Need some holiday gift ideas? Here are a few worthy suggestions.Buy one year of schooling for a girl in Ethiopia through the International Rescue Committee or a flock of geese for a family through Heifer International.
For $50, you can fund a student’s college savings account, part of the financial literacy element at childrensaidsociety.org.
The Afghan Institute of Learning has been running empowerment and training programs for Afghan women and girls since the 1990's. $65 pays for a year of literacy classes.
Buy a hand-embroidered scarf, made by widows in Afghanistan, for just $50 at GlobalGoodsPartners.org, which has many other inexpensive gifts made by people throughout the world.
HELP, for Haitian Education and Leadership Program, searches Haiti for the most outstanding high school students from disadvantaged backgrounds and sends them to college.
