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If you’re still scratching your head wondering what to buy your Mum this Sunday then look no further than the Concern Worldwide Gift Shop. If your Mum loves gardening, why not get her a vegetable pack for just £28 and provide someone living with HIV with the seeds and tools they need to grow healthy, nutritious vegetables.

Your gift could help someone like Sepo* who grows a variety of vegetables on her small patch in Luandui village, Zambia. Sepo, who was widowed in 2000 and her seven-year-old daughter are both HIV positive. Thanks to the seeds from Concern though, Sepo is growing food for her family and selling the surplus to earn a little extra money. The family diet is improving, and she now has enough money to send all her children to school.

We’ve got gifts for every taste and budget and each one comes with the knowledge that you’ll be helping Concern give real and lasting support to people living in extreme poverty around the world.

Make a real difference this Mother’s Day, buy a Concern Gift!

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With just three days until Christmas, why not let Concern Worldwide take the stress and strain out of finding that perfect last-minute gift. Their range of fun and quirky yet life-saving ethical gifts has something for every taste and budget. Plus, as their online gift shop is open 24 hours a day, up to and including Christmas Day, you don’t even need to leave home!

Whatever your loved one is interested in, Concern has the perfect gift:

• A goat for £25 is the ideal gift for anyone who loves animals and for a family in Angola could provide gallons of health-giving milk as well as manure to fertilise their crops.
• Emergency food supplies for £48 would go down a treat with budding chefs and could help feed people left with nothing following a natural disaster such as an earthquake or tsunami.
• Birth Attendant training at £83 is a must-have for new mothers and could make all the difference to an expectant mother in Sierra Leone, where few women can afford modern ante-natal clinics.

Plus every charity gift you buy comes with an e-card that you can send directly to the recipient, saving you time and postage!

Each and every gift you buy will be translated into real and lasting help for someone living in extreme poverty. With projects in 28 of the world’s poorest countries and over forty years experience of helping people, you can be sure that Concern will use your gift where it’s most needed.

So why not do something really special this Christmas and give a Concern Gift.

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For millions of children around the world, the chance to go to school everyday is nothing but a pipedream. 113 million children of primary school age – the majority of them girls – are not enrolled in school. And millions more are taught by untrained and underpaid teachers in overcrowded, unhealthy and ill-equipped classrooms.

Concern Worldwide believes that basic education is a human right and knows that the best way to help people break out of poverty is by improving access to education and skills training. In Mozambique, for example, where only four out of ten adults can read, Concern has been working tirelessly to improve access to education. Not only have they been distributing school books and supplies to 10,000 orphans and vulnerable children, but they have also been working with district authorities to improve the training teachers receive.

In total Concern has helped over 65,400 vulnerable children, living in Mozambique, gain access to education. Irondina du Sontos is one such child and she absolutely loves the school built and kitted out by Concern. She says

I really like school and I’m learning how to read and write.

You can help Concern provide education and skills training to thousands of people just like Irondina by buying a loved one a present from Concern Gifts this Christmas:

• £21 could buy enough pens, pencils, blackboards and books to help ten children learn at school.
• £63 could provide 6 months training for a teacher in Sierra Leone.
• £158 could teach someone living in poverty a new skill and give them the opportunity to earn their way out of poverty.

With every purchase you’ll receive a colourful charity gift card that you can personalise and pass on, explaining exactly how your gift will make a difference. Plus there’s free postage and packaging on all orders, so Whatever gift you buy from Concern you can rest assured that every penny spent will be translated into real and lasting support to those in need.

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Concern Worldwide are looking to give a voice to the 1.3billion farmers in the world, who due to poor quality land, cannot grow enough food to feed their families. Half of the world’s hungry live on small farms that don’t produce enough food, with many farmers in danger of slipping further in to poverty. Concern Worldwide’s work on the ground shows that a small amount of help can dramatically transform the lives of the poorest farmers.

Hamisi and Zawadi live with their two daughters on a half-acre plot in a remote region of Tanzania. They used to struggle to provide for their family. But after learning new planting methods and receiving improved seeds from community trainers supported by Concern, they were able to increase their crop production and then diversified to vary their family’s source of income. They now produce more food than they need and sell the surplus at market. Given the right support, farmers like Hamisi and Zawadi have the potential to grow their way out of poverty and hunger.

The Concern Worldwide poverty charity believe the UK government should do more to help poor farmers in developing countries. Thanks to their tireless work, Concern help to provide practical support for farmers and help them to claim their rights.

A great way to support Concern’s work on the ground with people like Hamisi and Zawadi is by buying your loved ones a Concern Gift this Christmas. With presents to suit every taste and budget you can be certain of finding the perfect gift, like -

• cute piglet for £7
• vegetable pack at £28
• school supplies for £21

You can rest assured that every penny spent will be translated into real and lasting support for the world’s poor. By purchasing a Concern Worldwide virtual charity gift not only will you be helping to raise funds for the world’s poorest farmers, but also giving a voice to the millions across the globe who need to be heard.

It’s the gift that keeps on giving…

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With nearly 30,000 people dying every day from hunger and AIDS related illnesses, Concern Worldwide are looking to put into place effective interventions as both hunger and HIV are very preventable. Concern have been working to combat the spread of HIV and AIDS for over 20 years, and now run 24 HIV and AIDS programmes in 15 countries across the globe.

By purchasing a virtual charity gift from the Concern Gift range this Christmas, you will be helping to provide funds to continue the fight against hunger and AIDS across the world. There is an extensive range of ethical gifts to choose from to suit all tastes and budgets, and include -

• £11 could buy six hens
  Each laying up to 200 eggs a year supplying a hungry family with a reliable source of protein
• £28 could buy a vegetable pack
  Providing seeds and tools to a HIV sufferer to grow their own source of nutritious vegetables
• £35 could provide HIV testing
  Testing and counselling to those affected by the disease

Halima Salim lives in the Masasi district in Mtwara region, Tanzania. When diagnosed as being HIV positive, she was still tragically mourning the death of her husband and her baby twins. Thanks to the work of Concern and other NGOs, anti-retroviral (ARV) medication is available in Halima’s village and her health has improved because of them. Like so many others living with HIV, however, Halima is also suffering because of food shortages.

Halima said -

After taking these medicines, you need to eat a lot, and I don’t have money to buy food. Today, I worked at the mashamba [farm] for the whole day without eating anything. My children are suffering a lot.

Sadly there is nothing extraordinary about Halima’s situation. Many people living with HIV just don’t have enough to eat. And tragically in many countries, the poorest families are being forced to choose between food for the household and ARVs for loved ones.

By purchasing a virtual gift from Concern Worldwide, you can be sure that the funds you donate will translate into real and lasting support for the world’s poorest people.

Do something exceptional this Christmas, give a Concern Gift…

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