Chicken
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Chicken

$15

A chicken is a boost for a family’s financial situation and their pantry. Your gift will ensure children have a steady source of protein plus plenty of eggs for their family to sell.

Raising chickens is a simple, effective way for a family to reduce poverty. Even households struggling with illness or frailty will find raising chickens an easy activity that improves their family’s food security and income.

By gifting a chicken:

  • You can reduce a family’s grocery bill and help them become self-sufficient.
  • Families can sell the eggs and hatch more chickens to sell to generate income.
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For every $1 donated

80% goes to program, 20% to administration

80% goes to program

20% goes to administration

FAQs

  • What is a Gift of Compassion?

    Gifts of Compassion are real goods and services given to children and families in Compassion child development centres around the world when you purchase an item from the Gifts of Compassion catalogue. For every Gift of Compassion you order, you will receive a gift card to personalise for your friends and loved ones.

    Funds raised from the Gifts of Compassion catalogue are used to support Compassion's Critical Needs, which remove obstacles to children's development and implement preventative action. These interventions include providing safe water, disaster relief, emergency medical care, vocational training, infrastructure, and much more: all issues that need to be addressed for a child to be released from poverty.

    Compassion Australia uses Gifts of Compassion funds to meet the project needs represented in the catalogue.

    You can:

    • Give a Gift of Compassion
    • Contact us to request more copies of the Gifts of Compassion catalogue to distribute at your church or workplace
  • How did you choose the gifts to include in this year’s Gifts of Compassion catalogue?

    We work closely with our church partners around the world to make sure the gifts we’ve selected will make a big difference in the lives of the children and families in their communities. However, if at the time of purchase there isn’t a need for your chosen gifts, the funds will go towards a comparable, more urgent initiative.

  • What happens if there isn’t a need for the gift at the time I purchase it?

    We are committed to ensuring that the gifts from our Gifts of Compassion catalogue facilitate good development work. This means responding to the changing needs of the children and families in Compassion’s program around the world. If at the time of purchase there isn’t a need for your chosen gift, the funds will go towards a comparable, more urgent initiative. For example, if there was no current need for chickens, then your funds may go towards a pig or another farm animal.

  • How long does it take for Gifts of Compassion cards to be delivered?

    Your Gifts of Compassion cards will be delivered to you within 14 working days from when you place your order. We send Gifts of Compassion cards directly to the person who orders them to enable you to personalise them before giving them to your friends and loved ones.

    To make sure you receive your Christmas gift cards in time for Christmas, we recommend you make your order by 6 December. We will continue to take orders after this date, but your gift cards may arrive after Christmas.

    You can:

  • Can I send my sponsored child a Gift of Compassion?

    No. Gifts of Compassion are different to the gifts you can send your sponsored child. Funds from the purchase of Gifts of Compassion are pooled to support a range of Critical Interventions that benefit many children and families and can't be directed to an individual child.

    However, you can choose to send a gift specifically for your sponsored child by giving a child gift, family gift and/or birthday gift. One hundred per cent of these gifts will directly benefit your sponsored child and their family.

    You can: