2012 HOLIDAY GIFT CATALOG
GIVE DIFFERENTLY Alpaca $75 pg 09
Clean Water
for a community
$245
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Give Differently
this holiday and you can inspire change, educate children, empower girls, feed the hungry, protect families and rebuild communities. Discover more than 50 inspiring Gifts of Hope on the pages ahead, including our new Planimals t-shirts for kids and grown-ups!
Freida Pinto
“I have always been a true believer in the power of every individual,
especially every girl. A Gift of Hope empowers and educates a girl, giving her a voice so that she can end the cycle of poverty for herself and her family.” Freida Pinto, Actress and Because I am a Girl Global Ambassador
Marcia Cross
“Traveling to India, I met countless children who have so little and yet their smiles light up a room. You can help make a difference in their young lives. You can help create a different ending to their stories. All it takes is a Gift of Hope.”
Marcia Cross Actress and Plan International USA Ambassador
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Introducing FREE gifts with every donation – look for them within each category throughout this catalog and online! These special keepsakes (optional) will remind friends and family throughout the year of how your Gift of Hope is changing lives.
To receive your personalized card and free gift by December 24th, order your tax-deductible Gifts of Hope by 11:59pm ET on December 14th. Rush shipping available – see order form for details.
Reusable Water Bottle...............................................................pg 03 Leather Journal.............................................................................pg 04 “Promising Futures” Bracelet..............................................pg 07 Alpaca Ornament..........................................................................pg 08 Planimals Tee..................................................................................pg 09 “Because I am a Girl” Bracelet............................................pg 11 Gifts of Hope are actual items needed by the communities where we work. Your donation will be matched to a project that includes the item that you selected. If the need for a particular item is filled or Plan’s fundraising goal for the project has been met, we will apply your donation to a similar project or where needed most. Project costs vary widely from country to country, continent to continent, for the same materials and services. The costs listed usually reflect an average cost. Donations to Plan International USA are tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. If you elect for a free gift with your donation, your charitable donation will be reduced by the fair market value of such free gift. Values of free gifts can be found at planusa.org/gifttax
ONLINE Go to givedifferently.org PHONE Call 1-800-556-7918 (Monday–Friday, 8:30am–6:00pm ET)
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Water & Sanitation Jerry Can Millions of women and children in the developing world must walk many miles every day to fetch clean water. A lightweight Jerry can makes it easier to haul the 40-some lbs. of water home, especially for a 10-yearold girl who has to strap it to her back or balance it on her head.
For a Family I0182 For 4 Families I0183
$25 $100
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Clean Water
IMPACT
By giving a community a closer source of clean water, you are also giving girls the chance to go to school instead of walking many miles every day to the nearest well. Your gift will also help prevent the spread of diseases like typhoid and cholera, which are directly linked to contaminated water sources.
For a Community I0184
$245
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Water Purification Tablets
Emergency Water Kit
When a disaster occurs, access to clean water makes all the difference between life and death. Your gift will supply enough purification tablets to produce 60 or more gallons of safe drinking water, helping to protect families from cholera, typhoid, and other deadly water-borne diseases.
Clean water becomes even more of a precious commodity in the developing world in the event of an emergency. Each of these kits includes items such as Jerry cans, buckets, water purification tablets, and soap to make sure a family of four is able to eat, drink, and wash safely in emergencies.
For a Family I0185
FREE
$50
For a Family I0186
$195
FREE Gift with Donation: Reusable Water Bottle With every Water & Sanitation Gift of Hope, you can give a personalized note and a FREE reusable, BPA-free water bottle.
Order online at givedifferently.org or call 1-800-556-7918.
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Education Soccer Ball Travel to an impoverished village in a developing country and you’ll see children playing soccer, just like in the USA. The only difference is that the balls they use are often made of garbage held together with twine. Your gift will help make sure these children have a REAL soccer ball to dribble, pass, and kick around.
For a Child I0187
$25
Soccer Field Equipment Played by all ages, soccer is one of the most popular sports around the world— including some of the most impoverished countries. To help keep kids engaged in school and teach them about teamwork, this gift helps purchase soccer equipment for one after-school program, including nets, balls, and pumps.
