Better than Beckham's?
06 Nov 09
INF piglets: cheaper than Beckham's
INF piglets: cheaper than Beckham's

Soccer star David Beckham is reportedly getting a present of two piglets costing US$2,300 this Christmas. If his wife Victoria had bought two piglets from INF's brand new gift catalogue she would have saved a lot of money - INF's piglets cost just US$65 [or €46 / £40 / Aus$79 / NZ$97]...

However, if former 'Spice Girl' Victoria had shopped with INF, the piglets would have been received not by her husband David but by an INF client with disability in Nepal, to help start a pig-farming business.

Next week INF offices in North America, the UK, Australia and New Zealand plan to launch a printed version of the new INF gift catalogue. On Monday 16 November INF plans to launch an online version at www.inf.org/gifts

Q: What do you buy for the person who has everything?
A: Something for someone who has next to nothing

Whether for Christmas, a birthday, wedding, anniversary or other occasion, the INF gift catalogue enables you to buy presents for friends and family which will also provide vital help for poor people in Nepal.

Each time you buy something from the INF gift catalogue you receive a card describing the gift. You can then send the card to the friend or family member who is the 'recipient' of your gift. If you use the online catalogue you will have the additional option of sending e-cards. INF will allocate the money given to the type of work indicated by the gift.

The 34 gifts in the new INF catalogue come in a wide variety of categories and prices:

Food & accommodation

  • Food for a patient for a week [US$12 / €8 / £7 / Aus$14 * / NZ$18]
  • Food for a hospital for a day [US$136 / €96 / £83 / Aus$165 / NZ$202]
  • A two-night stay in hospital [US$13 / €9 / £8 / Aus$15 * / NZ$19]
  • Small house for a person with disability [US$978 / €693 / £595 / Aus$1187 * / NZ$1457]
  • An INF hospital bed for a year [US$1587 / €1125 / £966 / Aus$1926 / NZ$2364]

Health & welfare

  • Leprosy self-care kit [US$14 / €10 / £9 / Aus$17 * / NZ$21]
  • Shoes for people with leprosy [US$19 / €13 / £11 / Aus$23 * / NZ$28]
  • Stool test [US$30 / €21 / £18 / Aus$36 / NZ$44]
  • Braces for people with spinal cord injury [US$55 / €39 / £33 / Aus$66 / NZ$82]
  • Theatre time & materials for an operation [US$65 / €46 / £40 / Aus$79 / NZ$97]
  • Two weeks' physio- and occupational therapy [US$153 / €108 / £93 / Aus$185 / NZ$227]
  • Local Partner Organisation set-up costs [US$652 / €462 / £397 / Aus$791 * / NZ$971]

Livestock & poultry

  • Two piglets [US$65 / €46 / £40 / Aus$79 * / NZ$97]
  • Two piglets, feed & farmer training [US$209 / €148 / £127 / Aus$253 * / NZ$311]
  • One hundred chicks [US$104 / €74 / £63 / Aus$127 * / NZ$155]
  • Two goats [US$117 / €83 / £71 / Aus$142 * / NZ$175]
  • Two goats, training & equipment [US$153 / €108 / £93 / Aus$185 * / NZ$227]
  • An ox & feed [US$235 / €166 / £143 / Aus$285 * / NZ$350]
  • Buffalo [US$326 / €231 / £198 / Aus$396 * / NZ$486]
  • Buffalo, feed & training [US$426 / €302 / £259 / Aus$518 * / NZ$635]

Sanitation & hygiene

  • Materials for one toilet [US$89 / €63 / £54 / Aus$109 * / NZ$133]
  • One toilet, flown to Mugu [US$156 / €111 / £95 / Aus$190 * / NZ$233]

Training & education

  • Toys for children with disability [US$8 / €6 / £5 / Aus$9 / NZ$12]
  • Kitchen garden training [US$21 / €15 / £13 / Aus$25 * / NZ$31]
  • Non-formal education class [US$52 / €37 / £32 / Aus$63 * / NZ$78]
  • School books & equipment for a child [US$55 / €39 / £33 / Aus$66 * / NZ$82]
  • Prevention of disability course [US$78 / €55 / £48 / Aus$95 / NZ$117]
  • Tailoring materials & training [US$251 / €185 / £159 / Aus$317 * / NZ$389]
  • Shop & training [US$361 / €256 / £220 / Aus$438 * / NZ$538]
  • Vocational training [US$978 / €693 / £595 / Aus$1187 * / NZ$1457]

Transport & mobility

  • Transport for a hospital patient [US$52 / €37 / £32 / Aus$63 * / NZ$78]
  • Transport for a hospital patient & helper [US$91 / €65 / £56 / Aus$111 * / NZ$136]
  • Wheelchair [US$262 / €191 / £164 / Aus$327 / NZ$402]
  • Artificial legs [US$307 / €218 / £187 / Aus$373 / NZ$457]

Taxpayers in the USA can buy all gifts tax-deductibly.

Taxpayers in the UK can buy all gifts tax-efficiently.

Gifts which are tax-deductible for taxpayers in Australia are marked with an asterisk [ * ] next to the Aus$ price in the list above.

For further information about the INF gift catalogue, please contact your nearest INF office via the red links above.

'Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!' 2 CORINTHIANS 9:15

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