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USEFUL GIFTS CATALOGUE 2013–14
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At TEAR, our vision is for a just
and compassionate world in which
all people have the opportunity to
achieve their God-given potential.
By buying a gift from our Useful
Gifts Catalogue, you are walking
with us and our partners towards
this vision.
To help those at risk
of harm from dirty
water. And make a
way for everyone
to have clean water.
Every gift goes directly to programs
that support poor and marginalised
communities around the world.
Order online www.usefulgifts.org, fill out
the order form at the back of this catalogue
or call our friendly TEAR office staff on
1800 244 986 (toll-free).
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your will be
as it is
do n e ,
A parent involved in the
Church of Pakistan’s Village
LEAP Primary Education Project
o n ea r t h
in h e
a ve n ...
— MATTHEW 6:10
TEAR supporters Amber, Scott,
Elecia (aged 5) and Liam (aged 3)
McFarlane, Milton, NSW
Educating our girls
instead of sending
them to the fields
to work each day.
o m co m e,
To make safe delivery of
babies in my community...
and help pregnant women
during delivery.
Sita, a Community Health
Volunteer trained by TEAR’s
partner Share and Care Nepal
That people in
other countries
have enough
healthy food
to go around.
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Chickens$5
Vegetable Garden$30
Goat$50
Heifer$310
Gift of Good Food$25
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Education Essentials$5
Teacher Training$10
Adult Literacy$35
Community School$550
Gift of Education$25
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Toilet$70
Well/Water System$1,600
Gift of Safe Water$25
TEAR supporter
Mia (aged 10),
Preston, Victoria
To see people rich in
faith, hope and love
working together to
transform society.
TEAR’s partner
Oasis Mozambique
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Meet Keo Chan and her family. TEAR’s partner World Concern Laos has been
working with their community in rural Laos on a project that’s tackling a range
of areas including education, safe water and good food. Go online to read
more about this integrated project and hear Keo’s story www.usefulgifts.org
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Child Health$10
Nutrition Classes$40
Healthy Mothers and Families$60
Invest in a Health Clinic$100
Gift of Good Health
$25
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Caring for the Environment
$5
Protecting Children
$20
Training Community Leaders
$50
Women’s Self-Help Groups$220
Village Package$5,000
Farming in Africa
$10,000
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CHICKENS $5
G
$25
VEGETABLE
GARDEN
$30
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MY DREAM
BACKYARD BOUNTY
This is Santoshi Dhami from Nepal, holding one of the
garlic plants from her recent bumper crop.
Before Santoshi and her husband Ghyanshyam became part
of the Surma Devi Farmers’ Group, started by TEAR’s partner
United Mission to Nepal, they grew wheat and corn. But this
was barely enough for six months of the year, and they lived a
hand-to-mouth existence, both working as daily labourers to
make extra income. Since being a part of the farmers’ group
they are now growing garlic and mustard, which they are able
to sell at the market. They now have enough income to feed and
educate their three sons for the year, and cover other household
expenses.
That people in
other countries
have enough
healthy food
to go around.
TEAR supporter
Mia (aged 10),
Preston, Victoria
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THE BEGINNINGS OF A NEST EGG
FOR THE FOODIE IN YOUR LIFE
SEED FUNDING
Chickens are a great way
of providing extra food and
income – families can eat and
sell the eggs and meat. This
gift contributes to training
too, like learning how to build
coops and keep chickens
healthy.
Provide people with the
opportunity to access good
food and potentially create
a small business. It may be
seeds for a vegie garden,
fruit trees, beekeeping, fish
farming or livestock such as
cows, goats, pigs or sheep
– with training to develop a
sustainable business.
The gift of seeds and training
helps to create a kitchen
garden full of fresh nutritious
vegies. Surplus produce can be
sold at local markets for extra
income. This gift contributes
to projects that help families
to move from subsistence
farming to surplus yields.
GOAT $50
HEIFER $310
A SMALL BUSINESS
WITH HORNS
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Goats provide meat,
milk and cheese for
the family table. They
can also be bred and
sold for profit. This gift
contributes to training
on how to rear goats,
build a goat shed and
grow fodder.
“I WAS HUNGRY AND YOU
GAVE ME SOMETHING TO EAT.”— MATTHEW 25:35
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MOO-VING ON UP!
