Reservoir Presbyterian Useful Gift Shop
Store closes: 31 January 2021
A message from Reservoir Presbyterian Church:
Useful Christmas Gifts! Give a gift that someone actually needs! By purchasing a ‘useful gift’ you receive a card to pass on to your loved ones, whilst the money goes towards supporting those most in need to overcome poverty and injustice.
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Buy any of these poverty-fighting gifts to help communities in need:
- Choose from a printed card or download-and-print pdf card (or no card, just a tax-deductible receipt).
- Links to download-and-print cards are emailed to you after checkout.
- The amount you have donated will not be on the card.
- Printed cards:
- A blank envelope for your card.
- Free standard postage within Australia (5-7 working days) or $6 for Express Post (2-3 working days). Express Post cards will normally be sent the same day if the order is made before 1:30pm AEST. Please note: Express Post only operates in these areas within Australia.
- Note: We cannot ship printed cards outside Australia (but you can still order the digital cards).
- Note: We do NOT write on your cards—they are delivered to you to personalise.
- A tax-deductible receipt.
- A blank envelope for your card.
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$5.00 - Chickens and EggsHelp provide training and supplies for a family to raise chickens, giving them nutritious eggs to eat and a source of income too. |
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Chickens and EggsHelp provide training and supplies for a family to raise chickens, giving them nutritious eggs to eat and a source of income too. |
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$5.00 - Health and NutritionMany children around the world suffer from diseases that are preventable and treatable. This gift provides children and families with access to effective health care and nutrition and hygiene education to keep them strong. |
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Health and NutritionMany children around the world suffer from diseases that are preventable and treatable. This gift provides children and families with access to effective health care and nutrition and hygiene education to keep them strong. |
$5.00 | ||||
$5.00 - Early LearningChildren from marginalised backgrounds can struggle in school without solid foundations for learning. Pre-school helps young kids prepare to thrive, and this gift provides opportunities to socialise, build confidence, and start learning. |
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Early LearningChildren from marginalised backgrounds can struggle in school without solid foundations for learning. Pre-school helps young kids prepare to thrive, and this gift provides opportunities to socialise, build confidence, and start learning. |
$5.00 | ||||
$10.00 - Teacher TrainingWithout sufficient resources and training, teachers can struggle to nurture their students. Empower a teacher with training and support so that they can unlock the potential of their students and create confident communities. |
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Teacher TrainingWithout sufficient resources and training, teachers can struggle to nurture their students. Empower a teacher with training and support so that they can unlock the potential of their students and create confident communities. |
$10.00 | ||||
$10.00 - Seeds and ToolsA flourishing vegie patch doesn’t happen by accident – this gift ensures that the right tools are available to get that garden growing! With training, seeds and tools, a vegie patch can feed a family – and beyond! |
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Seeds and ToolsA flourishing vegie patch doesn’t happen by accident – this gift ensures that the right tools are available to get that garden growing! With training, seeds and tools, a vegie patch can feed a family – and beyond! |
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$10.00 | |||
$15.00 - Build a Village: Local SchoolSupport projects that provide basic education for children and adults, improving their skills and abilities and opening up opportunities for a brighter future. |
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Build a Village: Local SchoolSupport projects that provide basic education for children and adults, improving their skills and abilities and opening up opportunities for a brighter future. |
$15.00 | ||||
$15.00 - Build a Village: Local HealthHelp families facing poverty grow in their awareness of issues around health and sanitation, and gain access to better health care. |
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Build a Village: Local HealthHelp families facing poverty grow in their awareness of issues around health and sanitation, and gain access to better health care. |
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$15.00 - Build a Village: Local GardenThis gift can provide people with training, seeds and support to establish a garden or improve their livelihood in agriculture. |
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Build a Village: Local GardenThis gift can provide people with training, seeds and support to establish a garden or improve their livelihood in agriculture. |
$15.00 | ||||
$15.00 - Build a Village: Local BusinessThis gift helps people establish a small business or other income-generating activity in their community. |
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Build a Village: Local BusinessThis gift helps people establish a small business or other income-generating activity in their community. |
$15.00 | ||||
