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If you wish to make a donation in addition to your order, then please select amount from the drop down below and simply add to your shopping basket. Thank you so much.  
Donation

Add a "Stocking Filler" for £1

Your gift of love will make such a difference - thank you.  You can help a little more by adding a “stocking filler”.  £1 can help sooth cuts and hurts with:

BANDAGES, PLASTERS & CREAMS

When ordering your gift(s) please also help us to buy at least one of these items for one of the 1,100 children and young people we support (sorry, but a thank you slip or card is not sent with these gifts)

School Equipment £5

Basic school items include pens, pencils and books - essential help for children and families

 

Dolls & Teddy Bears £5

Give a child their childhood back. Dolls and bears are a luxury ill-afforded. The gift of a huge smile!

Keeps me Clean £5

De-loused, fresh teeth, clean face & body. Not taken for granted when you know only poverty and neglect

Healthy Eating £5

Whether seeds for fresh vegetables, nutritious food parcels or healthy fruit juices, this is a gift for food growth

Gospel News for All £8

Visits from local church leaders; gifts of scripture; teaching the Good News. Our care is unconditional but we rejoice when lives are truly transformed

Winter Boots £10

Thick, warm boots are essential for all children in Eastern Europe - for many this gift is their only chance of staying warm this winter

Crafts £10

Craft is popular with all children and young people, and beneficial for those with a disabiliity. A wonderful gift of equipment will bring so much joy and learning

Bedding & Bed Clothes £10

It's so lovely to sleep in a clean bed with clean pyjamas. Not so easy when you only have one set and rooms are too cold to dry washing. Help children have a lovely night's sleep

Puzzles & Cognitive Games £10

Learning through play is a key development aid. This gift will bring vitally important learning to children

Days to Remember £10

Our partners' camping breaks can be the only respite from hardship that children have all year. By giving them the chance to camp they will learn, have fellowship, healing prayers and life-changing memories

Mobility Aids £12

The gift of walking is a dream for some children whose parents can ill-afford even basic aids. You can make their dreams come true

School Uniform £12

New school clothes and shoes are a luxury beyond many of our families. Your gift will ensure the poorest children can go to school properly dressed

Cooking Equipment £15

Whether for foster homes, vulnerable families or to train orphans in how to cook, this gift will give hours of pleasure for many

Transforming Therapies £15

Helping children like Maxim with free therapies not only eases pain , but physio, speech and occupational therapy can also help them walk or talk for the first time  

Sports Kit & Equipment £20

Football kit, sport boots and shoes, balls, bats and other sports equipment will help to improve the children's health and bring joy and laughter

Winter Coats & Clothes £20

Each year arctic-type winters bring misery and ill-health.  The need for thick coats, hats, scarves and gloves are life-saving essentials for all the 1,000+ children cared for by ChildAid's partners

Family Emergency Pack £25

Short term or long term, this gift of family support will help to prevent abandonment in times of crisis

Helping Forgotten Children £35

Whether through fostering, our own family foster home, independent living skills coaching or simple fellowship; this gift will help to transform an abandoned life

New Bed £50

Orphans moving to a foster home or children living in a family hit by poverty deserve a good bed - not the top of an internal coal bunker as one child was having to sleep on! Your gift can bring many nights of restorative sleep

Freedom Equipment £70

Rehabilitation equipment and wheelchairs make a huge difference in life experience for children. They can literally help children walk, or can give them freedom they would only dream about otherwise

Winter Fuel £100

As one grandmother says: "without the lorry load of wood we would not have physically survived the winter". This gift doens not transform lives...it saves them

Presents come and presents go, but at ChildAid we would like to offer you the chance of buying a gift that can last forever.

Not only can these precious gifts mean so much in helping to transform a young life, they will demonstrate your compassion and care to those close to you.

The gifts selected are important in the care and development of the neglected and vulnerable - and they do make a difference.

 

So how does it work?

  • Select the gift you wish to purchase from the list below or view/print the pdf catalogue attached here  >>
  • If not buying on-line, complete and return the order form on the Catalogue above to
    ChildAid, PO Box 200, Bromley, Kent, BR1 1QF with your payment
  • We will then ensure that the gift you have purchased will be arranged to be provided for a child or young person in Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine or Russia
  • We will also post to you a thank you photograph so if you are buying on behalf of another person you can pass this on so that they know about the gift bought.
  • We will also send a blank greeting card to enclose the above thank slip (unless you advise us not to)

Thank you on behalf of all the children we serve.