I often recieve
emails such as the following:
My response: 21st Century Child - a shoebox scheme collecting small gifts for children in Eastern Europe - see www.21stcenturychild.org . Link Romania - another Christian shoebox scheme collecting small gifts for children in Eastern Europe, but without the religious literature and evangelical rallies of OCC - see www.linkromania.co.uk/. OneChild OneWorld - a secular alternative to OCC. This was recently (2008) set up by a former member of OCC who left to set up a non-evangelising alternative - http://www.onechildoneworld.org.uk/. For the story behind this see http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/lifestyle-news/book-reviews/2008/06/15/north-man-quits-charity-shoebox-scheme-79310-21076821/The Rotary Shoebox Scheme http://www.rotaryshoebox.org/ The Aquabox scheme which provides water treatment for disaster areas in numbered boxes so you know where your box went - www.aquabox.org. Oxfam where you can donate a flock of chickens or a camel, or textbooks or dinners for a third world school. For these and many other life-changing or life-saving gifts go to www.oxfamunwrapped.com. Give a goat for Rwanda or a bicycle for a midwife in Cambodia or help to turn weapons of war into farm implements via www.goodgifts.org. The Blue Peter appeal, which is always carefully chosen so that virtually any family can contribute www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/bluepeter. Unicef Save
the Children (USA)
American
Red Cross Plan
is an international development organisation, working to alleviate
poverty and help children in developing countries to realise their full
potential. Oxfam
International The
Hunger Site: 
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