Gifts that keep on Giving
When you give through Hopeful Gifts for Change, you’re not just providing a moment – you’re fueling momentum. School supplies that open doors for a child’s future. Training that strengthens pastors and equips churches to serve their communities. A trauma-care workshop that begins healing for someone who thought their story was over.
These are the kinds of gifts that keep giving. Gifts that last over time. That stretch across borders. That don’t gather dust, but instead gather impact – week after week, year after year.
As you make your Christmas list and look for the perfect gift, consider giving in a way that goes beyond what can be wrapped. Hopeful Gifts for Change offers meaningful alternatives – gifts that honour the people you love while making a real difference in countless lives around the world.
This Christmas, give a gift that keeps on giving.
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When you make a gift through our catalogue on behalf of a loved one, you can download a free printable Christmas card to share that you’ve made a gift in their honour.
Pastors and Ministry Leaders
LATIN AMERICA
A1 – Pastoring of Pastors
Encourage weary pastors through support groups that offer mentorship, prayer, and accountability. Healthy pastors are the key to flourishing churches and communities.
PHILIPPINES
A2 – Equipping Lay Leaders
Churches thrive when everyday believers are trained to lead. Your gift provides practical seminars that strengthen spiritual formation, broaden ministry skills, and help integrate faith into
RWANDA
A3 – Integral Mission in the Workplace
Work is worship when it’s rooted in God’s mission. Your gift equips pastors with the training needed to disciple others as they intentionally live out their faith in the workplace.
Families
SOUTH SUDAN
B1 – Farming for the Future
Rebuilding the lives of families displaced by conflict ensures greater stability for a hopeful future. Your gift helps parents provide for their children through training in sustainable agriculture.
BOLIVIA
B2 – Safe Homes, Healthy Families
A home should protect, not endanger. Your gift helps families guard against Chagas disease through practical home repairs, education on prevention, awareness, and access to health services.
MYANMAR
B3 – Sewing for Dignity
Empower vulnerable women with the skills to provide for their families. Your gift supports vocational training and sustainable employment through a sewing initiative that helps break the cycle of poverty.
Grandparents
LEBANON
C1 – Summer Camp Memories
Grandparents who love watching their grandkids laugh, play, and grow can witness the same in the vulnerable children of Lebanon. Help provide safe spaces at camp where children experience joy, friendship, and the love of God.
UGANDA (CONGO REFUGEES)
C2 – Skills for Refugee Girls
Impart wisdom that lasts. Your gift equips young Congolese refugee girls with skills in entrepreneurship, small livestock care, and trauma healing to help them step into a brighter future.
EL SALVADOR
C3 – Transform a Community
Flourishing families make up thriving communities. Your gift supports families in El Salvador to bolster their nutrition and income through banana farming, small gardens, and practical business training that nurtures a stronger, more hopeful future.
Teachers
KENYA
D1 – Beyond Classroom
Sometimes the simplest things can make the greatest impact. Your gift provides vulnerable students with mentorship, health education, and the tools they need to stay in school and succeed.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
D2 – Homework Help
Education doesn’t stop at the end of the school day. Your gift helps provide after-school tutoring, Bible studies, and summer camp opportunities that guide children toward brighter futures.
PHILIPPINES
D3 – Teacher’s Toolkit
Behind every thriving classroom is a teacher with the right kind of support. Your gift equips local educators in vulnerable communities. From pre-school to college, students receive inspiration and much-needed support.
Environmental Change – Makers
TOGO
E1 – Planting Hope
A single tree can change a landscape. Your gift helps reforest communities in Togo, equipping local churches with tree nurseries, training in disaster preparedness, and the tools to protect creation for generations to come.
BOLIVIA
E2 – Buzzing with Opportunity
Bees do more than make honey – they sustain ecosystems and livelihoods. Your gift provides families with training and equipment for beekeeping, boosting food security and creating income, all while caring for the environment.
GUATEMALA
E3 – From Waste to Worth
Trash that piles up can be a health hazard, physically and spiritually. Your gift supports training and resources for churches, schools, and communities in Guatemala to manage waste responsibly, improving health and protecting God’s creation.
Advocates
THAILAND
F1 – Land and Livelihood Rights
Justice starts with knowing your rights. Your gift provides training for vulnerable farmers on land stewardship and environmental care, empowering them to protect their communities and advocate for their future.
LEBANON
F2 – Standing with Women
Every voice matters. Raising awareness and offering protection empowers families and communities to choose hope. Your gift provides counselling, legal aid, and healthcare for women and girls who have experienced abuse, helping them reclaim dignity and break cycles of violence.
