Christmas 2008 saw us deliver goats, chickens, ducks, pigs, tools and food to our clients, well actually on behalf of our clients. Some clients effortlessly Irrigated a field or other clients helped another struggling apprentice pick up his first set of tools. Oxfam unwrapped was the gift of choice for our clients and we think it is a great concept. if you haven't tried giving a goat to someone before, you might be surprised at the reaction you receive. Check out how amazing this concept is www.oxfamunwrapped.com.au 

A little bit about Oxfam unwrapped

Your gift can help save people around the world from poverty. Because when you buy something from the catalogue, your donation goes straight to help support Oxfam's programs. And in return, they send you a card for your gift recipient, explaining how their special gift is fighting poverty – one duck, chicken or goat at a time.

What happens when you buy a goat? Well rest assured, they don’t tie a cape on her and expect her to fly to Mozambique. And it’s the same for the other gifts in the catalogue.

Yes, all the gifts are real items we use to help fight poverty, however, when you purchase a gift, your donation will go towards funding programs that your item represents.

So for example when you buy gifts such as a calf, cattle manure, seeds, fruit trees, a veggie garden, a goat, bees, H2O harvesting or a duck, you’ll be contributing to Oxfam's agriculture programs.

Or if you purchase safe refuge for women, a well, a clean water filter jar or buckets, food for a child, a bicycle ambulance, a toilet, a farmer’s pack, an orphan care pack, water for a school or support an Indigenous granny group, you will be funding their health programs.

To support their education programs, you just need to purchase literacy classes, school fees, school books, crayons and pencils, a "One small bag" drama kit or build a school.

When you buy a buffalo, start a small business, a bridge, a piglet, a chicken, sewing training, save a river, a toolkit for a builder or build a house, you’ll be helping fund programs that give people a livelihood.

Or you can help Oxfam act quickly in times of emergency by buying a mosquito net, cooking sets, a donkey, a watsan kit or a tent.

Anyway you look at it, the donation from your gift will go where it’s needed most, and you’ll have helped save the world from another unwanted gift.