A heifer is a young cow that
will grow up into a source
of milk, cheese, fertiliser
and ploughing power. Cows
can also be bred and either
passed on to other community
members or sold for a profit.
Go deeper in your understanding. Each of these gifts has a story behind it that shows the gift in
action within one of our partner’s projects. Visit www.usefulgifts.org to read more.
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EDUCATION
ESSENTIALS $5
TEACHER
TRAINING
$10
H
$25
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MY DREAM
INSPIRED LEARNING
Suk Wan, 11, is in Grade Four and loves playing
soccer and studying maths. He would like to be a
teacher one day.
His parents are farmers in Xiengmai village, southern Laos,
where he attends the village school. Here, many children drop
out of school early for several reasons, including poor quality
teaching. TEAR’s partner World Concern Laos is working with
the District Education Office to train teachers, building their
capacity to engage and inspire children like Suk Wan, and
encouraging them to stay in school.
Educating our
girls instead of
sending them
to the fields to
work each day.
A parent involved in
TEAR’s partner the
Church of Pakistan’s
Village LEAP Primary
Education Project
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HELPING KIDS LEARN
SUPPORTING EDUCATION
Books and pencils are not
the only things that help kids
learn. Other essentials include
paying for a teacher to travel
to villages, or hygiene lessons
to ensure children stay well
enough to attend class. Buying
this gift helps to create the
right conditions for kids to have
better access to education.
Training teachers helps to
build their skills and provide
them with valuable support,
helping to make their role
sustainable for the long term.
They learn how to manage
classes better as well as
new techniques and ideas to
engage and inspire the next
generation, encouraging more
kids to stay in school.
ADULT
LITERACY $35
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THE WRITE STUFF
Enabling adults to grasp basic
literacy skills such as reading,
writing and numeracy opens
up a world of hope and
opportunity. Adult literacy
groups often go on to become
involved in development
activities like savings and
loans, training and starting
micro-businesses.
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COMMUNITY
SCHOOL $550
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KEEPING KIDS IN SCHOOL
Contribute towards the overall
cost of a community school,
and help more children go
further in their education.
Community school projects
also provide support and
training for teachers and help
engage the community with
the importance of education.
GIVE A CHILD OR ADULT
THE GIFT OF AN EDUCATION
By buying this gift, you are
contributing to education
projects run by TEAR partners
that give the gift of a brighter,
more empowered future.
Projects could be for preprimary and primary school
children or for illiterate adults
who want to learn the valuable
skills of reading, writing and
numeracy. Other elements
like school supplies, teacher
training and community
engagement are often part of
education projects.
“WHAT DOES THE
LORD REQUIRE OF
YOU? TO ACT JUSTLY,
LOVE MERCY AND
WALK HUMBLY
WITH YOUR GOD.”
— MICAH 6:8
Read a story about each gift in
action at www.usefulgifts.org
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WELL/WATER
SYSTEM
$1,600
TOILET $70
OUR DREAM
SOURCE OF LIFE
Can you imagine walking for ten hours to get
water each day? This is how long it used to take
mother of four Nyarike from South Sudan (pictured,
below) to make a round trip to the nearest river.
After TEAR’s partner Tearfund UK drilled a bore and installed
a pump near Nyarike’s home, it now takes her six minutes.
It’s transformed her life, and that of her community. She now
has more time and energy to spend looking after her family
and cultivating crops, and everyone is enjoying much better
health. She says: “Because we have clean water, we don’t get
diarrhoea any more.”
SOMEWHERE TO GO
A toilet is essential for
improving community health
and environmental sanitation.
Purpose-built toilets mean less
disease and more dignity in
villages. This gift contributes
to projects that also teach
people about the importance
of sanitation and hygiene,
training in how to build toilets
and items contributing to
building toilets, such as toilet
pans.
To help those
at risk of harm
from dirty water.
And make a way
for everyone to
have clean water.
TEAR supporters
Amber, Scott, Elecia
(aged 5) and Liam
(aged 3) McFarlane,
Milton, NSW
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SAFE WATER
$25
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GETTING TO THE SOURCE
A safe source of water close
to a village enables better
health, improved hygiene
and healthier vegetables for
a community. This gift may
include a well or borehole,
hand pump, filtration system
and/or storage pond, as well
as training in maintenance.
