Greatergood SA is urging South Africans to make this Christmas different by choosing gifts that will change lives. Make Christmas Matter is an annual call-to-action campaign offering a range of alternative Christmas gifts. You can see and buy gifts on-line, and then personalise gift cards to send to friends, family, colleagues or business associates explaining how the gifts are helping to change the lives of people in South Africa. Some of the gifts include:
A new school uniform for an orphaned child at R250.
Vitamins for a person living with HIV or Aids at R50.
Materials to help a small entrepreneur package their products attractively at R250.
Organic farming training for a subsistence farmer at R500.
A soft toy for an abused or neglected child at R50.
Food for an orphaned baby baboon at R100.
An income-generating township veggie garden at R5000.
The campaign supports carefully selected projects. An intensive assessment process includes peer review panels, site visits, a comprehensive organisation and risk assessment, research, evaluation and detailed reporting. This is the fourth year that GreaterGood SA will run the Make Christmas Matter campaign. Since it started in 2005, Make Christmas Matter has raised almost R1.5 million for 17 development projects ranging from a child immunisation programme in the Northern Cape to a community environmental education drive on the East Rand.
