Love Russia: Gifts: Alternative gifts

When buying gifts we often find that our friends and relatives already have everything they need and become increasingly difficult to buy for... This year, you could give them an ‘Alternative Gift’!
Alternative Gifts are bought by you, on behalf of your mum, brother, aunty or friend, that will either be given to or benefit someone who really needs it. This is how it works...
Decided on the gift/gifts you want, call or email to place your order, or fill out the form at the bottom of this page, then send it back to us. We will send you a card explaining what your gift will buy along with an information leaflet and some stickers. For an additional £1.50 you may want to make the gift a little more special by adding a key ring or one of the other items on pages 7 & 8. There is space inside the card for you to add a personal message if you wish. Send the card on to your recipient as you would a regular gift and you’re done!
Thank you for your support in the past by providing gifts to the many orphanages and institutions we support. While we are all feeling the pinch in our current economic climate, it still doesn’t compare to the poverty that those in the rural parts of Russia and some of the surrounding countries experience.
If you need your gift in a hurry, you can choose to send an ‘egift’. The gift will be sent to your email address, then it’s down to you to forward it on.

	Starting at the Bottom! £10 AG01 One of Love Russia’s policies has always been to start at the bottom! For the babies and small children living in orphanages, disposable nappies mean they are comfier and happier. For their carers, it means they have time to see to their needs properly and time to play with them too.		Holidays of Hope £30 AG02 During the summer LR is able to give children the rare opportunity of leaving the orphanage or foster home for a holiday! Your Holiday of Hope gift will allow us to show these children they are loved and contribute towards visas, passports, food, bedding and equipment. They will experience indoor and outdoor games, arts and craft, music, drama and dancing; and with them we will share the good news of Jesus... an experience they will never forget.
	Story Time £5 AG03 A Story Time gift will help us to provide Internats and other children’s homes with a variety of books. Story books for fun and educational books for assisting their schooling. £5 will purchase one or two books that will help orphanages to build up a small library for use in years to come.		Time for Bed £15 AG04 Time for Bed Gift will allow us to purchase on your behalf a set of pyjamas, slippers and dressing gown. Many of the clothes worn by the children are old and worn out, they have to share all they have so very rarely experience wearing new clothes.
	Winter Boots £20 AG05 £20.00 will provide a child with fur lined winter boots that are tough enough to cope with the severe cold. These well made boots will prevent their feet from becoming damaged in the bitter cold that the children in Russia experience.		Sleep Tight £15 AG06 A Sleep Tight Gift will contribute towards the cost of a brand new bed, the mattress, bedside cabinet & bedding (the full cost of a bed is £250). We source full bedding sets that includes a sheet, duvet cover and pillow case from the project at Federoviets that gets young people with learning difficulties into the work place. Your gift will help to replace the old, sunken, rotten beds that are stained with urine and cause sores and infection.
	Education £55 AG07 An Alternative Gift for education will contribute to the support of students on the Genesis project as well as towards equipment for education in orphanages. Receiving the best education possible is imperative for children brought up in these institutions if they are to survive independently as adults. Lacking in life skills and qualifications, many of them end up on the streets as they cannot fend for themselves. This is where the Genesis project steps in and changes lives, providing a support base, financial help, life skills and building foundations for their future.		Operating Theatre £100 AG08 An operating theatre gift will contribute towards refurbishing the operating theatre at the Gynaecological clinic in Ryazan. The facilities are old, tired or missing altogether. To perform surgical procedures safely, Dr Alexander and his team need new equipment to help expectant mothers deliver their babies safely.
	Lunch Box £15 AG09 For a young adult with learning difficulties, life in Russia is very hard. Like those with physical disabilities, they are considered not worth bothering with. In ‘normal society’ they are deemed unemployable. At the Federoviets centre, they are given the opportunity to learn skills and earn a wage but the wage is small so their meals are subsidised by Love Russia. This gift will pay for one person to be fed for one month at the centre. A Lunch box gift could also help to feed children at camp each year, as well as contributing to the regular provision we give to orphanages when they struggle to meet the cost of food.		New Toys £10 AG10 If you’ve ever given a child a brand new toy, you will have seen the joy that it can bring. Toys in the shelters and orphanages tend to be the same old ones that are played with year in year out. Toys play a large part in helping to develop a child’s imagination and social skills. Your ‘New Toys’ Gift will help to purchase a wide variety of educational and fun toys!
	Jeans & Jumpers £15 AG11 Children get through clothes so quickly, especially when they have to share items that have been worn by a hundred other children! This gift will help to supply essential clothes for children in the orphanages Love Russia helps support.		Getting Mobile £60 AG12 Children previously confined to their beds are learning to walk. It really is incredible to see. A child of 14 years old, learning to be a toddler at last! A gift of ‘Getting Mobile’ will be put towards providing leg braces, walking frames, specially fitted chairs and the operations needed to begin the process. With the aid of physiotherapy and proper training, many more children will learn to walk.

To donate towards any of the Alternative Gifts above, please email, phone or print off the order form to send back to us. Thank you for your support.


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