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GIVE A FAMILY OR COMMUNITY
THE GIFT OF SAFE WATER
Clean water is an essential for a healthy life.
Help provide a household with safe water
for drinking, cooking, watering vegetables
and washing.
a ell/
ystem
“I WAS THIRSTY AND YOU GAVE
ME SOMETHING TO DRINK.”— MATTHEW 25:35
Read a story about each gift in action at www.usefulgifts.org
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CHILD HEALTH $10
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$25
MY DREAM
A HEALTHY START
Brindawati (pictured) and her four-year-old son
are part of a nutrition group run by TEAR’s partner
United Mission to Nepal (UMN) for the families of
children identified as undernourished.
The groups are led by local facilitators who are trained by UMN
in basic nutrition principles, as well as hygiene, sanitation
and other health issues affecting small children. Participants
learn how to prepare nutritious meals from cheap and locally
available food. The classes empower families to improve the
health of their children and give them the opportunity to thrive.
To make safe
delivery of babies
in my community…
and help pregnant
women during
delivery.
Sita, a Community
Health Volunteer
trained by TEAR’s
partner Share and
Care Nepal
NUTRITION
CLASSES $40
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D
SUPPORT HEALTH
SERVICES FOR KIDS
GIVE A FAMILY THE
GIFT OF GOOD HEALTH
This gift contributes to
projects that support child
health. It could be training
health professionals for early
detection and treatment of
life-threatening childhood
diseases, supporting children
with a disability, enabling
children to access proper
nutrition and health care or
educating kids about good
hygiene or other important
health issues.
This gift contributes to
projects that improve the
health of people living in
poor and marginalised
communities. It could be the
delivery of health services
in the form of direct care
or medicine and/or health
training in areas like midwifery,
disabilities, HIV and AIDS
care or general health.
HEALTHY MOTHERS AND FAMILIES $60
EMPOWERING FAMILIES
Classes run by a trained
community facilitator provide
mothers with knowledge
about basic nutrition, as well
as hygiene, sanitation and
health issues affecting young
children. Participants learn
how to prepare nutritious
meals from cheap and
locally available food.
INVEST IN A $100
HEALTH CLINIC
NURTURING THE
NEXT GENERATION
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Nutrition Classes
This gift contributes to
projects that include
maternal and child health
services, mobile health
services, immunisations
for young children,
community education on
topics like breastfeeding
and safe pregnancy and
referrals to specialists.
“I CAME THAT THEY MAY HAVE
LIFE, AND HAVE IT ABUNDANTLY.”— JOHN 10:10
Read a story about each gift in action at www.usefulgifts.org
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EQUIPPED TO CARE
Invest in community health
clinics and enable communities
to access health services. This
gift contributes to activities
including renovating health
clinic buildings, strengthening
government health services,
and providing important
equipment and training for
local health workers.
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OUR DREAM
HELP COMMUNITIES
$5,000
TRANSFORM THEIR VILLAGE
This gift helps to
improve the lives of
people in a community
facing the challenge of
poverty through a range
of development activities
and programs that will
make a difference for
generations to come.
The Village Package
may include:
• Formation of Self-Help
Groups that access adult
literacy, savings schemes
and skills-based training
• Construction of toilets and
sanitation and hygiene
education
• Improved access to water
• Agricultural training
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To see people
rich in faith,
hope and love
working together
to transform
society.
– TEAR’s partner
Oasis Mozambique
• Provision of livestock
like chickens and goats,
and training to develop a
livelihood
• Community health programs
• Gender and human rights
training for both men and
women.
Instead of a gift card, you’ll
receive an information booklet
and certificate, as well as a
follow-up report.
TRAINING
CARING FOR THE
PROTECTING
ENVIRONMENT $5 CHILDREN $20 COMMUNITY LEADERS
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A VERY GREEN GIFT
Support a variety of projects
that help to protect the
environment from degradation
and safeguard it for
generations to come. Activities
may include tree planting to
reduce soil erosion, community
education and supporting local
environmental groups to help
care for the environment in
their local community.
EMPOWERING WOMEN
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SAFEGUARDING THOSE
WHO NEED IT
BUILDING LEADERSHIP FOR
POSITIVE CHANGE
This gift supports projects that
work to protect the future of
children, especially girls, and
keep them safe. This includes
projects that encourage
girls to stay in school,
educate the community to
reduce practices like genital
circumcision, and reduce the
risk of human trafficking.
