Changing The Present

So it's christmas time again, and that means all sorts of crowded shopping areas with people fighting to buy absolutely useless gifts. Fortunately my friends over at Worldchanging have a post about another website called changing the present which allows you to buy gifts for non-profit organisations. The real kicker is that the gifts are very specific so it's not like a blanket donation, there are hundreds of different gifts to choose from for things from mosquito nets to cooking stoves to microfinance for villages. I'm super excited because this appeals to my lazy nature, it means I can buy gifts without feeling guilty and hopefully raising the recipients awareness as well.

Update: Arrrgh! They only accept US, Canadian, German and UK credit cards at the moment. Had to resort to kalahari.net e-vouchers. Hopefully they'll get their asses into gear by next year (with gift vouchers as well!).

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