Christmas Giving Guide

This Christmas season, there are three ways to help children in need in Ethiopia, Africa. 

Bless your Sponsored Child

Meet an essential need for your sponsored child, such as clothing, shoes, bedding or rent support. Help your child have a wonderful Christmas celebration by providing a special dinner. Secure your child’s future by contributing to their bank savings account.

Bless any Child

Touch the life of a child with an urgent need for food or other support. Ensure that a child without a mattress receives one. Give the gift of vision to a child struggling to see.

Bless the Ministry

Underwrite a ministry need in full, such as hunger relief for our most food insecure families or shoes, beds or backpacks for every child going without.

Bless a Child

Provide a gift for your sponsored child or any urgent needs child in the ministry.

Backpack

$ 25 USD

Fourteen children are in need of a backpack for carrying their books to and from school..

Clothing

$ 50 USD

Thirty one children need clean clothing that fits well and is free of large tears and holes.

Eyeglasses

$ 100 USD

Four children need eyeglasses to improve their vision for school and life.

Shoes

$ 40 USD

Fifty two children lack properly fitting shoes to protect their feet.

Grain Support

$30 USD

Four families are highly food insecure.

Grooming Kit

$ 35 USD

Ninety six teens need grooming essentials.

Rent Relief

$30 USD

Nineteen families are struggling to pay rent.

Mattress

$75 USD

Thirty four children need a mattress of their own to sleep on.

Bed Frame

$ 180 USD

Thirty five children need a bed frame to keep them off the floor at night.

Clean Bedding

$ 65 USD

Twenty six children need a clean, warm blanket and pillow. 

Christmas Meal

Make Christmas extra special for a child by providing a feast of healthy and delicious foods they couldn't afford to enjoy otherwise. 

Saving for the Future

Each child in the BCI program has a secure bank account that anyone can contribute to, but only the child will have access to and must reach the age of 18 before withdrawing funds. Contributing to your child’s savings account will help set them up for independent living when they reach adulthood.

Social Worker Bonus

Our social workers are a gift to the ministry. They work tirelessly on behalf of the children. Consider helping us provide a bonus to your child’s social worker.

Underwrite a Ministry Need

Backpacks

$350 USD

Give 14 children a backpack for transporting their books to and from school.

Beds, Mattresses, Blankets

$ 10,540 USD

Help 35 children sleep soundly in their own beds at night.

Clothing

$ 1,550 USD

Provide an outfit to 31 children who lack adequate clothing.

Eyeglasses

$400 USD

Give the gift of improved vision to four children who struggle with poor eyesight.

Hunger Relief

$ 1,440 USD

Meet the need for monthly grain support for a full year for four food-insecure families.

Grooming Kits for Teens

$ 3,360 USD

Provide a grooming kit to 96 teens, including shampoo, hair oil, comb/brush and more.

Rent Relief

$570 USD

Keep a roof over the head of nineteen families struggling to pay their rent.

Shoes

$ 2,080 USD

Protect the feet of 52 children in need of clean, well-fitting shoes.

Christmas Meal

$ 3,000 USD

Ensure that every child in the program has a meal ticket for our Christmas dinner.

Where Needed Most

Make a donation to the ministry to be used where needed most.

“Christmas is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it’s Christmas.” - Dale Evans Rogers

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