Christmas, so the gifts are supportive

Christmas is just over two weeks away. The first packages are already under the tree, children are writing letters to Santa from all over the world, many are already dreaming with their noses up. But Christmas 2021 is also the time when you can choose to stay closer to others and make a gesture, perhaps for us small, which means a lot for the most vulnerable people. It makes a difference.

They are solidarity gifts and every year there are many Christmas solidarity initiatives. Here are some, selected by us, for you.

The Solidarity Workshop of Doctors Without Borders

The MSF solidarity shop offers several ideas of gifts for adults and children with t-shirts, backpacks, bags, diaries, but also mugs, water bottles and bowls. It’s still, road natalizi with panettone, chocolate and herbal teas e solidarity cosmetic kits for self-care. Furthermore, on the occasion of the 50 years since the birth of MSF in 2021, special kits with exclusive anniversary prints containing the t-shirt and shopper for the 50th anniversary and The wounds published by Einaudi: fourteen stories by fourteen writers for the fiftieth anniversary of Medici Senza Frontiere.

All useful gifts with a concrete impact: for example, with 10 euro they give themselves 32 sachets of therapeutic food to cure malnutrition, with 20 euro can be guaranteed 24 doses of measles vaccine, disease that still kills too many children in many countries of the world and with 24 euro want 54 tests for the identification of malaria.

Give the right to treatment with Emergency

Afghan crafts, accessories made of recycled material, jewelry, ceramics and artifacts from all over the world, Christmas sweets and delicacies, games for children and, again, many ideas to give the right to care to those who are victims of war and poverty. These are just some of the gifts from
Christmas of Emergency to buy online or, in person, in Christmas spaces which will open from
November 26 to December 24 in 11 Italian cities: Milan, Rome, Genoa, Florence, Turin, Padua, Pisa, Bologna, Brescia, Naples, Bari. Here you will be able to find 90 gift ideas with the Emergency logo, but also many products from the countries where the NGO works or from social recovery and cooperation realities, made in respect of the environment and rights. Even this year a space will be reserved for handicrafts from Afghanistan, at a time when, after 20 years of war, it needs the greatest possible support. The funds raised from the sale of the products will be used to support all Emergency projects.

Solidarity gifts with the Operation Smile Italia Onlus Foundation

Operation Smile Italia Onlus Foundation this Christmas invites everyone to dedicate their Christmas gifts to children born with facial deformities awaiting treatment. Operation Smile Italia Onlus offers a series of solidarity gifts in support of its medical programs, concrete help that turns into surgery, medical assistance and pre and post-operative care for a child in Madagascar, in the Democratic Republic of Congo or where the need is greater. Many gift ideas and news for Christmas 2021. With a minimum donation of € 7, you can choose the balls to decorate the Christmas tree, available in two colors, red and blue.

Instead, a tasty idea to put under the tree necklace The Smile Recipes by Gloria Brolatti, journalist and Ambassador of the Operation Smile Italia Onlus Foundation (Morellini publisher). In each of the 5 books that make up the series, written by Gloria Brolatti and Monica Sartoni Cesari, more than 30 delicious recipes for cooking “with a smile”, appetizers, first and second courses, side dishes and desserts (from € 15 to € 20 per book ).

A gift to grant a wish

^®Make-A-Wish^® Italy, the Onlus founded in Genoa in 2004 by Sune and Fabio Frontani that realizes the wishes of children and young people suffering from serious diseases, still has many desires waiting to be fulfilled. With the’arrival of the holiday season, the Association has devised and officially launched the new one Christmas campaign: solidarity projects and initiatives to support the non-profit organization in compliance with the most authentic spirit of generosity and sharing. The shop online offers many food-themed gift ideas, from sweets to tasty boxes to wines: for Christmas 2021, every little gesture is the beginning of a journey that will help make the dreams of all those children and teenagers come true.

The solidarity wine of Torrevilla

The association that brings together 200 winemakers in the Oltrepò Pavese, which confirmed its commitment alongside two associations, creating special wines to raise funds to support their charitable causes. With Donne della Vite: for the 2021 edition of DiVento, the charity project in favor of Amani ONLUS, Torrevilla has given life to Suction cup, Spumante Brut Rosé Oltrepò Pavese doc. Made in 2,000 bottles and produced with particular regard to sustainability (from the commitment in the vineyard to the choice of materials with low environmental impact), DiVento will be sold against a free donation of at least € 10 and funds raised will be donated to Amani to finance the Anita House project, which in Kenya offers hospitality to street children, guaranteeing them alternatives and opportunities.

With Luca, not to get lost in time: two special labels (a red and a sparkling white) dedicated to the association Luca so as not to get lost in time, whose sale will contribute to raise funds for PaviAIL, the Pavia section of the AIL which operates in the fight against malignant blood diseases, to support research projects on haematological diseases and help the families of those hospitalized at the San Matteo Polyclinic.

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