The Gift that Keeps on Giving

Are you looking for a gift that will keep on giving?

The Giving Exchange has a meaningful gift for that special someone who doesn't need more material things.

This holiday season transform your giving into impact. The Giving Exchange is excited to introduce our Holiday Gift Catalog, where you can purchase meaningful gifts and directly support our self-sustaining projects across Eastern Africa.

Whether it’s a dairy cow for a family, a sewing kit for a young entrepreneur, or notebooks for children, 100% of every gift helps activate hope and create long-term opportunity.

And this year, your impact goes twice as far.

For every donation up to $30,000, a generous donor will match your contribution, doubling the support sent to the communities we serve.

Together, we’re aiming to raise $60,000 by December 31 to expand our impact on our communities.

Give a Gift with Double Impact

Every gift you choose creates two powerful outcomes:

1. It meets a real need for a family or person in East Africa.
2. It strengthens the local businesses, cooperatives, and community organizations that produce these items, and funded by TGE.

How it Works

1. Review the gift catalogue below.
2. Click the green donate button and select the gift of your choice.
3. We’ll send you a beautiful digital gift card to print or forward your loved one.
4. Or, if you just want to help our mission, "choose your own amount".
5. Your gift is matched, doubling the impact.

Holiday Gift Catalogue

Double Impact:

For the children: Provides a continuous source of fresh milk, improving nutrition.

For the grassroots organization: Boosts milk production and generates income that helps fund school fees and healthcare.

Tailoring & Sewing

Sewing and tailoring empower young mothers to provide for their children, build confidence, and create a sustainable path toward financial independence.

3. Sewing Machine for a Young Mother ($200)

Double Impact:

• For the young mother: Teaches tailoring skills that help her generate income and support her family.
• For the community: Sustains a community-based organization that trains vulnerable young women in sewing, business skills, and financial independence.

Climate Action & Education

Gifts that protect the environment while fueling education and entrepreneurship.

4. Bio-Briquettes for Clean Cooking & Warmth ($50)

Double Impact:

• For the family: Provides safe, clean-burning briquettes for cooking and staying warm this holiday season.
• For the environment & local business: Supports a climate-friendly briquette enterprise while reducing reliance on firewood and deforestation.

5. School Notebooks for a Child ($25)

Double Impact:

• For the student: Supplies essential notebooks for school, helping them learn, stay engaged, and succeed academically.
• For the local business: Strengthens a paper-making cooperative that creates jobs and transforms recycled materials.

Give where needed most:

Choose the amount you would like to donate

Remember that all our projects now have basic business training to ensure entrepreneurs have the resources to implement self-sustaining projects.