Christmas Gift Guide 2024: Charity gift ideas

’Tis the season for pavlovas, pōhutukawas, good cheer, and of course, gift-giving!

This is probably my favourite thing to do at this time of year - to give you an extensive Christmas Gift Guide!

I know how hard and how crazy it is at this time of year, and it can be really stressful when you know you have to get a gift for someone and you want to make it good but just have no ideas, particularly if you've left it to the last minute.

This Christmas, why not consider purchasing from or donating to charity? Here are five charity gift ideas, but there are plenty of other amazing charities out there that are also doing incredible māhi. 

Charity gifting ideas: 

• Kindness Collective Foundation
  Help Santa visit every child this Christmas. Over 160,000 children are living in poverty and as the cost-of-living crisis worsens, many families are struggling more than ever before. Thousands of children will wake up on Christmas morning without presents, or even food. This year, you can be the reason they unwrap joy instead.
  More details: www.kindness.org.nz
  

• Variety
  1,2,814 Kiwi kids just want food this Christmas. 3,000 children are on the waiting list for a sponsor.
  $48 – gives a child a day of festive food.
  $82 – gives a family of two a day full of food.
  $194 – gives a child a week of tasty food.
  $462 – feeds a family of four over the Christmas week.  
  More details: variety.org.nz

• The Fred Hollows Foundation
  Give a gift to a loved one and the gift of sight to someone in the Pacific. Plus, thanks to Specsavers, your donation will be matched, so your $25 becomes $50 and double the impact.
  More details: giftofsight.hollows.org.nz

• Kiwi Christmas Books
  Gifts brand new books to families whose children would otherwise go without at Christmas time. 
  More details: www.kiwichristmasbooks.org.nz

• World Vision
  Middle East crisis appeal: Every $1 you donate can provide $6 worth of urgent aid. Your donation will rush life-saving food, water, hygiene kits and more to children whose lives are on the line.
  More details: www.worldvision.org.nz