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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 bring a child one of the following:

HAT, GLOVES, SCARF, SOCKS OR UNDERWEAR

When ordering your gift(s) please also help us to buy at least one of these items for one of the 850 children and young people we support (a photo or card is not sent with these gifts)

Keep Babies Fed & Clean £5

Babies abandoned by their parents are deprived not just of love, Babies continue to be abandoned in Eastern Europe losing the motherly love on which they can depend. Desperate families struggle to care for their new born.

 

Hygiene Kit £5

It’s hard to keep clean when you don’t have the basic equipment such as soap, toothpaste, toothbrush and shampoo.
A gift of cleanliness will keep a child clean, and so very happy, for such a long time.


School Kit £5

How can you learn if you can’t afford to buy pens, pencils, notebooks and maths equipment? Sergiu has advanced so well in his studies thanks to the gifts of school equipment provided to him last year - how many children can you open the door to learning?

 


Fruit & Juice £5

Especially after the long, snowy winter, there is a severe lack of vitamins in the bodies of children and young people living in desperate conditions.
A gift of fruit and juices will help to restore and mend body and mind

 

 


Lunch Packs £5

The children and young people who come to our partners are always hungry. Our partners ensure that a healthy lunch is on hand.
This gift will provide a nutritious lunch for 5 children or young people

 

 

 


Seed & Tool Kit £7

Teaching orphans and children in vulnerable families how to grow vegetables is an essential  part of our work.
A gift of seeds and simple hand tools is an ever-lasting gift

 

 

 


Bibles & Christian Teaching £8

A gift of a Bible and of time spent with the children and young people exploring the Good News can, we pray, lead to lives being truly and fully transformed. ChildAid’s support is always unconditional but what joy to hear of those who make a commitment to Jesus and be baptised

 

 

 


Craft Kit £10

Whatever their age, whether there is a disability or not, the opportunity to get involved in art and craft work is not only great fun, but hugely beneficial to cognitive and mental development. A gift of such items as needlework, knitting and drawing equipment will be long remembered

 

 

 


Toys + Games = Laughter £10

Childhood should be enjoyed, but abuse and poverty can often deprive them of joy and laughter.
A simple gift of a game or a toy can bring smiles back to these little faces - and with puzzles and games they will also be developing their learning processes

 

 

 


A Day Out Camping £10

Whether it be away in the country, a fun-packed week at a centre, or an inclusive break for disabled and able-bodied young people, ChildAid’s camps mean so much to the children and young people. This gift offers one of the day’s at the camp which will help bring such relief and happiness

 

 

 


Walk Me To School £10

Children’s feet just keep on growing. For desperately poor families it’s a stark choice - hole in ill-fitting shoes or food on the table. Your gift can help families to not have to choose

 

 

 


Helping Me to Sit & Walk £12

Maxim has muscular disability and is unable to sit or walk without aids. A transforming gift will enable simple, but effective, supports to be hand made for Maxim and others

 

 

 


Survival Boots £15

Deep snow and freezing conditions can cause serious damage to feet of the poor and the vulnerable.A gift of thick, sturdy boots will make an amazing difference to their lives during the harsh winter months

 

 

 


The Perfect Therapy £15

Alexey has multiple, complex needs owing to his disabilities. All of these are difficult to obtain and extremely expensive for a family struggling to meet even basic needs. Giving free physio, speech, and occupational therapy sessions with this gift will make an enormous difference to his life and others

 

 

 


Sports Kit £15

Each one of ChildAid’s partners encourages their young people to help mind and body through sports activity.Whether some simple sports equipment or practical clothes to play outside, this gift will bring hours of happiness, joy and relief from desperate conditions

 

 

 


Teach Me How to Live £20

Learning how to live in the society around you is a crucial stage of development. Living in state care makes you dependent on what, if anything, is taught. A life-establishing gift is to teach young, abandoned, people how to live independently

 

 

 


Survival Coat £20

Lena is very fortunate. Not only does she live with a loving foster family, she is also the proud owner of a thick winter coat to survive the long, freezing winters. 100’s of such coats are needed for children not so fortunate, as so many families are unable to afford to keep their children warm

 

 

 


Family Emergency Pack £25

The Levitsky family are only just surviving. With no father, no employment and virtually no social services support they are in a desperate situation. Healthy foods, warm clothing, help in paying for bills and medicines, can literally be a case of life or death - this gift will help such families for a month

 

 

 


Rescue an Orphan £35

Already rejected, children grow up in state care without love. On leaving orphanages few settle into “normal” life and instead get pulled into prostitution or crime. A transforming gift of love will support, for a month, a child whose future is being reshaped by a loving Christian foster family

 

 

 


Club Time £40

Meeting new friends, having fun whilst learning, outings to cafés and theatre, and being shown that disability does not need to limit life. This is how your gift can help at least 20 children and young people for a session at one of our partner’s Weekend Clubs

 

 

 


A Wheelchair Gets Me Out £50

Katya, like many others with severe disabilities, rarely had the chance to get out until her mother was able to acquire a wheelchair. Her life has changed so much, but other families are unable to afford such “luxuries” - such a gift is the dream of so many others deprived of enjoying their life

 

 

 


Loving the Abandoned £75

Diana’s poverty-stricken mother is 17 and has TB. All her grandmother could do was to give her away - at least now she receives the love from our caring team and will be well fed, cleaned and prayed over. This gift can help provide such affection for at least two weeks

 

 

 


Winter Fuel £100

The Morozov family literally almost froze to death in the 2010/2011 winter. Intense and long periods of unimaginable  cold, loss of job, and a ramshackle home forced them to plead for help. A lorry load of wood saved their lives - many more families will need such a gift this winter

 

 

 


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.