This gift supports the work
of training and developing
community leaders, who can
help their community work
towards its own economic
and social development.
Leaders can help mobilise
the community, advocate to
government on important
issues and facilitate
development of community
projects in areas like health
care, income generation,
agricultural improvements and
educational opportunities.
WOMEN’S SELF-HELP GROUPS
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aVillage Package
$50
F
$220
Women’s Self-Help Groups help to empower members through
training, information and organisation. They may learn about
savings and credit programs, small business or leadership, or
enrol in adult literacy courses. Together with other clusters of
Self-Help Groups, members can also make a real difference by
lobbying government for policy change.
“LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOUR.”
— MATTHEW 22:39
Read a story about each gift in
action at www.usefulgifts.org
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USEFUL GIFTS CATALOGUE 2013–14
$10,000
FARMING IN AFRICA
SUPPORT FARMING PROJECTS IN
MOZAMBIQUE AND KENYA
This gift is a significant contribution
to the work of food security projects
run by TEAR’s partners in Kenya
and Mozambique.
By buying the “Farming in Africa” gift, you
will receive a booklet containing detailed
information about these projects, as well as
prayer points.
TEAR Australia is a Christian development, relief and advocacy organisation
responding to global poverty and injustice. Inspired by Jesus’ call to love our
neighbours and God’s heart for justice, we work in partnership with other Christian
organisations around the world and with Indigenous organisations in Australia.
HOW DOES THE USEFUL
GIFTS CATALOGUE WORK?
BUYING YOUR GIFT:
IT’S EASY!
By purchasing a gift from our Useful Gifts
Catalogue, you are making a donation to the
important work of our partners in poor and
marginalised communities around the world. All
gifts are integrated into long-term community
development programs and are not given on a
one-off basis.
BUYING YOUR GIFT: IT’S EASY!
Want to know more?
You’ll also receive a follow-up report on our
partners’ continued work. It’s a chance to go
deeper in your knowledge, understanding and
connection with TEAR, our partners on the
ground and the communities they are
working with.
Online at www.usefulgifts.org
Visit www.usefulgifts.org to read Frequently
Asked Questions and project stories about
each gift at work.
Where the money goes
X
Administration 7%
Fundraising 3%
GIFT–A-MONTH $40
KEEP GIVING ALL YEAR ROUND
For $40 each month, you
can contribute to long-term
projects run by our partners
overseas as they work with
local communities. You’ll
receive an Advent-style
calendar each January with
12 gifts on it to hang on your
fridge or noticeboard. Every
12
Read through the catalogue
and make your choice. You
may choose to buy one gift,
several of the same gift, or a
combination of gifts.
month we’ll send you an
email about that month’s
gift, with case studies from
TEAR’s partners’ projects,
prayer points and activities.
It’s a great conversation
starter and educational tool
for families, small groups
and churches.
Sign up on the back order
form or visit www.tear.org.
au/give/gift-a-month
Community
Education 8%
Projects 82%
PLACE YOUR
ORDER
Post: Complete the form on the
back of this catalogue. You can
pay by cheque, money order or
credit card.
Mail to: TEAR Australia,
PO Box 164, Blackburn VIC 3130
Phone: 1800 244 986 (toll-free)
Once you’ve ordered your
gift, we’ll send you a card.
Each card has a picture of the
gift, some information on the
gift and a project story from
one of our partners on the
gift in action. There’s plenty
of space to write a message
if you’re giving it to someone
else.
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Government (through AusAID). TEAR is a signatory to the ACFID (Australian Council
for International Development) Code of Conduct, representing our commitment to
ethical standards in governance, financial management and public accountability. The
percentages relate to the financial year ended 30 June 2013. For a full explanation of how
ratios are calculated please see our Annual Report online. © TEAR Australia 2013-14
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BUYING YOUR GIFT: IT’S EASY!
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Chickens
Education Essentials
Caring for the
Environment
Child Health
Teacher Training
Protecting Children
Good Food
Education
Safe Water
Good Health
Vegetable Garden
Adult Literacy
Nutrition Classes
Goat
Training Community
Leaders
Healthy Mothers
and Families
Toilet
Invest in a Health Clinic
Women’s Self-Help Groups
Heifer
Community School
Well/Water System
Village Package
Farming in Africa
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