If you are looking to do something different and positive when it comes to buying gifts then you are on the right page…

Why not buy something really useful for someone needy out in Kenya? Many of us in the West find it really difficult to choose a suitable gift for others or to think of something we ourselves would like at Christmas or birthday time. Some people would love to stop sending hundreds of Christmas cards and instead send a gift to those in need. Amani UK is now offering the opportunity to do just this…

Choose your gift or gifts from the list below.

	Watering can – essential during the seedling period		£ 5
	Jembe (Kenyan fork) – used like a hoe		£ 5
	School desk – allows 3 or 4 children to work normally rather than sitting on a damp floor		£ 6
	School uniform – helps a young orphan feel a full member of their school		£ 8
	Mosquito net – protects against malaria which still kills more people than AIDS		£ 12 (buys 5)
	Blankets - nights are cold at 5,000 feet above sea level, especially for young children sleeping on bamboo mats on the floor		£20 (buys 5)
	Multi-vitamin and Septrin treatment for HIV-positive patients - health and energy levels are greatly enhanced		£20 (supports 4 patients for 3 months)
	90 kg bag of maize - strategic purchase of maize stock at the right time protects the widows and orphans against crop failure		£ 17
	Wheelbarrow – helps the widows with their back-breaking work		£ 20
	50 kg organic fertiliser – to encourage the crops		£ 20
	Local goat High yield cross-breed goat – compares well with a cow for quantity of milk		£ 20 £115
	Seeds - for sowing the vital crops which are the widows’ lifeblood		£ 25
	Bicycle – for rural transport		£40
	Insecticides – to protect the crops		£ 35
	Knapsack sprayer – allows efficient delivery of insecticides		£ 40
	Local cow or 2 young heifers Good quality high yield cow		£ 100 £ 250
	Donkey		£ 55
	Foot-operated water pump– to water the crops		£80
	Cart for donkey		£100
	Ploughing bull		£ 100
	Donkey and cart – vital for transporting water and produce		£ 155
	Corrugated iron roofing materials for a new roof - many of the widows' houses are in a poor state and have thatched roofs		£ 190
	Poultry rearing unit with 10 chickens and a cockerel - will give a widows' group both nutritious food and income generating opportunities		£ 300
	Pair of ploughing bulls with plough – the working heart of a community		£ 300

Write a UK cheque for the cost of your gift(s) and send it, along with your name and address and email address, to:

Jim Leftwich, Treasurer
Amani UK
Wychwood
16a Magnolia Dene
Hazlemere
High Wycombe
HP15 7QE
United Kingdom

When you send in your gift order the money will be used to buy the selected item(s) out in Kenya. We will send you a greetings card as a thank you for your kindness. You may wish to send the card on to the person for whom you have bought the gift (if you are buying the gift for someone else).

To make the whole thing easy, why not use our ready-made Order Form (pdf format; 158 kB) which you can print out, complete, and post to us. Click here to open the Order Form now. Then click on the printer icon at the top of the browser window (but below the Address bar) to print out just the Order Form. Use your Back button to return to this page.

Alternatively, use the online basket here to select your gifts.

To ensure the total integrity of all donations the following system operates on the ground out in Kenya:

• details of gifts are emailed to Kenya and decisions on group allocations are communicated to all those involved.
• The money is transferred to Kenya.
• The gifts are purchased.
• The gifts are then presented by group gatherings attended by Community Board members and staff, invariably with the taking of photographs to record the ocassion.

By collective involvement and total transparency, integrity is assured together with much goodwill.

Thank you for your order and thank you for thinking of those in Kenya who will receive your gift.

If you are outside the UK then email us by clicking here to ask about means of payment other than a UK cheque.

"Buy a Gift for Kenya" is made available by Amani UK to provide a novel method for expressing gifts from one person to another. It is not intended to be a substitute for giving directly to the charity for use where the need is greatest.