GLOBAL
F3 – Crisis Response
When disaster strikes, believers take action. Your gift strengthens CBM’s Crisis Response funds, ensuring food, water, shelter, and medical care reach families in their moment of greatest need.
Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners
Vennture works with majority world entrepreneurs striving to lift their families towards a hope-filled future, that leads to human flourishing.
RWANDA
G1 – Business Coaching & Start-Up Support
Launch small businesses with training, coaching, and seed capital. Your gift equips self-help groups with the tools to become sustainable businesses, providing dignity and stability for families.
CONGO
G2 – Juice Processing Equipment
Turn fresh produce into opportunity. By helping purchase equipment for a fruit juice processing business, your gift supports local farmers, creates jobs, and builds a thriving market for healthy products.
LATIN AMERICA
G3 – Training for Aspiring Entrepreneurs
Every business begins with an idea — and the skills to make it work. Your gift provides aspiring entrepreneurs with a day of practical training in marketing, finance, and management, giving them a chance at sustainable livelihoods.
Foodies
Growing Lasting Food Security
Through Grow Hope, you can sponsor an acre of farmland. Each acre grows into even greater impact, as funds raised may be matched up to 4:1 through the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, multiplying your gift into food and support for families facing hunger worldwide.
To learn more, visit cbmin.org/growhope
H1 -Quarter Acre
H2 – Half Acre
H3 – Full Acre
Animal Lovers
I1 – Pair of Rabbits
Rabbits are a very cost-effective and non-labour intensive animal to raise, producing highly nutritious meat along with enriching manure which can greatly improve soil quality. Rabbits are also highly reproductive and grow rapidly, leading to a very profitable animal for a family to raise.
I2 – Poultry Hens and a Rooster
Poultry is an excellent source of food and meat, as their eggs can feed a family while also being a reliable source of income. Poultry also creates excellent fertilizer for farming. They are fairly easy to care for and help keep areas clean by controlling bugs and weeds naturally.
I3 – Fill the Henhouse
A double portion of hens along with a rooster. Poultry is an excellent source of food and meat, as their eggs can feed a family while also being a reliable source of income. Poultry also creates excellent fertilizer for farming. They are fairly easy to care for and help keep areas clean by controlling bugs and weeds naturally.
I4 – Pig
Pigs are a hardy animal that provide many valuable uses including pork, lard, leather, glue and fertilizer, as well as a variety of medicines. Pigs can also have up to five or six pigs per litter, at least once a year, which can be raised or sold as income to provide for a family’s needs.
I5 – Goat
Goats are versatile animals that can be raised in a variety of different climates and environments. Goats can produce up to two to three kids a year, and provide a steady milk supply as well as meat for families to have or sell. Goat fibers can also be spun and used in a number of ways.
I6 – Cow
While cows require more living space than poultry or rabbits, the fresh milk that they provide is invaluable for a family’s nutrition and health, while also being an important resource to be sold at the market for a steady income. Cows can have up to four calves in their lifetime, which can lead to a herd.
I7 – Fill a Stable
As the animals reproduce, the chicks or piglets can be shared, allowing more people to begin to participate in their own advancement.
There is a lot of good work being done on this farm. Lend a hand through your animal gift towards community development with dignity.
Groups
Gathering together can make an even bigger impact. These gifts are designed for mission committees, small groups, youth groups, or entire churches to rally around. By pooling resources, your group can reach farther and transform more lives and communities around the world.
LEBANON
J1 – Caring for Refugee Family
Help the vulnerable access urgent healthcare. Provide medical supplies and professional care through the Tahaddi Health Project, serving Syrian refugee families and individuals in Beirut.
INDIA
J2 – Hope for Widows
Come alongside widows in Nagaland who often face stigma and limited options for their livelihoods. Help them start businesses, regain dignity, and provide for their families through training, mentorship, and small loans.
GUATEMALA & EL SALVADOR
J3 – Churches Transforming Communities
Equip local churches to lead holistic transformation. Empower pastors and leaders to design and manage projects that feed families, support education, and meet urgent community needs.
LESVOS, GREECE
J4 Support Children at Risk
Stand with displaced girls and their families seeking asylum on the island of Lesvos. Through our partnership with All4Aid, your gift strengthens the community centre that helps to provide safe spaces for women and children, including personal hygiene (private showers, laundry, supplies), as well as food and clothing.
BOLIVIA
J5 – Community Outreach
Help churches offering practical help alongside the gospel. Through the Integral Mission Initiative, local congregations can meet immediate needs such as food baskets for low-income families, emergency relief after floods, and school support for children at risk
WMN – Give where it’s needed most.
Sometimes the best gift is also the simplest – letting CBM direct funds where they’re most needed. Perfect for the friend or family member who already has everything.
