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Give
a Meaningful Gift This Holiday Season
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Alternative
Gift Giving through Global Service Corps
Give
loved ones a truly meaningful holiday gift that
will assist communities in Tanzania receive
training and resources that will help them live
healthier lives! Get all of your holiday
shopping done at once with GSC. There are a
variety of tax deductible gift options
available.
CLICK ON THE TITLES BELOW TO
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE ALTERNATIVE GIFT GIVING
OPTIONS. FOR A FULL LIST OF GIFT OPTIONS, FOLLOW
THIS LINK. |
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Youth
HIV/AIDS and Health Education
A
gift of HIV/AIDS and health education will
provide essential education for youth so they
will be equipped with the skills and knowledge
necessary to prevent HIV/AIDS. Gifts are
available from $10 for education materials for
school peer educators to $500 to fund an entire
peer education training workshop for 20
students. |
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Hafirs
- Rainwater Collection Tanks for Home Garden
Irrigation
A
gift of a hafir creates a home water source to
reduce the need for women and children to haul
water long distances. This 12 m3 trench is lined
and covered with plastic to decrease evaporation
and filtration. Surrounded by a natural jatropha
tree or acacia thorn fence to keep animals and
small children out, a hafir can hold 12,000
liters of water and only costs 1/50th of other
conventional options! During the rains, the tank
collects and stores rainwater that can then be
used for various tasks during the dry season,
such as watering home gardens. |
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Home
Garden for an Orphanage
A
gift of a home garden is a way for orphanages to
supply nutritious and organic meals for children
in a self-reliant way and also provides children
with training on important income-generating
life skills. Give a gift of seeds for the garden
($20), garden tools ($100) or an entire home
garden ($200).
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Improved
Fruit and Vegetable Drying to Reduce 50%
Losses
A
gift of a Food Drying Training Package will help
rural communities work together to dry their
excess fruits and green garden products for
later use in the dry season, or for sale to
augment incomes. Typical on-farm losses from
field to mouth exceed 50% due to the lack of
food preservation knowledge and methods.
Furthermore, these on-farm losses contribute to
the significant and common vitamin A
deficiencies found in mothers’ and children’s
diets, especially during the dry season. GSC’s
training package includes alternative low-cost
drying structures, education about appropriate
drying methods, and information sessions on how
to reconstitute the dried foods for preparation
and use in cooking. |
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