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Gift Products
Purchase fair trade crafts, music, clothing, note cards and other gifts for your family and friends this holiday season!

o American Friends Service Committee
The American Friends Service Committee carries out service, development, social justice, and peace programs throughout the world. They offer peace & justice books, children's books, clothing, cards & posters, audio & video, fair trade items and more. AFSC also offers alternative gifts.

o Americans for Informed Democracy
Americans for Informed Democracy is a non-partisan organization working to raise global awareness on more than 250 U.S. university campuses and in more than 10 countries. Before making online purchases, go to http://aidemocracy.freepledge.com. Afterwards when you make a purchase, a portion of your purchase will go directly to Americans for Informed Democracy. There are many stores that are eligible for this program, including Amazon.com, Macy's, 1-800-Flowers, 1-800-Contacts, Apple, Drugstore.com and dozens more.

o Antiwar.com
Antiwar.com offers the latest antiwar news, viewpoint and activities. They offer buttons, clothing, bags, hats and more.

o Arts Engine Inc.
Arts Engine connects much needed resources to a diverse group of educators, filmmakers and advocates looking to impact social change. They offer DVDs from Big Mouth Films featuring socially conscious documentaries and Media That Matters Film Festival DVDs--a selection of the years most compelling short films covering a wide range of pressing social matters and ideas on how to take action!

o Bay Area International Development Organizations
BAIDO is a network of San Francisco Bay Area nonprofits doing international development work. They offer T-shirts, videos and Uncommon Ground coffee.

o Center for Global Development
The Center for Global Development aims to reduce global poverty and inequality through research & engagement with the policy community & the public. CGD offers a variety of publications for purchase online.

o Centre for Development and Population Activities
The Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) is an international nonprofit organization committed to improving the lives of women and girls worldwide. Shop online through iGive.com or Greatergood.com, and CEDPA will receive up to 27% of your purchase as a donation! Igive and Greatergood work with brand name retailers and/or craftspeople in the developing world to provide a percentage of every sale to CEDPA and other organizations.
CEDPA also offers alternative gifts.

o CODEPINK
CODEPINK is a women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end the war in Iraq, stop new wars, and redirect resources into healthcare, education and other life-affirming activities.
Give your mother a gift that serves the work for Peace, a way to be visible for peace in her day, or wear your own CODEPINK t-shirt to make her smile. They offer special packages for mothers & activists. You can also buy t-Shirts, buttons, bumper-stickers, umbrellas and more.

o Coptic Orphans
Coptic Orphans is an international organization that gives orphaned and other vulnerable children in Egypt the tools they need to break the cycle of poverty and injustice. They offer hand-made items crafted by children in Egypt, hand-recycled and hand-made greeting cards produced by residents of Cairo's garbage district in partnership with the Association for the Protection of the Environment.

o Cultural Survival
Cultural Survival is the leading U.S.-based international indigenous rights organization, which provides indigenous communities with the education and expertise they need to be better self-advocates. They offer subscriptions to Cultural Survival Quarterly and Cultural Survival Voices and t-shirts.

o Earth Policy Institute
Earth Policy Institute is an independent environmental research organization dedicated to building an environmentally sustainable economy. They offer books with a plan for a positive future, including the recent release, PLAN B 2.0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble by Lester Brown, along with other publications.

o ENGAGE
ENGAGE builds the next generation of engaged global citizens through an innovative educational model that translates the experience of Americans studying abroad into lifelong connections and cooperative action between peoples, cultures, and social movements around the world. Put your online purchasing dollars to work for ENGAGE though purchases like books for school, travel expenses, music downloads and more. When you purchase books for school, travel expenses, music downloads and more through iGive.com, stores donate a percentage of your purchase to ENGAGE.

o Feminist Majority Foundation
The Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF) is dedicated to women's equality, reproductive health, and non-violence. They offer Feminist t-shirts, music, calendars, and crafts, as well as Ms. Magazine memberships.

o Food First
Food First focuses on eliminating the injustices that cause hunger. They offer gift certificates, books, t-shirts and videos.

o Global Exchange
Global Exchange is an international human rights organization dedicated to promoting environmental, political and social justice. Their online Fair Trade store offers clothing, toys, jewelry, household items, political books & videos.

o Global Fund for Children
The Global Fund for Children works to advance the dignity of vulnerable children and youth worldwide by supporting grassroots organizations through grants and by harnessing the power of books, films, and photography. They offer an innovative collection of children’s books and clothing that encourage children to respect the environment, different cultures, and their peers around the world.

o Global Goods Partners
Global Goods Partners is dedicated to alleviating poverty and promoting social justice by creating access to the global market for
community-based organizations (CBOs) in Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Their handcrafted accessories, housewears, toys, and gifts are made from sustainable resources, produced according to fair-trade principles, and generate revenue for human rights efforts in the global south. Shop online or register your school or non-profit to use GGP for innovative and educational fundraisers.

o Hesperian
Hesperian produces books and other educational resources for community-based health care. Hesperian books are simply written and heavily-illustrated and contain a wealth of life-saving information on diagnosing and treating a broad range of health problems. Hesperian also offers alternative gifts.

o In These Times
In These Times is dedicated to informing and analyzing popular movements for social, environmental and economic justice. They offer a gift subscription, thought-provoking books and a Bush Joker poster.

o Institute for Policy Studies
IPS is a progressive, multi-issue think tank linking research to activism. They offer books about economic globalization, U.S. foreign policy, eco-tourism and more.

o InterAction
InterAction is the largest alliance of U.S.-based international development and humanitarian nongovernmental organizations They offer a variety of publications, including Monday Developments and a coffee table book, which features the winners of its annual photography contest in a stunning collection of powerful images demonstrating effective assistance around the globe.

o International Food Policy Research Institute
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) seeks sustainable solutions for ending hunger and poverty. They offer books about food security, agriculture, biotechnology and more.

o International Relations Center
The IRC is working to make the U.S. a more responsible member of the global community by promoting progressive strategic dialogues that lead to new citizen-based agendas. They offer t-shirts and books on foreign policy, U.S.-Mexico issues, Central America and more.

o International Rescue Committee
IRC provides assistance in the form of relief, shelter and resettlement to refugees and other victims fleeing from or affected by oppression, epidemics, armed conflict, war, and other complex humanitarian emergencies worldwide. You can shop and support the International Rescue Committee at the same time. You can get market bags, Darfur poster, Vita bracelet and more.

o International Youth Foundation
The International Youth Foundation (IYF) is working in close to 70 countries and territories to improve the conditions and prospects for young people where they live, learn, work, and play. IYF's "Our Time is Now: Young People Changing the World" tells the stories of more than thirty young people in over twenty countries who are taking action to contribute to their local and global communities. IYF's "What Works in Youth Development" series provides practitioners, policy makers, and donors with insights into policies and innovative approaches impacting young people around the world.

o Landmines Blow!
Landmines Blow! raises awareness of the global landmine crisis and provides landmine survivors the tools and devices they need to rebuild their lives.They offer mugs, hats and t-shirts.

o Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
LCCR is a coalition of 180 organizations working side by side in the fight for equality and justice. For every item you buy at Amazon.com through their website, the Leadership Conference will receive 10% of the purchase price.

o Lutheran World Relief
Lutheran World Relief works with partners in 35 countries to help people grow food, improve health, strengthen communities, end conflict, build livelihoods and recover from disasters. They advocate for Fair Trade that helps farmers and artisans earn a better income. Buy fairly traded coffee, tea, chocolate and handcrafts. LWR also offers alternative gifts.

o MADRE
Give a gift that helps realize your dream of a better world. MADRE is an international women's human rights organization that works in partnership with community-based women’s groups in conflict areas worldwide. At MADRE's webstore, you'll find a range of MADRE items and beautiful, hand-crafted gifts made by women in our partner organizations. MADRE also offers alternative gifts.

o Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
NAPF is an international educational and advocacy organization on issues of international peace and security. They offer books, T-shirts and seeds of peace.

o OneWorld.net
Shop for OneWorld.net products, including t-shirts, holiday cards, totebags & more. You can also shop 680 brand name stores through Igive.com and a portion of your online purchases will be donated to OneWorld.

o One World Youth Project
One World Youth Project is a sister-school program for middle and high school students, linking groups in the US/Canada with groups from around the world together in learning partnerships for the purpose of community service toward the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). They offer MDG shirts and all proceeds from shirt sales go to support One World Youth Project's youth action for the Millennium Development Goals.

o Student Movement for Real Change
Student Movement for Real Change empowers students to become leaders, by giving them opportunities to improve health and education in developing communities worldwide. Before making online purchases, go to http://studentmovementusa.freepledge.com. Afterwards when you make a purchase, a portion of your purchase will go directly to Students Movement for Real Change and help to build schools and a water pipeline in Africa. There are many stores that are eligible for this program, including Amazon.com, Macy's, 1-800-Flowers, 1-800-Contacts, Apple, Drugstore.com and dozens more.

o Women Thrive Worldwide
Women Thrive Worldwide (formerly Women's Edge Coalition) fosters economic opportunity for women living in poverty worlwide. At Shop the Cause, a project of Women Thrive Worldwide, you can find beautiful, fairly traded gifts - jewelry, housewares, accessories, clothing, and more - that create economic opportunities for and directly benefit the women artisans in developing countries that make them. Here are just a handful of the items we like.

o World of Good, Inc.
World of Good, Inc. engages people in changing the world through commerce that alleviates poverty and benefits the environment. Original Good connects consumers with ethically sourced options while providing employment and opportunity for thousands of artisans around the world. They offer books, gift sets, jewelry, t-shirts and more.

o Worldwatch Institute
Worldwatch is a nonprofit public policy research organization dedicated to informing policymakers and the public about emerging global problems and trends and the complex links between the world economy and its environmental support systems. They offer a magazine, books and other publications.
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Alternative Gifts
Honor your loved ones with these gifts that support development projects from around the world!

o Academy for Educational Development
AED is an organization committed to solving critical social problems globally. Help support Speak for the Child Project , which helps children orphaned by AIDS in Kenya and their caregivers and and Change Through Children, which breaks the cycle of illness, illiteracy and poverty.

o ACCION International
ACCION’s mission is to give people the tools they need to work their way out of poverty by providing small or micro loans and business training. Make an online donation in honour of a loved one and ACCION will send him or her an acknowledgement that you’ve contributed to alleviating poverty in their name.

o Action Against Hunger
Action Against Hunger delivers programs in over 40 countries, specializing in emergency situations of war, conflict, and natural disasters and longer-term assistance to people in distress. Our ultimate goal is to help vulnerable populations regain their self-sufficiency for long term sustainability. You can make a donation in honor or memory of someone else.

o The Advocacy Project
The Advocacy Project (AP) partners with over 20 community-based organizations worldwide. The focus of their work is helping their partners become self-sufficient in their use of information technology and business development. You can help to provide a month of psychosocial services for a widow, a month of weaving training and more. With each donation you give, your loved one will receive a personalized greeting card acknowledging that a gift has been made in their honor.

o American Friends Service Committee
The American Friends Service Committee carries out service, development, social justice, and peace programs throughout the world. AFSC offers a meaningful way to recognize the importance of your loved ones. You can support the worthwhile and life-serving programs of the AFSC, while honoring your relatives and friends at the same time. For each gift of $25 or more, you will receive a colorful card with art by Anna Oneglia.

o Ashoka
Ashoka is a global non-profit organization that searches the world for social entrepreneurs with innovative ideas for change in their communities. If you would like to make a contribution in honor of or in memory of a special person, please indicate so on your donation. Ashoka will send a letter notifying the person being honored if you provide us with their contact information. Getting married? Several generous couples have decided to ask their wedding guests to donate to Ashoka instead of buying gifts. Similar arrangements have been made for retirement and graduation parties.

o Asia America Initiative
Asia America Initiative (AAI) conducts community-based peace mediation through integrating health, education and livelihood development in impoverished conflict-plagued areas throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Here are the programs you can support: Midwives, Adopt a Classroom, Community Service Scholarships, Music For Peace and Peace Zone schools.

o Centre for Development & Population Activities
The Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) is an international nonprofit organization committed to improving the lives of women and girls worldwide. Honor someone for their birthday,wedding, in memoriam or in tribute to make an investment in the dreams of girls and the power of women.

o Coptic Orphans
Coptic Orphans has a creative gift catalogue with alternative gifts that benefit vulnerable children in Egypt and families that have lost their primary provider. They will send your gift to a child that needs it most and send you or the person in whose honor you made your gift a postcard recognizing the change you have made in the life of a child in Egypt.