$15.00 - Celebrating StrengthTearfund supports community development initiatives led by and in partnership with First Peoples of Australia. We provide a platform for the voices of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander partners to be heard by the wider Australian community, and we mobilise Australian Christians to work towards a more just and equitable society. |
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Celebrating StrengthTearfund supports community development initiatives led by and in partnership with First Peoples of Australia. We provide a platform for the voices of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander partners to be heard by the wider Australian community, and we mobilise Australian Christians to work towards a more just and equitable society. |
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$25.00 - Safe WaterClean water isn’t always within reach. Many communities facing poverty rely on unsafe, contaminated or distant water sources. This gift helps people access life-giving clean water and reduce preventable diseases. |
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Safe WaterClean water isn’t always within reach. Many communities facing poverty rely on unsafe, contaminated or distant water sources. This gift helps people access life-giving clean water and reduce preventable diseases. |
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$25.00 - Adult LiteracyMany adults facing poverty never have the chance to attend or finish their schooling. This gift helps adults access rights, build confidence and enjoy new possibilities through literacy skills and learning opportunities. |
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Adult LiteracyMany adults facing poverty never have the chance to attend or finish their schooling. This gift helps adults access rights, build confidence and enjoy new possibilities through literacy skills and learning opportunities. |
$25.00 | ||||
$25.00 - Good FoodFood insecurity is a huge challenge for communities facing poverty. Help farmers to thrive with training, resources and support to sustainably grow nutritious food for themselves and their communities |
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Good FoodFood insecurity is a huge challenge for communities facing poverty. Help farmers to thrive with training, resources and support to sustainably grow nutritious food for themselves and their communities |
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$25.00 | |||
$30.00 - Disability AccessPoverty can compound challenges for people living with disabilities. This gift supports people living with disabilities to enjoy meaningful opportunities, restored relationships, and avenues to contribute to community transformation. |
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Disability AccessPoverty can compound challenges for people living with disabilities. This gift supports people living with disabilities to enjoy meaningful opportunities, restored relationships, and avenues to contribute to community transformation. |
$30.00 | ||||
$35.00 - Hand Washing for HealthDisease can spread easily when basic hygiene supplies are lacking. But the practice of effective hand washing can stop a disease in its tracks! Help communities stay healthy with a hand washing station and hygiene education. |
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Hand Washing for HealthDisease can spread easily when basic hygiene supplies are lacking. But the practice of effective hand washing can stop a disease in its tracks! Help communities stay healthy with a hand washing station and hygiene education. |
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$50.00 - GoatEmpower a family with a new source of nutrition and income: a goat! As well as providing milk and manure fertiliser, goats can be bred and passed on to other families, sharing the benefits throughout the community. Buy a goat and contribute to a long-term poverty-fighting project. |
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GoatEmpower a family with a new source of nutrition and income: a goat! As well as providing milk and manure fertiliser, goats can be bred and passed on to other families, sharing the benefits throughout the community. Buy a goat and contribute to a long-term poverty-fighting project. |
$50.00 | ||||
$50.00 - Healthy Mums and BabiesUnderlying poverty creates many challenges for mums and babies. Help families overcome these hurdles and thrive, with a gift that supports pre and postnatal care, volunteer birth attendants and health education. |
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Healthy Mums and BabiesUnderlying poverty creates many challenges for mums and babies. Help families overcome these hurdles and thrive, with a gift that supports pre and postnatal care, volunteer birth attendants and health education. |
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$50.00 - Women's EmpowermentLasting transformation happens when women are supported, connected and empowered. This gift impacts individual women, their families and communities through Self-Help Groups, training and income-generation activities. |
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Women's EmpowermentLasting transformation happens when women are supported, connected and empowered. This gift impacts individual women, their families and communities through Self-Help Groups, training and income-generation activities. |
$50.00 | ||||
$60.00 - Build a Village: The Complete KitThis gift helps adults learn basic literacy and numeracy skills, opening up the opportunity for a brighter future. |
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Build a Village: The Complete KitThis gift helps adults learn basic literacy and numeracy skills, opening up the opportunity for a brighter future. |
