What Are Some Charitable Gifts to Give for Christmas?

GFA World has a Christmas Gift Catalog with life-changing gifts that we give directly to those living in poverty. Believers from all over can provide things like farm animals, blankets, winter clothes, mosquito nets, outdoor toilets, bicycles, clean water and more to families living in the poorest parts of the globe. These practical gifts may seem simple, but they have far-reaching impacts on entire communities.

One example of this is Kalman’s family. The 44-year-old day laborer struggled to support his three children on a meager salary of $3 a day. Then, Kalman received a pig through a GFA World gift distribution, and their lives changed forever. The pig delivered eight piglets, and Kalman sold seven of them for almost $40 each—more than 13 days’ worth of his income for a single piglet! From a second litter, Kalman gave a piglet to a neighboring family in need, allowing them an opportunity to escape poverty as well. With the money from selling the two litters, Kalman said, “We have bought a goat and chickens, which are also going to be another source of income for our family. We do not have any problems now to pay the school fees for our children and to meet all their needs in school. … We also have purchased roofing sheets to construct our house.”[1] That single pig, a tangible expression of God’s love and care, changed everything about this family’s lives for the better.