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Why not add a gift for a child in a developing country to your wish list this year?

Remember the joy of bounding down the stairs on Christmas morning, and tearing into the gifts that were the focus of our yearning? For days or weeks, we had wondered, speculated and hoped that we had gotten that one thing we really wanted. It was as if all the joy and wonder of the world had been reserved for that moment on Christmas morning.

Some were wrapped with a ribbon and others were addressed from â€œMom and Dadâ€ or â€œsisterâ€. For people who celebrate Christmas, this was the time of pausing in the rapid pace of life to share a moment of togetherness and exchanging of gifts that say, â€œyou matter to meâ€. If Christmas isnâ€™t your thing, perhaps there are other times in the year of focused emphasis on family, friends and caring for the poor.

Such wonder and gift giving and receiving is not the case for everyone in the world. For many people, both home and abroad, days are not filled with â€œjoy and wonder,â€ but rather with an enduring sense of uncertainty. The young mother in India wonders what will become of her precious little boy or girl. How will she feed, clothe, educate and give her youngster the tools for a better future? For her, the issue is one of meeting the basic necessities of life, and after a long day of toil in the fields, or factories, there is little energy left to consider her dreams for the child.

Yet, there can be reason to hope for a better future. It is our great opportunity for a gift that will matter for generations to come. Consider this for a moment...

For many Canadians, it was not long ago that our own ancestors came to this country and started a new life filled with their own uncertainty. Settling on a rural homestead with the endless toil of clearing land and planting crops is the story they will tell. Others will attest to landing in a large city with nothing but a few dollars in their pocket, and with an infant in their arms.

Through hard work, a little help from some kind strangers, they made it and gave us a brighter future. Many in Canada are currently writing their own stories of landing in this country and making a life. Such is the power of a gift during the holiday season for a child in a developing country. It is not so much as a hand out as it is a hand up. For a new immigrant to Canada 100 years ago, they were not looking for an or a shiny new kitchen counter appliance, they needed essential tools to help establish them in their new land called home.

A child in India needs immunization against childhood illnesses, shoes for school, a hot nutritious noon meal and clothing for winter. Her father and mother need tools for home-based industry which will alleviate poverty and help break a cycle of indebtedness to money lenders. Sewing machines for industrious hands, gardenerâ€™s tool kits to till the soil and create cash crops and food for the family.

So what do we do? Take down the tree, put away the festivities and give it all away? We avoid the tyranny of the â€œORâ€. I help the poor OR I celebrate with my own family? No. Everyone does their part, they fill their own familyâ€™s hearts with joy and wonder and include a boy or a girl or a mother or father in a far away land.

So why not? Why not add a gift for a child in a developing country to your wish list this year? No matter the time of the year, Christmas, birthday, anniversary or any other holiday, punctuate the occasion with a gift for a child.

View our Online Catalogue of Gifts for Children in India.

About the Author

For the past ten years, Dale worked in the field of online post secondary education and was one of two principle founders behind the development of an online theological education delivery provider. For the past three years he has served as the Executive Director for a charitable society in Canada, serving poor and underprivileged children in North and East India.

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i live in morgantown wv i am a nanny for a 2 1/2 year old i take car of him m-f 9-5 or 6 i feed him lunch i go to his home we go out everymornng i teach him the basic for preschool and i do art with him i plan and prepare and do the activities. i put him down for nap when naps in the week i sweep the entire house 2-3 times. the kit floor every other day depending on dog hair, the dishes loading and unloading dishwasher and wash pans.wipe down kit, and 2 bathrooms dust, clean and organize childs clothes room and toys, and art supplies, wash all families laundry fold, putaway child clothes they travel alot when they do i pack childs things i have also went with them on weekends and last summer i stayed in their summer home for a month, i painted the summer home kit wall and their wv homw dinning room, i cut childs hair and bath him i arange 2 playdates i sew small stiches, brush childs teeth, dog care not often go to moms office feed morning and evening snack, Bthroom training, no tv

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