For a Team I0188
$95
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Support Art to End Violence
Train a Teacher
An after-school program in El Salvador, Art to End Violence keeps boys and girls off the street and engaged in their education. By providing much-needed art supplies, you’re giving these kids an opportunity to creatively and constructively express their struggles and triumphs under the guidance of professional artists.
To an eager mind, a teacher is everything. But in the developing world, nearly 3 out of every 4 teachers have no formal training. You can help give these men and women the invaluable knowledge they need to lead, teach, and inspire.
For a Class I0189
For one Teacher I0190
$115
FREE Gift with Donation: Leather Journal With every Education Gift of Hope, you can give a personalized note and a FREE daily journal, made in the US.
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$245
Order online at givedifferently.org or call 1-800-556-7918.
FREE
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IMPACT
Complete a Classroom Fill a classroom with all the basic supplies a teacher needs to teach and a student needs to learn: pencils, paper, chalkboards, maps, desks, textbooks, and chairs. Your gift will help boys and girls reach their full potential and create brighter futures.
For a Class I0191
$145
School Supplies Pencils, paper, books—these are the basic tools that every child needs for school. But in the poorest of communities, these simple supplies are considered a luxury. Your gift will make sure that one child has everything she or he needs to learn, discover, and explore.
For a Child I0192
$25
School Meals For parents living in extreme poverty, this promise of food is reason enough to make sure their child goes to school. Your gift will provide healthy school lunches for an entire month to a child who might otherwise not have a meal all day long.
School Uniforms
For a Child I0193
$75
For many girls living in extreme poverty, a school uniform is all that’s standing between them and an education. This gift provides a head-to-toe set of uniforms, including hats, socks, and shoes, for one year.
For a Child I00194
$55 Order online at givedifferently.org or call 1-800-556-7918.
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Emergency Food Kit In the days following a disaster, finding safe drinking water and food is essential to a family’s very survival. With this gift, you’ll provide immediate, life-sustaining aid to a family of four for one month, including clean water and non-perishable food items.
For a Family I0195
$245
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Fuel-Efficient Stove Millions of people—children included—die every year from the thick black fumes generated by open-fire cooking in unventilated spaces. Using considerably less firewood, a fuel-efficient stove emits significantly less smoke, so the air a family breathes will be cleaner and healthier.
For a Family I0196
$85
Health & Emergency Community Medical Supplies For millions of children in developing countries, access to medical care is essentially nonexistent. Your gift will help ensure that community health centers have the medical supplies they need to care for these vulnerable children, including vaccinations, antibiotics, syringes, and more.
For a Family I0197
$50 Feed an Orphan Over 145 million children in the developing world have lost one or both of their parents, leaving them susceptable to hunger, exploitation, and abuse. With this gift, you can help keep an orphaned child fed for two weeks—providing them with the nourishment they need to be healthy and strong.
For a Child I0198
$25
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School on Wheels
Cooking Classes & Cookware
For children living in the wake of a disaster, going to school is often not an option because they’ve been displaced or the building itself was destroyed. Your gift will give them the opportunity to learn by supplying a mobile school with much-needed books and teacher training.
Lacking proper tools and basic nutrition knowledge, many mothers living in extreme poverty prepare food for their children in unsafe and unsanitary conditions. Your gift of cooking classes and cookware will give a mother the essentials she needs to prepare healthy food for her family.
For a Class I0199
FREE
$95
For a Family I0200
$65
Free Gift with Donation: “Promising Futures” Bracelet With every Health & Emergency Gift of Hope, you can give a personalized note and a FREE leather bracelet, handmade by a women’s skills-training group in Uganda.
Order online at givedifferently.org or call 1-800-556-7918.
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Livestock Chicks
Ducklings
When these cuties grow up, they’ll help a mother support her family by selling the extra eggs. Chicken tending also teaches her daughters that they can someday earn a living by managing their own livestock.
Did you know that duck eggs have twice the nutrition of chicken eggs? And when these little ducks grow up, they’ll also provide enough extra eggs for a family to sell as a source of instant income.
Five Chicks I0201
Six Ducklings I0202
$35
$45
Sheep
Goat
Producing up to 30 lbs. of wool a year and a gallon of milk a day for cheese and butter, one sheep can definitely earn its keep and provide a family with a steady source of income—not to mention all the fertilizer they need.
