Think green and think ecology. These alternative presents make an excellent gift for those interested in ecology and the health of the planet.
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 | Mosquito net  Help prevent the spread of deadly malaria, a major cause of deaths in children under 5 in Malawi. The gift of a net, treated with insecticide, will protect people at night when the mosquitoes come out to feed, reducing the risk of infection. | £5.00
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 | Irrigation kit for a family farm  The gift will allow a Sri Lankan family to grow more in their garden. A garden irrigation kit, using drip irrigation, will help them to conserve water. It will also allow the family to grow vegetables in the dry season. | £6.00
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 | Mosquito nets  The Mosquito is the insect responsible for most human deaths in the world. Give mosquito nets and give the gift of life. | £15.00
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 | Can of Worms  If you're a Bolivian farmer and you want to fertilise your fields, you can't do much better than worms. Organic, cheaper and better for the environment than chemicals, they enrich the soil and help produce more and better crops. They can make such a difference that farmers may even have a surplus to sell, giving them extra cash to pay for education, shelter and medicines. A gift like this really can do an awful lot. | £15.00
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 | 200ft distribution pipe  Buy a 200ft distribution pipe and help provide safe water for families in the hills of Myanmar, where clean water sources are scarce. Instead of trekking for miles to fill water containers and carry them home, they'll have their own safe supply on tap which will help significantly reduce diarrhea and parasite infections. | £17.00
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 | Buy a share in a well  There are lots of communities around the world just wishing for a well. So, buying a bit of a well is certainly a gift worth looking into. It will help provide a reliable source of clean, safe water for people and animals with plenty left over to water the veggie patch. | £26.00
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 | Safe water for 50 people  More than 25,000 people die every day because of water-borne disease. With water filters, tap stands and tanks we can supply water to people each day. | £36.00
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 | Fertiliser  Amazing what you can do with a load of old manure. Add in worms and a bit of food waste, and you've got the perfect recipe for crop-boosting fertiliser - helping communities grow loads more fruit and veg to eat and to sell. | £38.00
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 | Buy a Toilet  Toilets can be a bit like buses. There’s never one around when you need one. But buy one of these gifts and we’ll make sure that schoolchildren and people in emergency situations are never far away from a clean, hygienic toilet. We provide the tools, the training, the labour – everything people need to build their own disease stopping convenience. | £50.00
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 | 3 water filters  A precious pool of pure spring water on tap can be all theirs, with the aid of this nifty little water filter gadget thing. Buy a community one of these, and train them how to use it, and they can drink clean, safe water all day. | £60.00
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 | Plantation planter  Planting fruit trees helps communities become more self-sufficient, as well as preventing soil erosion and providing shelter.This gift also includes irrigation equipment to help communities tap into water sources and distribute it to where it is needed most, plus fertiliser to get the crops growing. | £75.00
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 | Manage a forest  This manage a forest gift will help a community to plant new trees, maintain old ones, and train people in responsible forestry skills. From little acorns... | £90.00
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 | Support a farmer in the fight against poverty  This gift will buy land for a woman to farm, and provide her, her family and her community with an income from the land. | £95.00
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 | Help find water  A geological survey does sound a bit nerdy and techie, but there's a surprising amount of much needed water underground and one of these clever surveys is the best way of finding it. | £400.00
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The alternative gift links on this page connect to Oxfam Reg. charity No 202918, World Vision Registered Charity no. 285908, Save the Children charity No 213890 or Christian Aid, registered charity no 1105851