2015 Christmas Gift Catalog

Gift CatalogGive a gift that will change a life!

Christmas 2015

$4380

Feeds a child for a year

See page 4 for details

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Picking the perfect gift for someone who has everything can be a challenge. Why not delight your loved ones with a thoughtful gift given to the poor in their honor? Wouldn’t your friends and family love to know that a malnourished child will be fed in their name?

In this catalog, you’ll find many gifts that will honor your loved ones… while also changing the lives of those who have so little.

During this holy season — when commercialism often obscures the true meaning of our Lord’s birth — consider giving a gift from the heart.

When you order from this catalog, be sure to request special gift cards to let your loved ones know about the gifts given in their honor. Just indicate the number of cards you'd like on the enclosed order form.

Send a free gift card!

Give a Gift They'll

Cherish

A cow provides nutrition and income for a needy family

A cow is a priceless gift for a destitute family without

food or income. Besides providing nutritious milk and protein for a family, a cow also provides extra products for them to sell. This valuable source of income can bring about real change for an impoverished family.

Baby chicks — a living gift of love

T he gift of baby chicks provides a poor family not only with a

sustainable source of protein from eggs, but also with supplemental income from selling extra eggs. Chickens are inexpensive to raise and maintain, and the protein provided by eggs helps prevent the devastating effects of malnutrition.

Order at www.FoodForThePoor.org/gift or 800-487-1158 1

$600provides

a cow

$25 provides 20 chicks

$125 for 100 chicks

Keep GivingThe best solutions to poverty are self-sustaining ones.

Animal husbandry offers the destitute a “hand up” out of poverty. For impoverished parents, the ability to regularly feed their

children and earn an income is an answer to prayer.

Gifts that

Give the gift of a goat

Goats make a great gift for families working to

create better lives for their children. A goat requires little maintenance, provides poor families with nutritious milk and cheese, and a chance to break the cycle of poverty.

Three little pigs can free a family from poverty

Poor families can raise and breed pigs to provide a self-sustaining source of

income, as well as food. Giving the gift of pigs is an inexpensive way to provide a family with the resources needed to save children from malnutrition.

A donkey gives the poor a means of transportation

Poor families benefit greatly from the gift of a donkey, which can help haul products to

the village market. A donkey is extremelyvaluable to families living in the countryside, where long distances and mountainous terrain prevent them from carrying all their produce to market.

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$150provides a donkey

$100for 3 little pigs

$90provides 1 goat

“The Lord raises the needy from the dust, lifts the poor from the ash heap…” (Psalm 113:7)

Hope that grows and grows and…

G ive a gift that will multiply over the years! Your gift of farm animals will provide a reliable, lasting

source of food and income for hardworking families.

Noah’s Ark


$1,895 provides2 goats • 1 donkey

2 cows • 3 pigs20 chicks • 1 beehive

Feed a hungry family for a month

M any poor parents have no food to give their hungry children. Some rely entirely on finding

rotten, discarded food in garbage dumps to feed their little ones. For just $14.60, you can feed a hungry family of four for a month.

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Feed a child for one year

Your donation of $43.80 will offer a yearlong Christmas gift by

providing a hungry child with “daily bread” for an entire year.

Gifts thatNourishBefore feeding the 4,000, Jesus told His disciples, “I have compassion for these people; they… have nothing to eat.” (Matthew 15:32b, niv)

Your gift will emulate Christ’s love by feeding hungry children.

$4380

feeds a child for a year

$1460

feeds a family for a month


Rice and beans for dinner

Rice and beans are an important source of protein and carbohydrates for hungry

families throughout the Caribbean and Latin America. These staples provide vital nutrients to children who might otherwise starve. You can help end the cries of hunger through a gift of rice and beans!

Ship an entire tractor-trailer of food

Jesus taught a valuable lesson about sharing when He performed

the miracle of feeding the five thousand. You can share your blessings and Christ’s compassion by helping to ship an entire tractor-trailer load of food to the thousands who pray for an end to their hunger.

“For He satisfied the thirsty, filled the hungry with good things.” (Psalm 107:9)

$10,560ships a tractor-trailer

full of food

$24provides 100 lbs. of rice and beans

$240provides 1,000 lbs.

of rice and beans

New, secure housing

For only $3,200* you can provide a destitute family with a safe and

secure new home with sanitation. The gift of a house is a lasting and loving gift that will change lives forever!

* A gift of $3,200 will build a single-unit home with sanitation; a gift of $6,400 will build a double-unit home with sanitation and a water component. In countries like Haiti, where the average household has seven members, Food For The Poor builds only double-unit homes by combining two single-unit donations.

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$3,200*builds a house with sanitation

Jesus was born in a humble manger. Coming to us in poverty, Christ knows the suffering of every poor child who shivers from sleeping on a damp, dirt floor, in a crumbling shack that offers little protection from the elements.

for the HolidaysA Home

Solar-powered light kit for a home

In developing countries, poor families often huddle together in the darkness because no electricity is available. You

can provide safety and illumination for a poor family with no electricity when you give a solar-powered light kit, which includes three lamps and a solar-cell panel for recharging.