A nanny goat produces about 240 gallons of milk a year! With that kind of output, a family can start a small dairy business selling the extra milk and cheese at the local market.
One Sheep I0203
One Goat I0204
$55
$65 Stronger than a horse, an ox can plow fields, pull logs, remove stumps, and haul cargo.
Fish Quick to multiply, a school of fish provides an impoverished family with the means to feed themselves as well as start a small fish farm to earn a living.
School of Fish I0205
$25 Ox Plowing by hand can take a farmer many days, but a strong and sturdy ox can do it in a few hours. Not only does this speed up the planting process, but it also allows children to go to school instead of helping their parents in the field.
One Ox I0206
$195
FREE Gift with Donation: Alpaca Ornament With every Livestock Gift of Hope, you can give a personalized note and a FREE Alpaca Ornament, handcrafted in Peru.
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Order online at givedifferently.org or call 1-800-556-7918.
FREE
MOST
What’s the difference between an alpaca and a llama? Smaller in size, an alpaca produces a fleece that is much softer and silkier, which makes it ideal for weaving blankets, sweaters, and other goods that can be sold at market.
IMPACT
Alpaca Living 20–25 years, a single alpaca will produce up to 12 lbs. of cashmere-like wool every year, giving a struggling family a way to earn a living and create a business. This gift also includes training in breeding and caring for this gentle animal.
One Alpaca I0207 Herd of Alpacas I0208
$75 $225
Dairy Cow Calcium is super important to the development of a child’s growing bones and teeth. With the gift of a dairy cow, you’ll be giving a family access to fresh milk every day, as well as giving them the means to sell milk and cheese for extra income.
One Cow I0209
$120
give differently Learn how a hive of bees was all it took to change a life. Go to planusa.org/bees
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Bees
Baby Pig
Give a family the opportunity to start a business selling honey produced by their very own bees! And because beekeeping takes very little time away from home, mothers can still care for their children while growing the business.
By the time one of these little pigs is one year old, it will weigh around 200 lbs. and give birth to its first litter of piglets that can be sold at market. In the meantime, it will provide plenty of manure for fertilizer to use in a family garden.
Hive of Bees I0210
$35
One Piglet I0211
$55
Order online at givedifferently.org or call 1-800-556-7918.
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Essentials to Empower a Girl Give a girl living in extreme poverty the chance to hope for a better future by providing her with a birth certificate to validate her life, vaccinations to keep her healthy, and chickens to help her earn an income.
For a Girl I0212
$85
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Give a Girl a Voice Empower a girl with confidence, self-esteem, and practical skills as a journalist. This gift helps fund a girl-produced radio program focusing on public health, the importance of education, and other relevant issues. Broadcast throughout the entire community, this groundbreaking media project gives girls a voice and a platform to express themselves for the first time in their young lives.
For a Girl I0245
$65
Because I am a Girl Girl’s Hygiene Kit
Literacy for a Girl
Help a young woman maintain a level of human dignity in the wake of a natural disaster or other emergency situation. Each hygiene kit includes critical items such as soap, shampoo, toothpaste, and sanitary napkins—all the basics to help her stay clean and healthy.
Having never had the chance to go to school, millions of women in developing countries are unable to read books to their children or make change at the market. Your gift will help a girl learn to read, write, and do simple math, so that she can feel empowered and confident.
For a Girl I0213
$25
For a Girl I0214
$55
Build a Girls-Only Bathroom In many developing countries, it is rare to have separate bathrooms for boys and girls in schools. And because of this, it is not uncommon for parents to force their daughters to drop out at the onset of puberty. Your gift will help build a girls-only bathroom, so that they can stay in school and work toward brighter futures.
For Girls I0215
$100
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NEW
IMPACT
Send a Girl to School
Protect a Girl on the Streets
For a girl in the developing world, an education empowers her to break the cycle of poverty. She will marry when she is ready, have healthier children, and be less likely to become a victim of violence. Your gift can send a girl to school for a year by providing tuition, supplies, and uniforms.
Left vulnerable and alone living on the streets, hundreds of thousands of girls are sold into a life of sexual exploitation. Your gift will help fund a portion of one girl’s tuition to help her stay in school, keeping her safe from traffickers and giving her the opportunity to learn new skills.
