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Poultry: €10
Seeds: €12
Trees: €12
Pigs & Goats: €30
Books & Ledgers: €30
Bicycle: €60
Veg gardens: €140
Irrigation: €250
      
Also Available:
Beehive: €30
Farm tools: €75
Plant a forest: €800
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Gifts of Hope
      
These are symbolic gifts, but our work helps some of the poorest families in rural Africa with the skills and resources they need to escape poverty.

Livestock, poultry and beehives allow families to improve their diet and earn an income, whilst seeds, vegetable gardens and tree seedlings allow people to make the most out of their farming activities.

We will use your gift to fund our work wherever the need is greatest.

A clutch of chicks: €10 - Buy
ChickensA clutch of chickens, guinea fowl or turkeys will boost an African family's earnings.

Eggs and meat provide a valuable source of protein, and can be sold to supplement family income.
      
Bag of seed: €12- Buy
SeedsFinding good quality seeds that grow well in the local soil can be hard for farmers in Africa. We provide improved seed and train community members as seed growers so there is always a good quality supply available locally.

Your gift will provide seeds and training for local people to grow certified seed.
      
Trees: €15 - Buy
Pigs and goatsWoodlots, that include wood for fuel and fruit trees are invaluable- saving time, providing food, and helping to restore the environment.
      
Pigs & Goats: €30 - Buy
Pigs and goatsImproved breed pigs and goats are a source of food and of earnings for a rural family.

Livestock also produce manure which can be used as a natural fertiliser for the fields.
      
Book-keeping: €30 - Buy
Book keeping equipmentLedgers, calculators and stationery are the tools of the trade for Self Help Africa's women's savings and credit co-ops. Support them with these practical gifts.
      
Bicycle: €60- Buy
BikeBicycles enable community volunteers (farm, vet, HIV/AIDS or business based) to reach many more families and projects in a working day.

Your gift will buy one bike.
      
Vegetable gardens: €140 - Buy
Veg GardensProvide ten families with vegetable seeds, tools and training in horticultural production and food processing skills.
      
Irrigation: €250- Buy
IrrigationGetting water to the fields means African farmers can produce a second harvest. This gift could be treadle pumps, rain water harvesting, boreholes, wells or furrows.

Your gift will buy an irrigation project and training.
      
      
      
ALSO AVAILABLE:
      
Beehive: €30 - Buy
Beekeeping Beekeeping provides rural Africans with a valuable source of income and bees play an important role in pollinating other crops.

Your gift will allow one family to start bee keeping.
      
Farm tools: €75 - Buy
Farming toolsBeekeeping provides rural Africans with a valuable source of income and bees play an important role in pollinating other crops.

Your gift will allow one family to start bee keeping.
      
Plant a forest: €800 - Buy
Plant a forestTree planting helps to halt erosion, mitigate the effects of climate change, and improve rainfall patterns. Plantations provide communities with wood for cooking, fruit trees and feed for livestock.

Your gift will allow a community to plant 6,000 tree seedlings and establish a woodlot.
These symbolic gifts help families across Africa grow enough food to feed their families, and to work their way out of poverty through entrepreneurship
        
How your gift works
      
1. How to order....

Buy online
Browse our gifts on this page, find the perfect item, then click once to buy.

This will take you to an order form where you can fill out all your gift choices and pay by credit or debit card.

Order by phone
Call Wendy Hayden on 1850 75 76 78 and have your credit/debit card details to hand.

2. What you get....

When you order a gift, we will send you a gift card which you can give away to the recipient or keep for yourself! An enclosed certificate will explain how the gift is benefiting people at our projects.

3. How it helps...

Self Help Africa sends your gifts where they are needed most at our projects.

Thanks to people like you, we are able to provide communities with training, skills and access to basic service like water and healthcare.
      
4. Free delivery on all Gifts of Hope!

Gifts are dispatched within 3 working days by Second Class post.

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