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Stuck for an eco chic wedding gift idea?August 8, 2007
Well here are some brilliant ones from Oxfam Unwrapped. What better gift for an eco chic couple than a living, breathing garden, bringing life and prosperity to both the environment and people with a greater need than our own around the world. Oxfam Unwrapped's gift-giving program makes the most of your donations, providing financial assistance to Oxfam’s many programs, while giving a gift that supports those who benefit most. Give just £16 and plant 50 trees, while £200 will buy a plot of land for families to plant crops which they can sell in local markets and earn their own living. We're all for the ethical and ecological focus of these gifts which stress the sometimes overlooked connection between humanitarian efforts, environmental commitments, and issues of local food and agriculture. Here's how Oxfam Unwrapped works: "All the gifts on this website are needed. The people Oxfam work with around the world tell us what items they need to make the biggest difference in working themselves out of poverty. We need to ensure we can still respond flexibly to varying needs across the world as they occur. So in some cases what we have shown is an example, but we will always spend your money on a related item. This approach means that the communities we work with can use items that are most appropriate to their needs at that time – maximizing the chances of beating poverty and suffering."
Gifts range from school dinners for 100 children for just £6 (what you would spend on your own lunch sandwich) to text books, fishing nets, water buckets, a market stall or a whole plot of land. Oxfam International is a confederation of 13 organizations working together with over 3,000 partners in more than 100 countries to find lasting solutions to poverty, suffering and injustice. If you live in the US check out the Oxfam America Unwrapped site which offers similar programs.
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