HOPEFUL GIFTS
FOR CHANGE
May laughter and joy
also be yours this Christmas
and into the New Year!
May laughter and joy
also be yours this Christmas
and into the New Year!
HOPEFUL GIFTS
FOR CHANGE
MORE RESOURCES AVAILABLE
Promote the Gift Catalogue in your church.
Promote the Gift Catalogue in your church.
FIND YOUR
HEART’S CAUSE
HEART’S CAUSE
The CBM Hopeful Gifts for Change catalogue allows everyone to give to a cause that speaks to their heart. Choose your cause and look for these symbols to identify causes you want to support:
The CBM Hopeful Gifts for Change catalogue allows everyone to give to a cause that speaks to their heart. Choose your cause and look for these symbols to identify causes you want to support:
FIND YOUR
HEART’S CAUSE
HEART’S CAUSE
The CBM Hopeful Gifts for Change catalogue allows everyone to give to a cause that speaks to their heart. Choose your cause and look for these symbols to identify causes you want to support:
The CBM Hopeful Gifts for Change catalogue allows everyone to give to a cause that speaks to their heart. Choose your cause and look for these symbols to identify causes you want to support:
POVERTY EMBRACING COMPASSION FIGHTS SUFFERING
POVERTY EMBRACING COMPASSION FIGHTS SUFFERING
Poultry $25
Goat $135
Cow $230
Fill a Stable $400
Go all out and fill a stable with animals – a pair of rabbits, two hens and a rooster, a goat, and a cow! Your gift will help up to six families in need.
Go all out and fill a stable with animals – a pair of rabbits, two hens and a rooster, a goat, and a cow! Your gift will help up to six families in need.
Stock a Fish Pond $500
Give a whole community in India a pond of fish! This can serve as both food and source of income.
Give a whole community in India a pond of fish! This can serve as both food and source of income.
Buffalo $1,500
Gift the Lahu community in Thailand with a buffalo.
Gift the Lahu community in Thailand with a buffalo.
Provide daily pre-school education and nutritional nourishment for children in the Philippines so that they are able to perform well. This sets a great foundation for kids at a critical stage in their lives.
Provide daily pre-school education and nutritional nourishment for children in the Philippines so that they are able to perform well. This sets a great foundation for kids at a critical stage in their lives.
Give a refugee family access to a grinding mill in Kakuma Refugee camp in Kenya so that they can turn their maize into flour. This then provides food for the family.
Give a refugee family access to a grinding mill in Kakuma Refugee camp in Kenya so that they can turn their maize into flour. This then provides food for the family.
Help children and youth in India gain access to a better future through tutoring and additional skills training, respectively.
Help children and youth in India gain access to a better future through tutoring and additional skills training, respectively.
Break the cycle of addiction in the lives of young men in India by supporting innovative community development that enables them to train in income generating skills.
Break the cycle of addiction in the lives of young men in India by supporting innovative community development that enables them to train in income generating skills.
Empower women in India and gift them with the skills to make leaf plates that they can sell, and to rear poultry and goats. This will help them gain dignity as they become stronger income earners for their family.
Empower women in India and gift them with the skills to make leaf plates that they can sell, and to rear poultry and goats. This will help them gain dignity as they become stronger income earners for their family.
In the Philippines, a college education is a must to be able to earn a decent living, but countless Filipinos cannot afford this. Help deserving and determined students realize their dreams.
In the Philippines, a college education is a must to be able to earn a decent living, but countless Filipinos cannot afford this. Help deserving and determined students realize their dreams.
Help transform a community in El Salvador by providing funds for microenterprise activities and training on small agricultural and economic development projects. This will bring additional income to their community!
Help transform a community in El Salvador by providing funds for microenterprise activities and training on small agricultural and economic development projects. This will bring additional income to their community!
Help women from the Mising tribe in Nagaland, India by gifting them with weaving materials. Proceeds from the sale of these traditional shawls help increase family income levels.
Help women from the Mising tribe in Nagaland, India by gifting them with weaving materials. Proceeds from the sale of these traditional shawls help increase family income levels.
BUILD THE CHURCH EMBRACING LOVE BANISHES FEAR
Practical Skills for Filipino Pastors $100
Help build a stronger church in the Philippines when you provide enhanced skills training in other important areas such as pastoral care, leading meetings, managing budgets, and community development practices.
Support a Chinese Pastor $85
Remote areas in Thailand and Myanmar are ripe for drug production and trafficking. Your gift will provide significant change in the Golden Triangle Area where further theological training is provided, churches are planted and community services workers have access to more support.
Leadership Training in Cuba $100
Give church leaders in Cuba the supplemental training and materials that they need to carry out integral mission in the community.
