It’s not often that you get to enjoy a win-win situation when doing your holiday shopping, but World Vision (www. worldvisiongifts.org) enables holiday shoppers this year to give a gift that changes somebody’s life, in addition to getting a handcrafted item they can enjoy themselves or pass along to another person on their gift list. http://donate.worldvision.org/ways-to-give/gift-catalog?campaign=108929254

The gorgeous Soapstone Box pictured was handcrafted in Kenya and is among the many handcrafted gift selections you will receive for free when you make a donation ranging between $40 to $100 to assist World Vision in its work of providing people around the world with livestock and other equipment so that they can make a living.

Among the items featured in the 2015 World Vision Gift Catalog  that will be shipped to you as a thanks for your donations are a Royal Silk Scarf, a Balinese Multi-Strand Necklace, A Silver Vines Cuff, a Mango Wood Beaded Bracelet, in addition to Hand-carved serving sppoons, an Ethiopia Sumatra coffee blend, a Vietnamese Tote, and Capiz Shell Coasters. You can also browse the Catalog to donate funds for purchasing chickens, rabbits, cows and sheep outright so that individuals around the world can help to lift themselves out of poverty. Donations can also be applied to purchasing a sewing machine or a bicycle that can help change the course of someone’s life.

The World Vision Christmas 2015 Gift Catalog – Gotta Love It!SoapstoneBox