With holiday pop-ups popping up at every corner, there always seems to be a reason to buy another scented candle, lithograph print, cutesy tea towel or winter toque. But we don’t need it. Neither does anyone on our list. Beautiful and handcrafted as it may be, it’s just stuff that will be added to crowded shelves of more stuff.

Here’s an idea: balance out your holiday spending by sending a UNICEF survival gift to a child in need.

  • $18 will buy 540 anti-infection tablets
  • $20 will buy 25 sachets, or 50 glasses, of therapeutic milk for children living in refugee camps
  • $22 will buy a set of 3 blankets for babies
  • $43 will buy a survival food kit with 30 Plumpy’Nut packets, 30 Therapeutic milk sachets and 90 Micronutrient powder sachets
  • $44 will buy a vaccine pack containing 72 Polio vaccines, 72 Tetanus vaccines and 72 Measles vaccines
  • $49 will buy 650 water purification tablets & oral rehydration salts
  • $57 will buy a Learn & Play kit containing 1 soccer ball, 4 storybooks and 4 school supply sets
  • $88 will buy an education for 1 girl
  • $96 will buy a library pack of 14 storybooks
  • $117 will provide a child in extreme poverty with the gift of a bicycle, enabling them to fetch water, do chores, get to school faster and have fun.
  • $205 will supply a maternity ward with medical supplies, equipment, basic drugs for 5 baby deliveries

There are over 60 amazing survival gift options to choose from on the UNICEF site. This year, give the gift of survival; without a doubt, it’s the most beautiful gift you can give.

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