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$60.00 - Business Kick-StarterWithout a stable source of income, families can struggle under the burden of poverty. Help secure a livelihood and improve social participation by kick-starting a small business through a support network, training in new skills and access to a loan. |
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Business Kick-StarterWithout a stable source of income, families can struggle under the burden of poverty. Help secure a livelihood and improve social participation by kick-starting a small business through a support network, training in new skills and access to a loan. |
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$70.00 - Community HealthIn many communities around the world, health systems are under pressure and medical facilities are difficult to access. Empower locally-based health workers to reach vulnerable communities with life-giving care and services. |
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Community HealthIn many communities around the world, health systems are under pressure and medical facilities are difficult to access. Empower locally-based health workers to reach vulnerable communities with life-giving care and services. |
$70.00 | ||||
$70.00 - ToiletNot only do toilets improve hygiene, they provide safety, dignity and better health outcomes for everyone. Whether a school toilet block or a household latrine, this gift helps lead to healthier, empowered communities. |
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ToiletNot only do toilets improve hygiene, they provide safety, dignity and better health outcomes for everyone. Whether a school toilet block or a household latrine, this gift helps lead to healthier, empowered communities. |
$70.00 | ||||
$100.00 - Community School ClassAccessing education can be a huge challenge when students face barriers such as living in remote communities, conflict, and lack of resources. This gift helps create brighter futures for students in difficult contexts through access to schooling. |
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Community School ClassAccessing education can be a huge challenge when students face barriers such as living in remote communities, conflict, and lack of resources. This gift helps create brighter futures for students in difficult contexts through access to schooling. |
$100.00 | ||||
$100.00 - Mental Health SupportThe impacts of poverty can threaten people’s mental health and wellbeing, but a network of support can make a vital difference. This gift connects people with mental illness and their families with trained support workers and access to psychiatric services. |
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Mental Health SupportThe impacts of poverty can threaten people’s mental health and wellbeing, but a network of support can make a vital difference. This gift connects people with mental illness and their families with trained support workers and access to psychiatric services. |
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$250.00 - A Sustainable FutureTackling climate change offers a profound opportunity to create better lives for people. This gift helps people living in poverty to meet the challenges of a changing climate, and empowers Australian Christians to speak up and act for a more sustainable future. |
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A Sustainable FutureTackling climate change offers a profound opportunity to create better lives for people. This gift helps people living in poverty to meet the challenges of a changing climate, and empowers Australian Christians to speak up and act for a more sustainable future. |
$250.00 | ||||
$490.00 - Hope in Hard PlacesSupport life-giving work in some of the world’s most complex environments. This gift supports Christian partners who work courageously and tirelessly for hope and transformation in communities where people face the extremes of poverty and injustice. |
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Hope in Hard PlacesSupport life-giving work in some of the world’s most complex environments. This gift supports Christian partners who work courageously and tirelessly for hope and transformation in communities where people face the extremes of poverty and injustice. |
$490.00 | ||||
$990.00 - Social EnterpriseHelp unlock new opportunities for people facing poverty through entrepreneurship and enterprise. This gift helps Christian partners to provide training, seed funding and opportunities for entrepreneurs in developing countries to build viable businesses with positive social impact. |
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Social EnterpriseHelp unlock new opportunities for people facing poverty through entrepreneurship and enterprise. This gift helps Christian partners to provide training, seed funding and opportunities for entrepreneurs in developing countries to build viable businesses with positive social impact. |
$990.00 | ||||
$1,900.00 - Village Water SourceWhen a reliable source of water isn’t available, health and livelihoods are held back. A safe and sustainable source of water, and the training and resources to maintain it, can make all the difference for an entire village. |
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Village Water SourceWhen a reliable source of water isn’t available, health and livelihoods are held back. A safe and sustainable source of water, and the training and resources to maintain it, can make all the difference for an entire village. |
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* Should the number of items sold or the funds raised exceed the amount needed for the projects these gifts are intended to fund, Tearfund Australia will redirect donations to similar development work.