Send 1 Girl to School I0216 Send 2 Girls to School I0217
FREE
$295 $590
Protect 1 Girl I0218 Protect 5 Girls I0219 Protect 10 Girls I0220
$50 $250 $500
FREE Gift with Donation: “Because I am a Girl” Bracelet With every Because I am a Girl Gift of Hope, you can give a personalized note and a FREE pink leather bracelet, handmade by women in Uganda.
Order online at givedifferently.org or call 1-800-556-7918.
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Maternal & Child Protection Safe Birthing Kit
Mosquito Nets
An expectant mother in the developing world often has no other option but to deliver her baby at home on a dirt floor— putting her life and that of her child at great risk. Your gift will help make home delivery safer and more sanitary, as well as provide training for traditional birth attendants.
Transmitted by mosquitoes, malaria causes 200 million illnesses and claims the lives of more than 600,000 people every year—and most of them are children under five. Your gift will supply lifesaving nets to protect a family of seven from mosquitoes as they sleep.
For a Mother I0221
$85
Birth Certificate for a Child Millions of births go unrecorded every year—in a sense, these children are invisible. Your gift will ensure that a child receives a birth certificate so that he or she can get access to healthcare, go to school, and be protected from exploitation.
For a Child I0225
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$25
Order online at givedifferently.org or call 1-800-556-7918.
For a Family I0222
$50
Winter Survival Kit for a Child
Prenatal Care for Expectant Mothers
In countries like Peru and Bolivia, temperatures can drop to 5°F during the winter season, putting children at risk for frostbite, pneumonia, and even death. This gift can protect a child during the cold winter months with lifesaving supplies like blankets, coats, heavy sweaters, hats, mittens, and more.
Give an expectant mother living in extreme poverty access to prenatal and postnatal care, prenatal vitamins, infant care training, and breastfeeding support. Your gift will also provide medical care and necessities—diapers, blankets, and booties—that newborns need in their first critical weeks of life.
For a Child I0223
$65
For a Mother I0224
$75
Swaddle a Newborn For a baby born into extreme poverty, something as simple as a soft blanket can make all the difference in the first few days of life. Your gift includes booties, hats, and swaddling blankets to wrap a precious newborn in warmth and comfort.
For a Baby I0226
$50
FREE FREE Gift with Donation: “Promising Futures” Bracelet With every Maternal & Child Protection Gift of Hope, you can give a personalized note and a FREE leather bracelet, handmade by a women’s skills-training group in Uganda. Order online at givedifferently.org or call 1-800-556-7918.
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Fund a Garden Help create a garden for a family struggling to put healthy, nourishing food on the table. Your gift provides the tools and training necessary to plant, care for, and harvest fresh vegetables, improving a family’s lifelong health and giving them an opportunity to earn extra income by selling their surplus.
For a Family I0227 For a Community I0228
$65 $295
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IMPACT
Fruit Tree Farm Empower an impoverished community to break the cycle of poverty by giving them the opportunity to start a fruit tree farm. This gift of a selection of fruitbearing trees also includes training on how to plant and care for the trees, as well as how to get the goods to market.
For a Community I0229
$395
Agriculture Plant Seeds of Hope Learning about good nutrition begins in childhood. By giving a mother the vegetable and fruit seeds she needs to grow her own garden, you are not only helping her feed her family, but also teaching her children about the importance of nutrition.
For a Family I0230
$25
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Train a Farmer
Tree of Life
What’s a proven way to help feed the 1 billion people living in hunger around the world? Educate poor rural farmers on the latest methods in irrigation, soil turning, and planting to help them produce bigger, better crops. Included in this gift is essential small business training to help these farmers manage and grow their businesses.
For families living in extreme poverty, hunger is a major concern. By giving the gift of a fruit tree, you are providing nourishment and a source of family income. In addition to a seedling, this gift also includes training on how to plant and care for the tree.
For a Farmer I0231
FREE
$95
For a Family I0232
$50
FREE Gift with Donation: “Promising Futures” Bracelet With every Agriculture Gift of Hope, you can give a personalized note and a FREE leather bracelet, handmade by a women’s skills-training group in Uganda.
Order online at givedifferently.org or call 1-800-556-7918.
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Get it there on time To receive your personalized card and free gift by December 24th, order your taxdeductible Gifts of Hope by 11:59pm ET on December 14th. Rush shipping available – see order form for details.