o GlobalGiving
GlobalGiving is an online marketplace that identifies community projects all over the world, lets you specify where you direct your money, and allows you to stay connected with the project so you know, firsthand, the positive difference your gift has made. You can make a donation in honor of someone, or buy one of our new biodegradable gift cards. These cards work just like traditional gift cards, only they are eco-friendly. Great for coworkers or stocking-stuffers, offer someone a chance to give a gift with an impact, for example: rescue girl from bonded labor in Nepal and pay for her schooling, or provide mosquito netting that will spare a family in Mali from malaria.

o Global Health Council
Global Health Council is the world’s largest membership alliance dedicated to saving lives by improving health conditions throughout the world. This Mother’s Day, help develop healthy women in a healthy world by donating $10 or more to the Global Health Council in honor of your mother. In return, the Council will send her a personalized Mother’s Day card. Your gift will help the Global Health Council ensure a Global Happy Mother’s Day.

o Global Partners for Development
Global Partners for Development works with community organizations in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. All of their projects are generated by their African partners and community participation is a crucial requirement for funding by Global Partners. They have a Global Gift catalog to support projects focused on women’s economic development, health, clean water, animal husbandry and education.

o Grassroots International
GRI supports social change movements in six countries of the Global South and educates and advocates in the U.S. You can make a donation on behalf of someone, and GRI will send a special card to the honoree commemmorating your thoughtful gift in their name.

o Hesperian
Hesperian produces books that help people without access to medical care save lives and empower their communities. Each year Hesperian gets thousands of requests for books from health workers, teachers and others who cannot afford to buy books. Honor the special people in your life with a Hesperian Gift of Health. Your honorees receive an illustrated card letting them know that a life-saving book or set of books was sent in their names to a poor community in Africa, Asia, or Latin America. This book or set of books will provide critical support to communities that lack access to healthcare.

o Kabissa
Kabissa makes technology a force for change in Africa. They provide hundreds of grassroots organizations with Internet services and training, helping them to do what they do better. Your donation on behalf of a friend or loved one will provide space on the Internet for African organizations, or support our training programs and technical support services.

o Lutheran World Relief
Lutheran World Relief: The LWR Community Quilt provides 84 ways to help people around the world lift themselves out of poverty. Each of the twelve Gift Squares in the LWR Community Quilt represents a different area of our multi-faceted work, including food for a refugee family in Liberia, to tree seedlings in India, to health care in Gaza.

o MADRE
Give a gift that helps realize your dream of a better world: A world without violence against women and girls. MADRE is an international women's human rights organization that works in partnership with community-based women’s groups in conflict areas worldwide. Make a gift to MADRE in honor of someone special, and MADRE will send a stunning card notifying her of your gift made in her honor.

o Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps exists to alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people build secure, productive and just communities. Mercy Kits are a unique and meaningful way for you to honor friends, family and co-workers, while also helping the world's most vulnerable people. Kits focus on disaster relief, child health, shelter and more.

o Network for Good
Network for Good's website provides an easy way to give to all your favorite charities in one place. Buy a Good Card–a gift card for charity. You personalize the card (which can be sent via email or regular mail) and your recipient donates to their charity of choice.

o Our Voices Together
Founded by September 11 families and others who have lost loved ones to terrorist acts, Our Voices Together supports worthwhile international projects, fosters goodwill and promotes understanding. They have a Gifts That Count Gift Shop, which allows you to make the tax-deductible donation to a worthy cause on behalf of someone. The gift recipient gets a beautiful, frameable personalized certificate. Sample gifts include training for midwives in Afghanistan, sponsoring a peace camp for Middle Eastern youth, and building a school in Darfur.

o PEACE X PEACE
PEACE X PEACE helps women organize and connect across cultural and religious divides via the Internet. Honor someone you love.

o Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee UUSC advances human rights and social justice around the world, partnering with those who confront unjust power structures and mobilizing to challenge oppressive policies. Ordering UUSC merchandise is a great way to show your support for UUSC's important work supporting human rights. Net proceeds from the sale of our choice selection of clothing, jewelry, and accessories go to our unrestricted operating fund.

o Women's Learning Partnership (WLP)
WLP empowers women and girls in the Global South to re-imagine and re-structure their roles in their families, communities, and societies. Working in partnership with 18 organizations in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, WLP provides leadership training and enables women to use new technologies to generate and receive information and knowledge. Your support for WLP and our partners' efforts will help advance women's rights and freedoms around the world. Honor a friend or family member with a donation and WLP will send an acknowledgement of your gift to the recipient of your choice.
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