Browse Gifts

Would you like to give the most valuable gift of all? A general gift towards CARE's work can assist CARE to deliver the most practical solutions to poverty and help some of the poorest people in the world - your gift can be used wherever the need is greatest. By choosing the most valuable gift of all, CARE Australia will allocate your donation where it is most urgently needed.

$45

Awwww, cute lil' ducks. How can you go wrong with a pair of ducks? You can't. They are a great gift for a needy family who can sell the eggs at market and use the rich manure to fertilise their land and improve its yield.

$55

It isn't too much to ask for the kids of the world to have clean water. Yet children in countries like Laos or Vietnam might miss class because they drank water from an unsafe source. You can remedy this situation by contributing to a water filter system to a remote school with clean water.

$70

Keep them growing in the right direction with this aptly named anthropometric pack: 1 scale for babies, 1 for children and adults, 5 arm measuring bands, 1 height board, 1 length mat.

$10,000

Class doesn't start until there's a classroom. Containing tables, chairs and basic school room items, this CAREgift lets communities get class going for women's education and literacy classes. Put a roof over students' heads and kick-start the empowerment of women and girls in poor communities.

$105

If there's anyone who deserves a hot set of wheels it's one of these extremely dedicated and helpful health care volunteers. The addition of a bike will mean they can travel to wherever they are needed, helping more people by getting to them in record time.

$17

You can't have a classroom without a blackboard. How would a teacher teach in such conditions? What would the children look at all day and how would they learn? A blackboard is essential to education, and education leads to more employment oportunities, which leads the way out of poverty. And you thought it was just a blackboard.

$920

Twenty times as marvellous as supplying water to one person is setting up a water supply system that will help twenty people in a village.

$60

You can't learn to write when you don't have anything to write with. In fact without books and pens, you can't do much in class at all. You can stop this drama from playing out across the globe with the handiest school backpack ever. It's full of learning materials like chalk, pencils, crayons, paints, glue, scissors, and exercise books.

$15

Cheap cheap. This very affordable CAREgift will make a big difference to a poor family. A chicken that produces tasty eggs will fill the stomachs of children with essential protein all year around. Whichever way you like your eggs, a chicken is the perfect way to say you care to both a loved one and a family in need.

$25

Cryptosporidium is something you don't want floating in your classroom drinking water. It's the kind of water-borne nasty that will force you to miss out on essential time in class. Buy a classroom water filter and help students avoid the belly ache of unsafe drinking water.

$75

The effects of HIV/AIDS are massive, widespread and devastating for adults, let alone children. Counselling will help them understand the virus and support them in dealing with the reality of living with the effects of it. This counselling will help these kids, be kids.

$65

Starting a business can really give women in poor communities a boost and sturdy business skills are indispensable for giving them the best chance at success. Support a women's group to get their enterprise up and running with sound organisational and business training. This is the gift that will help women get the skills to pay the bills.

$24

Spread a little healthy hygiene around. Help stop families from getting sick and missing out on an important day at school or work. Soaps, towels, buckets, bucket scoop and sitting mat, sounds like a hygiene kit to me. Rub-a-dub-dub!

$45

This nifty stove reduces the time women must spend collecting firewood, often a day long task, leaving them more time for their children and adult education classes. By reducing the overall consumption of firewood it also has an environmental benefit. Now you're cooking!

$60

Dads love a goat. Mums love a goat. Kids? Well, it goes without saying that kids love a goat. A goat is a life changing gift that provides milk, manure for fertiliser and a small income. And before long, there could even be offspring to sell and money to put the kids through school. A goat is the gift that keeps on giving.

$2,600

In areas where water is scarce, not a drop can be wasted. Help turn today's waste into tomorrow's precious water with this grey water system. Isn't it great when the system works this well.

$30

Whoa baby! New mother's and new borns need all the help they can get to stay happy and healthy. This gift provides good, wholesome information to pregnant women through handouts, hygiene kits and other educational material.

$105

The perfect gift to aid against AIDS. The HIV/AIDS community program provides pamphlets to health centres. The material is research based and pre-tested and is in English and in local languages (so there are no misunderstandings).

$53

This household water tank is big enough for the whole family. Just think of all the drinking and washing that will get done with this life changing gift!

$2,255

A wheelie great gift. Help out a rice paddy farmer with this irrigation wheel. This humble irrigation device will improve rice yields and reduce workload, giving farmers increased income and more quality time for their family.

$660

Reading and writing is the key to a brighter future. CARE has literacy programs in several countries. But without proper books, stationery and literacy materials it's a lot harder to teach people. Reading and writing is the key to a brighter future. Buy this gift and you buy people a future.

$100

Teach someone to fish and they'll eat for a lifetime. Teach someone to sew and they'll be able to turn a tidy profit and work towards a better life.

$30

More than a band aid solution; this is a real box of goodies. A first aid kit includes basic first aid materials in a box. It's swell. Bandages, swabs, eye drops, all the good stuff a first aid kit should have.

$50

This little piggy went to market. This little piggy stayed at home. This little piggy had piglets, generating income to build a house, buy tools and seeds, or send a child to school. And this little piggy went "wee, wee, wee" all the way to a family in need...

$15

The simple things are often the most important. These tree seedlings are perfect to rejuvenate and stabilise overused land which can be used to grow food again.

$900

This is one school project you can make sure gets completed on time. It's a toilet block for a remote school to make things much more hygienic and enjoyable.

$157

Not Half Baaaad. When you give a sheep your gift will stand out from the flock. A sheep can have offspring which can be sold to help a family earn extra income and the sheep dung can be used to make rich compost to regenerate soils. That's really super.

$10,000

Help the world look a whole lot sunnier to those in need by helping to power a school with these solar panels. We all know that knowledge is power and by powering the place where knowledge is gained you can empower kids to learn.

$95

Health care volunteers are important in a remote community. This gift will train volunteers so they can effectively teach locals about malaria, anaemia and nutrition and educate pregnant mothers about how to keep themselves and their baby safe. Support a volunteer and help them be the handiest person to have around.

$10

Things will really heat up with this thermometer. It's a valuable medical instrument. Simple but necessary.

$60

A is for apple. But it's hard to learn that if you're not in school. Poor health and nutrition contribute to poor school attendance and learning. This program provides healthy food for a playgroup for a month to help them grow, concentrate and learn, so they'll not just survive, they'll thrive.

$330

How do teachers get to be teachers? Someone has to teach the teachers so they can get to teaching their students. With this clever CAREgift, you can help to train teachers so they can educate many others. By training a teacher you are starting a catalyst for change. How smart is that?

$150

It's not much good having a village without a village vet to take care of animals when they are sick. Train a local villager in basic vetinary skills, including vaccinations against disease to help important, income-generating animals stay happy and healthy. The animals would give this CAREgift a big thumbs up.

$20

It's not so much about making cups of tea, but more about killing some of the water-borne nasties that live in places where contaminated water is the only option for drinking.

$90

Comprising waterborne disease-fighting instruments such as water tank, plastic glasses, plastic bottle, kettle, nail cutter and brush- no germs or nasties will stand a chance of making it past this life-saving kit.

$46

Ah, the classic wheelbarrow. A staple of farming since the time that someone decided that a wheel, a basin and a couple of handles would be a great way to move stuff about. A gift that will be appreciated every time it's picked up.

$35

Tables and chairs may be basic but they are essential for a satisfactory learning experience. Without a table there'd be nowhere to put your pencil case and books. Without a chair you'd be sitting on the cold floor not able to see the blackboard. For a small price you can give a child a more enjoyable learning experience.