Giving Catalog

One of the simplest ways to improve the health of the very youngest children is to make sure that expectant moms get all the nutrients they need. Babies whose mothers take prenatal vitamins thrive both physically and cognitively, and are protected from many tragic birth defects. A small donation with tremendous impact.

Vitamin Angels connects millions of children and mothers-to-be around the world with the nutrients they need for improved health – and what simpler solution to childhood illness could you hope for than prevention? We learned about this 4-star charity from Nicholas Kristof, a long-time champion of global women’s health.

Vitamin Angels’ Thrive to Five program reaches at-risk children under five with essential nutrients before their health and development are negatively impacted, and provides vital nutrients to new and expecting mothers to improve the health of both mother and child.

Your gift helps Vitamin Angels provide essential nutrients to new and expecting mothers, increasing the health of mothers and children around the world.

North America: Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Mississippi, Missouri, Utah, and West Virginia.
Central America and the Caribbean: Belize, Guatemala, and Nicaragua. South America: Peru.
Africa: Cote D’Ivoire, Kenya, Madagascar, Nigeria, Sierra Leone
Asia: India, Nepal, Uzbekistan

Pure and plentiful water is just a dream for millions of people around the world. You can help bring clean water to communities in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and South Africa that lack this most basic necessity. You’ll be improving health and hygiene for entire families, and also training local leaders to effectively manage and maintain this precious resource.

AMREF was the first charity we called when looking for a partner to distribute mosquito netting, because they don’t just pass out bed nets: their community health workers train people to correctly install nets using pictures that resonate with local cultures. Giving Catalog gifts also fund AMREF’s clean water projects and mobile medical clinics.

Your gift will help one of AMREF’s water and sanitation improvement projects in Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, South Africa, Tanzania or Uganda.

Everyone looks forward to weekends, right? But for children who rely on the breakfasts and lunches they receive at school, weekends can be a hungry time. Your local food bank’s weekend backpack program sends these kids home on Fridays with a backpack full of nutritionally balanced foods to sustain them and their families through the weekend. This program pays big dividends: educators report that kids who receive weekend backpacks feel more secure, engage more positively with their peers, and show more interest in school as a result.

Nearly 1 in 5 American children will go without food some time this year. You can help combat food insecurity in your community by providing a food bank with a selection of items to distribute to children in need, through programs like this one.  

Simple Gifts works with each of our Fundraising Partners to identify a food bank in their community or state that will benefit from this gift.

Can a vitamin really do that? Vitamin A can! This powerful nutrient can shield young children from a whole host of serious illnesses, including devastating blindness, by improving their immune function. Supplementation costs very little, and can have an enormous impact on the life of a child.

Vitamin Angels connects millions of children and mothers-to-be around the world with the nutrients they need for improved health – and what simpler solution to childhood illness could you hope for than prevention? We learned about this 4-star charity from Nicholas Kristof, a long-time champion of global women’s health.

Through Operation 20/20, Vitamin Angels connects infants, children and lactating women with vitamin A, focusing on underserved populations and those without access to facility-based health services.

Vitamin Angels' Operation 20/20 has reached approximately 20,000,000 infants and children and about 4,000,000 lactating women on three continents.

South America: Bolivia and Peru.
Central America and the Caribbean: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, and Nicaragua.
Africa: Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, Cote D’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Uganda, and Zambia.
Asia: Afghanistan , Bangladesh, Cambodia, Gaza, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam.

Can you imagine walking five miles just to see a doctor? Journeys like this are common in Africa, where many people live in far-flung settlements or travel with their herds throughout the year. Help bring medicine for deadly malaria and blinding trachoma to kids in these remote villages through community-based clinics and mobile medical teams.

AMREF was the first charity we called when looking for a partner to distribute mosquito netting, because they don’t just pass out bed nets: their community health workers train people to correctly install nets using pictures that resonate with local cultures. Giving Catalog gifts also fund AMREF’s clean water projects and mobile medical clinics.

Your gift funds one of AMREF’s ongoing projects in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.