“I would soon find a shelter from the raging wind and storm.” (Psalm 55:9)

** A gift of $693.65 will provide rice and beans for three months, clothing and shoes for a family of seven, school supplies for four children, and a small business project to provide an income source. In circumstances where a family does not have an urgent need for one or more of these components, another family who does have that specific need will be selected to receive the assistance.


$125provides a solar-powered light kit

By providing food, a source of income and the resources to send

little ones to school, you can give a poor family a new beginning. Pair a fresh start with a new home, and help the poor break free from the crippling cycle of poverty forever.

A Fresh Start in Life$693.65** provides:

A small business projectRice and beansSchool supplies

Clothing and shoes

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Help stock a fish pond

Food For The Poor’s Aquaculture program establishes fish ponds for poor

communities throughout the Caribbean and Latin America. Your gift will help stock a pond with fingerlings, which will grow into mature fish and provide a community with a sustainable source of income and nutrition.

Keep the catch of the day fresh

AFood For The Poor Fishing Village equips poor fishermen

with the tools they need to succeed out at sea. Your gift to provide coolers will help the fishermen preserve their catch, and enable them to earn more income to feed their families.

$125provides

125 fingerlings for a fish pond

$100provides two 100-qt.

coolers to store the catch

Gifts that provideIncomeFor the poorest of the poor, some of the most meaningful gifts are ones that help them help themselves. Destitute parents fervently

pray for the opportunity to lift their children out of poverty. Our self-sustaining programs offer desperate families a “hand up”

out of poverty, and have lasting, multi-generational effects.

A sewing machine — a small gift with big potential

A sewing machine gives a poor family a wonderful opportunity to earn income by making clothing

and other textile products. These sewing machines are equipped to operate by either electricity, or in homes without electricity, by foot pedals.

A Christmas tree of a different kind

Your gift of fruit-bearing trees will provide hungry families with a

nutritious and sustainable source of food and additional income. Avocado, breadfruit and mango trees not only provide healthy food; these trees also offer welcome shade and help combat deforestation.

“ …calling to mind your work of faith and labor of love and endurance in hope of our Lord Jesus Christ… ”

(1 Thessalonians 1:3a)


$114provides a sewing

machine, fabric and thread

$10provides

1 fruit tree

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Give the gift of literacy

In developing countries, poverty-stricken parents often cannot afford

books and other school supplies for their children. The gift of school supplies will help children get an education and learn how to read.

More than just a game

Like other young people around the world, children in our orphanages love to play

soccer. Soccer breaks down barriers, and gives children a healthy outlet. Your gift of a soccer ball will ensure orphaned children can play, have fun and get plenty of exercise.

A new school desk and chair

Many children in impoverished schools throughout the Caribbean and Latin

America crowd onto benches and share splintered tables. A new desk and chair means renewed focus on studying, learning and breaking the cycle of poverty.

$10provides

1 soccer ball

$20for school supplies

for a child for a year

$20provides a school desk

& a chair for a child

Soon after Jesus’ birth, wise men presented gifts in adoration. On Christmas Day, many of us commemorate our Savior’s birth by

exchanging gifts with loved ones. Your gift for a poor child in honor of a loved one will make a tremendous difference. Through your generosity,

a little one will experience God’s love and have a brighter future.

Gifts for Children

Computers for schoolchildren

A computer opens doors to another world for a child living in poverty.

Schoolchildren who learn computer skills are better equipped to further their education and become competitive in the workforce. Your gift outfits schools with fully equipped computer workstations.

Clothing and shoes for an orphan

Many orphans never experience the thrill of finding brightly wrapped gifts

under the tree. This Christmas, put a smile on the face of an orphan with the much-appreciated gift of clothing and shoes.

“And whoever receives one child such as this in My name receives Me.” (Matthew 18:5)

Solar-powered computer system

W ith a solar-powered computer system,schoolchildren living in rural areas

without electricity can learn vital computer skills. Each system includes six computer workstations and a high-wattage solar-powered generator to power them.


$31for a shirt, a pair of pants and shoes for an orphan

$100provides

1 computer workstation

$600provides a computer

system with 6 workstations

$1,500provides a solar-powered

computer system

Life-giving water

What we can easily access with the twist of a tap is considered

a precious gift by the poorest of the poor. Your gift to provide a water pump or to drill and install a water well will improve the life and health of an entire village.

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$285 provides a

water pump $6,750 drills &

installs a well

From His cross, Jesus cried out, “I thirst.” Today, Christ hears the prayers of every family thirsting for clean water. Across Latin America and the

Caribbean, contaminated water is one of the leading causes of death among young children. Your Christmas gift to provide clean water will help answer the fervent prayers of poor villagers who desperately need this lifesaving resource.

Gifts that

QuenchThirst

Thank you for sharing

Christ's love with your

loved ones and with the

poor this Christmas.

May God bless you with

peace and joy as you honor

Him through your gifts.

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Please consider a monthly sponsorship of a child in the name of someone you wish to honor. Thousands of orphaned or abandoned children in our

Angels Of Hope orphanages depend on their loving sponsors to provide for their basic needs every month. Please visit the website below to learn more, or sign up on the attached order form.

www.FoodForThePoor.org/sponsororphan

$34 each month

to sponsor a child

For more gift ideas visit our websitewww.FoodForThePoor.org/gift

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2015 Christmas Gift Catalog