Hello there! For this assignment we were told to research some different organizations that sell ethical gifts for developing and third world countries. Also we were given $100 each to see what ethical gifts we would buy and why. Since there's a few steps, I'm going to do this in different steps.
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Oxfam: Oxfam is an organization that helps find the causes of poverty in developing and third world countries and how to stop it. There are many different donations you can give, but the cheque donations don't always go to a family/country, sometimes they keep them for them self. A percent of money may go to a family but the rest my go to the organization for their advertising (etc).
The Salvation Army: The Salvation Army does many different things! The Salvation Army is more community based and does not have a wide selection of ethical gifts, but something is better than nothing! A few of the gifts they give are; miscellaneous, a gift they chose for you, mosquito nets (etc)
Plan Canada: This organization is worldwide working with many people to support children in developing and third world countries. Plan Canada has a wide selection of gifts, mostly gifts that go straight to the family. Some of their gifts are; girls-only latrines and three baby chicks (etc).
World Vison: World Vision works with children, families and communities to help them come over poverty and injustice. There are child sponsorship, gift cards and ethical gifts, and some of those are; educate a girl, 5 fruit trees (etc).
What Is A Ethical Gift?
Ethical gift giving is giving a gift to a child, family or community that matters and will bring hope and change to their lives. Ethical gift giving works by going on to a organization website to order the gift you want to give because you think it matters and will help someone. You can also phone and tell a worker what you want to buy. There is a large selection of gifts from each organization and some of those are; bicycles (O), water (TSA), birth certificate (PC), educate a girl (WV). There are many more these are just one from each organization.
If I had $100?
The organizations that I have chosen for my purchases are World Vision,Plan Canada and Oxfam. I chose these organizations because they had the largest selection of ethical gifts with a wide variation of gifts. The gifts I chose are 'Educate a Girl', 'Art and Play Therapy In Haiti', and a 'Mosquito Net'. The reason why I chose 'Educate a Girl' is because in developing and third world countries girls are forced to stay home doing the chores, taking care of younger siblings and don't have the chance for an education. Last year Haiti was hit with a horrendous earthquake that shook them and their country. With this gift it can give children a chance to have joy for once and express themselves and put their minds somewhere else. The mosquito nets protect children and adults from mosquito's which cause "malaria", which can kill if it gets bad! I chose it because in third world and developing countries they don't have the protection we do, and we these they can. I will spend $60 on 'Educate a Girl', $25 on the 'Art and Play Therapy in Haiti' and last but not least $20 on one 'Mosquito Net', with a total of $105! (Educate a Girl:World Vision., Art and Play Therapy:Plan Canada, Mosquito Net:Oxfam).