ONLINE Go to givedifferently.org
MAIL Mail the enclosed form in the
PHONE Call 1-800-556-7918
postage-paid envelope provided or download an order form at planusa.org/forms
(Monday–Friday, 8:30am – 6:00pm ET)
NEW
FREE Gift with Donation!
Leather Journal
Commemorate your Gift of Hope donation with a FREE gift.
Wrap it Up! Wrap that free gift for a nominal fee and Give Differently to you and yours this holiday.
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Reusable Water Bottle pg 03
Alpaca Ornament
“Promising Futures” Bracelet pg 07
“Because I am a Girl” Bracelet pg 11
Planimals Tee pg 09
pg 08
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Fleece, Love, Happiness
Give an Alpaca Buy me
get a FREE tee
$75 I0233 For the person on your list who has everything, this tee makes a perfect gift. Not only is it super-cool, but it also provides a family in need with a woolproducing alpaca. Organic Salt
Organic cherry
Organic slate
100% certified organic cotton unisex tees come in the following sizes: Youth: YS, YM, YL Adult: S, M, L, XL
See back cover for infant onepiece.
Millie, Don, Lola, and Sarah love knowing their alpaca tees helped a family in Peru.
Goat Milk?
Give a Goat Buy me
get a FREE tee
$65 I0234 Did you know that a nanny goat produces about 240 gallons of milk a year? It’s true. And for every goat you give to a family living in poverty, you will receive a free tee! Organic Salt
Organic cherry
Organic slate
100% certified organic cotton unisex tees come in the following sizes: Kofi and her daughter Trinity’s favorite gifts? Their goat tees – no kidding around.
Youth: YS, YM, YL Adult: S, M, L, XL
See back cover for infant onepiece.
Baaa Humbug
Give a Sheep Buy me
get a FREE tee
$55 I0235 Wondering what to get someone who’s a little sheepish about the holidays? Get them in the spirit with a cute tee and the gift of a sheep for a struggling family. Organic Salt
Organic cherry
Organic slate
100% certified organic cotton unisex tees come in the following sizes: Youth: YS, YM, YL Adult: S, M, L, XL
See back cover for infant onepiece.
No Scrooge here – Chase and Greer show off their giving spirit.
Chick Magnet
Give Chicks Buy me
get a FREE tee
$35 I0236 While we’re hard-pressed to think of anything better than providing a family in a developing country with five baby chicks, wearing this super-fun tee runs a close second. Organic Salt
Organic cherry
Organic slate
100% certified organic cotton unisex tees come in the following sizes: Avô, Charlie, and Olivia think their tees speak for themselves.
Youth: YS, YM, YL Adult: S, M, L, XL
See back cover for infant onepiece.
I’m Amoozing
Give a Cow Buy me
get a FREE tee
$120 I0237 Moove over fruitcake, there’s a new gift this holiday season! By choosing this “amoozing” tee, you’re also giving a poor family in the developing world one dairy cow. Organic Salt
Organic cherry
Organic slate
100% certified organic cotton unisex tees come in the following sizes: Youth: YS, YM, YL Adult: S, M, L, XL
Brody, Earth, Ryanne, and Taytum find their tees very mooving.
Think Outside the Ox
Give an Ox
Buy me
get a FREE tee
$195 I0238 Know someone who has a heart as big as an ox? This is the perfect gift, down to the tee, because it provides a rural farmer with an ox to help plow fields. Organic Salt
Organic cherry
Organic slate
100% certified organic cotton unisex tees come in the following sizes: Gabe, Cecilia, Juan, and Maeda wear their hearts on their tees.
Youth: YS, YM, YL Adult: S, M, L, XL
Hey Kid
Fleece, Love, Happiness
Peep
1...2...3...
Talk about a cute-tee
Give a chick, sheep, goat, or alpaca to a family in the developing world and make your favorite baby smile with an infant onepiece.
$35
$55
$65
$75
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I0241
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(5) Chicks
(1) Sheep
(1) Goat
(1) Alpaca
100% certified organic cotton infant onepieces come in the following sizes: 3-6mths, 6-12mths, 12-18mths “1...2...3...” sheep onepiece worn by Raegan.
Organic Salt Organic heaven Organic Bark
