $10 buys seeds etc to help a a family, community or school start a vegetable garden

  TheVegetable garden project is a development project, teaching peoplehowto prepare a garden and sow seeds to grow a good nutritiousvegetablegarden and how to maintain it. The drugs given to prolong thelives ofHIV AIDS sufferers need to be coupled with a healthy diet.Living inpoverty does not promote a healthy diet.

  "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."

  Lao Tzu
  
  

  $25 buys an orphan child in Africa a Weekend at a Lifestyle Camp

  At Zamimpilo, orphan children go on a weekend retreat. Theyreceiveaccommodation, showers, 3 meals a day and life-styletrainingworkshops. The workshops teach the children skills that theyare unableto learn due to the absence of parental guidance or even thepresenceof an adult.
  
  

  

  

  $50 buys a Christmas Hamper for a volunteer Home Based Carer

  Home Based Carers are volunteer women who walk for many miles, checkingon and looking after people in their surrounding communities who aresuffering from HIV AIDS. These women also check on child headedhouseholds / orphans resulting from HIV AIDS. They do not receive anypayment for this work so the least we can do is offer some assistanceto their own household by providing them with some food. These are notfancy Christmas hampers as we know them - they consist of big bags ofmaize meal and other staples.
  

  
  

  $75 provides a school uniform for a child

  In South Africa a child is not permitted to attend school without aschool uniform. School uniforms are incredibly expensive, particularlyfor underprivileged families. There are also organisations who recyclethese uniforms ie once the child grows out of their uniform, they findanother child that can use it.