Pastoring Pastors in the Dominican Republic $100
Help pastors in the Dominican Republic enhance their ministry competencies through annual gatherings and bi-monthly meetings that strengthen pastoral care among leaders and their families. Your gift includes transportation, food and educational and training materials.
Help pastors in the Dominican Republic enhance their ministry competencies through annual gatherings and bi-monthly meetings that strengthen pastoral care among leaders and their families. Your gift includes transportation, food and educational and training materials.
South Sudan Ministry Leaders Training $300
Provide South Sudan church workers more opportunities to advance skills through training workshops.
Provide South Sudan church workers more opportunities to advance skills through training workshops.
JUSTICE EMBRACING DIGNITY CHALLENGES INEQUITY
Medical Care for Survivors of Sexual Violence $70
Bring physical healing to victims of rape in the Democratic Republic of Congo through medical assistance and help women rebuild their lives.
Train Rape Counsellors $150
Give the gift of psychosocial healing through counselling support for victims of sexual and gender- based violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Help protect women and encourage prevention of sexual and physical abuse.
Peacebuilding Training for Youth Leaders $220
Be an agent of peace between Muslims and Christians in the Philippines. Your gift will help youth leaders understand each other’s faith and learn peaceful relations among Islamic and Christian youth communities.
Teach Women to Read $50
You can change a life and teach women in Rwanda how to read. Plus, you’re also providing books, Bibles, gender training and more! Each woman then has access to a better future for her family.
Bikes for Monitoring $170
Your gift helps village representatives monitor savings and loans initiatives that will help provide income for community members affected by HIV and AIDS in Rwanda.
Peace Training for Refugees $200
Gift women, youth and other opinion leaders at Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya with a peacebuilding workshop. The training will help them learn about peaceful coexistence, trauma healing, reconciliation and conflict resolution among different ethnic groups in the refugee camp.
Empowering Widows $250
Widows in India, such as those from the Soura community, have many hurdles to overcome in order to survive. Your gift will help them gain dignity, spiritual nourishment, stable livelihood and a chance to rise from poverty through access to microenterprise activities and training.
KIDS AT RISK EMBRACING HOPE RELIEVES DESPAIR
High School Fees $65
Help vulnerable children and kids without parents to gain access to a brighter future through quality education. In Canada, kids are required by law to receive high school education. Many children in Rwanda aren’t able to. Give them the education that they need for a better life.
School Supplies $70
Help provide basic school supplies for vulnerable children in Rwanda and Kenya, which enables them to stay in school and gives them a chance to thrive.
School Uniform $20
In some countries like Kenya, even public schools require that students wear uniforms. Many vulnerable children cannot afford them, which makes it
a barrier to education. Give kids the chance to learn and thrive with the gift of school uniforms. This makes a great present for your kids’ teacher!
Summer Camp for Refugees $55
Syrian refugees and vulnerable children often experience trauma due to war and displacement. Give them a place to play and be children again at summer camp in Lebanon.
Support for Vulnerable Children & Youth in Bolivia $85
Extend love and care to vulnerable children or adolescents in Cochabamba. Give them life skills that will help them achieve good health, and obtain access to nutritious food and spiritual, psychological and educational support.
A Second Home for Students $100
Give children who live in remote tribal villages a home that is closer to school so that they can get an education. While they’re at school, they’ll learn about the Gospel and God’s Word.
Prison Kids $110
Support a child whose parent is in prison in Bolivia by providing a safe place for spiritual, psychological and educational growth and access to healthcare and good food.
CRISIS RESPONSE EMBRACING EMPATHY REDUCES HARDSHIP
Help Rebuild a Home for Refugees $1,000
A refugee family returning to their home will find that their house is inhabitable, making them just as vulnerable as ever. Help a family rebuild their home and provide a safe, secure and dignified place for them to live.
Life-saving Healthcare for Refugees $40
Provide medical care to refugees and vulnerable families in economically marginalized communities in Lebanon. The severe gap in UN funding and the triple burden of extreme poverty, poor health and forced displacement makes it difficult to access urgent medical needs.
A Cow in Canada $500
Give the gift that keeps on giving! Buy a cow and when it gives birth, the calves will be sold and proceeds will go to CBM food projects in places like South Sudan and Lebanon through the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. Plus, your gift will be matched 4:1, thanks to the Government of Canada. Give as a group!
Sponsor an Acre of a Grow Hope Project $300
Sponsor an acre of land, which includes a land lease, seeds, fertilizer and chemicals. A community of Canadian farmers will grow crops for you, proceeds of which will go to overseas CBM food relief and agricultural development projects through the Foodgrains Bank.
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