Real Gifts are life changing, inspirational gifts that will mean a better life for someone living in poverty.
SCIAF Real Gifts supply lots of essential items from school books to ecostoves or different animals like pigs, sheep and goats. They even supply water wells that will supply a WHOLE village with clean safe drinking water!
Chickens! Chickens will provide a family with a nutritious supply of eggs to keep hungry children happy and healthy. When the chickens breed the family, can sell the chicks to earn extra income to pay for the other essentials like schools fees and medicines.
The families will be able to sell on the chicks and earn extra money
The eggs from the chickens will mean a healthier diet for the children
The money can then be used to buy other items such as medicine and school books
“I benefit a lot from the chickens. I sell the eggs and my children eat some too. I used to struggle a lot to get the basic things. I am grateful to SCIAF and I hope to be able to pass on some chicks to my neighbours” Belaynesh Menku, Ethiopia
Passing on the chicks will mean lots of other families will be helped too.
Eco-school vegetable garden In Colombia this gift provides seeds, tools and training to build a large vegetable garden at a school in the area. Hosting the garden at a school gives children the opportunity to learn to grow a wide variety of crops and everyone in the community can come and grow food there too.
Fact file: Colombia Capital city: Bogota Population: 46,927,125 Size: 1,142,000 km² Life expectancy: 74 yrs Religion: Christianity Currency: Colombian Peso
SCIAF works in Colombia to ensure families have enough to eat and are able to send their children to school.
The eco school garden will provide excellent an opportunity for the children to learn.
It will supply food for the entire community.
By providing seeds and tools the children will be able to grow their own school dinners.
The entire community will also learn about growing their own food.
Thank you Created by SCIAF, Photo Credits: Sean Sprague, Thomas Omondi, SCIAF