- Love in Action

Celebrate a special occasion by giving a gift that transforms your love into action by building community in a hurting world. You have the choice of supporting Caritas projects through our Emergency, Green, Learning, Caring, Healing or Hope Hampers, detailed below.

Emergency Hamper - $25

Support a community in a desperate time of need. $25 will provide 4 litres of bottled water and 1000 tins of fish for 200 families in Samoa; or provide emergency kits comprising clothing, cooking utensils, hygiene items and shelter materials for two families in Darfur; or buy building materials to shelter a family on the Thailand-Burma border. 

Green Hamper - $35

Help create a sustainable future. $35 will provide the opportunity for a community member in Papua New Guinea to attend a para-legal training course to learn about protecting their land and environment; or provide a farmer in Nepal with enough seeds for a rice crop; or give one person in Bangladesh the opportunity to participate in a World Environment Day event.  

Learning Hamper - $40

Foster a love of learning. $40 will allow a community organiser in Laos to attend grassroots leadership training; or enable four Nicaraguan men or women to receive training on gender, violence and community health; or provide stationery for a class of 40 school children.

Caring Hamper - $50

Strengthen community awareness. $50 will provide 10 resource packs to help New Zealand parishes reflect on Catholic social teaching on a current issue; or support research into the impact of benefit policy on Hokianga parishes and marae, or supply 12 CD-ROMs of justice resources to primary and secondary schools.

Hope Hamper - $75

Strengthen communities. $75 will enable three Mayan community members to attend workshops on community-led justice and reconciliation; or provide training for Timor Leste women in producing fruit preserves and woven goods, and in business management; or cover transportation, food and materials for a woman to attend small business training in West Papua.

Healing Hamper - $100

Provide communities with access to healthcare. $100 will provide one month of mobile clinic healthcare for a community of 4000 in Tanzania; or provide supplies for three mobile clinics to visit remote villages in Timor Leste; or pay for a midwife for 3 months to work with indigenous women in Bangladesh. 

How Does It Work?

Select your gift hamper from the options above by downloading and filling out the form here:

Caritas Gifts Order Form

Post the form to Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand PO Box 12 193, Wellington 6144. OR you can freephone us on 0800 22 10 22 to make a credit card payment and order your gift directly.

You will receive a gift card to give to your recipient, and a tax receipt for yourself.

Your purchase becomes a donation to a Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand project partner changing lives in the area of work you have chosen.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN PUTTING YOUR LOVE INTO ACTION!