Germany: Charitable Christmas gifts

Children are at the heart of Germany?s good Christmas gift opportunities, whether it is to fund a child?s playground in Africa or to send Father Christmas to an orphanage in Germany.

• Fairytales from the world to fight hunger. A talking book telling African, Asian and European bedtime stories donates its proceeds to German development NGO Welthungerhilfe.
• For some St. Nicholas action MerryChristmas.log doss their red suits to take gifts to orphanages and shelters for the poor across Germany.
• Fill a sandbox, plant a flower, send some books. These are some of the Christmas gifts you can send to needy children in developing countries.

But the internet community hasn't forgotten about other vulnerable groups in the festive period. Tierschutz, the German animal protection agency, reminds us that animals are not Christmas toys. To remeber and find out more about the world's forgotten tribes a range of multimedia CDs can be an educational surprise, while handmade jewellery from Sudan can buy bread for the world.

• www.tierschutz-berlin.de
• www.gfbv.de
• www.brot-fuer-die-welt.de