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To a family in the developing world, a package of vegetable seeds is like a miracle cure in a jar. Vegetables are not only a tasty addition to an otherwise bleak diet, they can dramatically improve a family’s resistance to sickness and disease.
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Buy a gift that will keep giving for the next 12-14 years. That’s right. With good care, a female goat can live and breed for years—providing a family with milk, meat and extra income. And since goat milk has a different balance of fats and proteins than cows’ milk it’s easier for most people to digest.
Rabbits are famous for multiplying quickly. While having a pet that gives birth 13 times a year is problematic in North America, it’s welcome news for a family overseas in need of nutritious food and a steady income. Extremely adaptable and easy to handle, rabbits are a perfect small livestock choice for children. And since rabbits are vegetarians, they’re inexpensive to keep and feed.
Of all the skills a person can learn, the ability to read can be one of the most life-changing. With your gift, you’ll be providing access to a community library as well as facilitating literacy programs that will unlock new and thrilling futures for families and children alike.
Mosquito bites are a nuisance in North America; in Latin America, they can kill. Every 30 second a child dies from malaria. The good news? Malaria is entirely preventable. Give the gift of health and security this year by providing a bed net for a family. The less mosquito bites they get, the less likely they are to become infected.
Everyone knows how important education is for kids, but the fact is moms and dads in developing countries need it too. When you purchase this unique education package, you’ll be providing a years’ worth of school supplies and school fees for a child and a training course for a parent.
Ever tried to learn to write the alphabet without any paper or pencils? Probably not, but it happens all the time in developing countries. For children fortunate enough to receive an education, basic school supplies are still considered a luxury. But with your help, we can present children from the poorest families (most of whom are half or full orphans), with the school supplies they need to make learning easier. Materials include exercise books, pens, pencils, a sharpener and an eraser.
Give the gift everyone on the planet needs—clean water. Your gift will provide a locally-made ceramic water purification filter to a Cambodian family, greatly improving their quality of life—and their long term health. Just imagine if every family in a village had clean water to drink!
What happens when you plant trees? A lot. They improve soil fertility, become a source of food for animals and help control pests (termites and mosquitoes). Some trees also produce edible seeds. When you purchase this gift, you’ll improve a community’s ability to produce cash crops by providing saplings as well as training on sound agronomic practices, natural resource management and environmental protection issues.
Hurricanes, earthquakes, typhoons, severe food shortages and tribal clashes. These aren’t just news stories on TV; they’re real life for families all over the globe. By adding to this fund, you’ll enable FH Canada to immediately respond when tragedy strikes. Help deliver hope this year by standing with people when their world is literally turned upside down.
Ever notice how tired you get when you’re hungry or how difficult it is to concentrate after a while? The fact is it’s extremely difficult for hungry or undernourished children to achieve their full potential in life. Often, by the time their parents realize what’s happening, it’s too late to catch up. That’s why regular health checkups are so important. With your help, we can monitor children’s growth in the communities we serve, and identify cases of malnutrition sooner.
In a rural community, keeping animals healthy and productive is just as important as caring for people. When you purchase this gift, you’ll provide veterinarian education for community leaders as well as a basic medical kit to help them prevent and cure common diseases in goats, cows, pigs and chickens—the source of their livelihood.
Just two chickens?! Believe it or not, that’s all it takes to make a significant difference in the life of a family living in poverty. Surplus eggs or chicks can be bartered or sold to provide additional income, and the manure produced can help enrich the soil and aid in pest control. Best of all, because chickens are easy to maintain, they can be cared for by children.
Help farmers work together to transform countless hectares of hillside that would otherwise be prone to erosion into viable agricultural land—without jeopardizing the sustainability of the environment. Each kit includes 1 wheelbarrow, 1 pick axe, 10 picks, 2 axes, 5 shovels, and 40 hoes—plus training for lead farmers on bio-intensive gardening, agro-forestry and environmental issues.
Does hope come in a pill? If you’re a child in Haiti is does. Help FH meet both the educational and physical needs of some of the world’s poorest children by providing daily vitamins for children attending school.
How much does it cost to give health and hope to a family in Burundi? Not as much as you think. This practical gift begins by providing a family with a bed net and medical insurance for a year—then adds a Farmer’s Toolkit, vegetable seeds and tree seedlings.
Sewing isn’t just a hobby in Bangladesh; it’s an income-generating trade. By giving a parent a marketable skill, you’ll be empowering them to provide for their family, and helping to weave peace and stability into their lives.
One cow can forever change the future of a family in need. A dairy cow can produce up to 20 glasses of milk per day and manure is used as fertilizer for farmer's crops. Best of all, a healthy cow can breed several calves in a lifetime allowing a family to create an income generating business.
Chances of a child dying of a dog bite in North America are slim. But it can easily happen in the developing world—especially if a family can’t afford medical treatment. With your help, we can help ensure that minor injuries don’t become fatal by giving a family the insurance coverage they need to access urgent medical care.
If you saw your doctor using a syringe on multiple patients, or a re-using the same latex gloves, you’d be shocked. But sometimes doctors overseas don’t have much choice. But if you and just 12 other people purchase this gift, we can ship a 40 foot container full of medical supplies and equipment to Guatemala where it will service Nebaj’s community hospital and clinic.
In most countries where FH Canada works, the cost of school fees often exceeds what many families can afford. As a result, education is often sacrificed so that daily needs can be met. With your help, we can make sure that doesn’t happen.
What moos and grooves, oinks, clucks, and bleats? The Fill-A-Stable Combo! It comes with everything you’d expect to find in a stable including a cow, a pig, two chickens and a goat. Plus, your gift will also train a community veterinarian to care for the animals, and provide a supply of medical equipment and drugs.
Pigs are a favorite animal because, in return for disposing of kitchen garbage as food, they produce manure for the farm, and new piglets each year which can be sold for income or used as a source of meat. A pig can greatly add productivity to a family’s agricultural activities.
Walking for hours in the scorching sun to collect water teeming with invisible bacteria and parasites doesn’t sound like much fun—and it isn’t. Nor is suffering from waterborne illnesses. By providing a hand dug and capped well, you can provide clean, healthy and accessible water for an entire community—including children and seniors.
More than three billion people in the world live every day without access to the most basic sanitation facilities. You can help change that reality. Your provision of even one latrine can dramatically alter the sanitary condition of an entire community. Plus your gift will help provide education on hand washing and other good hygiene practices.
