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 wheelchair repair kits 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 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

Help plant an allotmentIn 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 years

Religion: Christianity

Currency: Colombian Peso

It will supply food for the entire community

By providing seeds and tools the children will be able to grow

their own dinners

Thank you

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