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How the Gift Catalogue works

Gifts create lasting change for children and families who need it the most.

You get to give meaningful gifts that change lives!


When you choose a gift from the World Vision Gift Catalogue, you're helping kids and communities in the world's toughest places to build brighter futures for themselves. Each gift represents the life-changing work New Zealanders like you are making possible right now through projects focused on education, emergencies, the environment, family income, child health and nutrition. You also get to share the love with someone special to you. If you buy a gift in honour of a friend or loved one, you can choose a free card explaining the life-changing impact of your gift.


These gifts represent the life-changing work we’re doing right now.

These gifts represent the life-changing work we’re doing right now.

When you gift a chicken, a goat, or a back to school pack, you're helping to change the world for kids, their families and entire communities. 

When you give garden tools, you're really giving so much more – you're contributing to projects that boost family income around the world. When you give towards training a teacher, you're helping to run education programmes that allow millions of children to attend school every year. 

If a community is gifted more chickens than they need, we'll use your chicken donation to tackle similar, urgent problems children face. This way, you can be sure children are receiving exactly what they need most to thrive.  



Most popular gifts!


For those special moments - we've got you covered.

For those special moments - we've got you covered.

When you buy a gift, you not only change the lives of children and families who need it most - you also get to share the love with someone special to you.

Each gift you buy comes with a Printed Card or eCard (you pick) to personalise, explaining the life-changing impact you’ve made on your loved one’s behalf.

Give gifts that matter to say Thank You, Happy Birthday, Congratulations, In Loving Memory, or to make any occasion more meaningful, any time of year.


You can gift a greener future for people and the planet.

You can gift a greener future for people and the planet.

The climate crisis is affecting everyone, but the world's most vulnerable children are bearing the brunt of its impacts, despite being the least responsible for it.

With an Environment gift, you can help change that. When you gift tree seedlings, or help a community revive a forest, or provide training on climate-smart farming, your gift will change lives and fight climate change at the same time.

You can help families to find sustainable sources of food and income, protect their natural resources, and give children the gift of a greener future.

If a community is gifted more tree seedlings than they need, we'll use your tree-seedling donation to tackle similar, urgent problems children face.

You can make a life-changing difference today.

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FAQs

From goats to vege gardens, clean water to books, each gift represents the life-changing work we are doing right now with communities. For example, if you give a pig, you’re giving a donation to a community’s agricultural and farming projects. If you build a toilet, you’re contributing to a community’s health projects. 

After decades of experience, World Vision has found this is the most effective way to really help a community and be sure funds go where they are most needed within sectors. 

 
When you order a printed gift card you can choose to have a personalised message printed inside the card, or if you would like to handwrite your message you can leave the 'message' section blank.

When you order a printed Smiles card you need to enter the card recipient details which are used to post the card to the recipient. These details (name and postal address) are not printed on the gift card. You can enter your own details if you would like the card posted to yourself.
Yes, the more gifts you buy the greater impact your donation will make. 

When you choose a gift by selecting the ‘add’ button, simply do this for each of the gifts you would like to purchase, before selecting ‘Next’. You can add another gift onto your order any time before you select ‘Confirm’.
Yes, you are able to select who receives each card, so you can enter the names of your loved ones, or your own name.
No, if you would like to buy a selection of eCards and Printed cards, you will need to complete separate transactions.
You can select the delivery date for your eCard to be sent to the recipient, if you would like the eCard to be delivered on the same day please allow up to 2 hours for the eCard to arrive.
If you select an eCard you will be able to schedule the delivery date, ensuring it arrives in time for Christmas.

If you select a Printed card for New Zealand delivery, we recommend that you purchase your gifts before Sunday 17 of December to meet NZ Post’s recommendation that all mail is lodged before Tuesday 19 December.

If you select a Printed card for Overseas delivery, NZ Post recommends that the mail is lodged by the following dates:
  • Australia – Tuesday 5 December
  • South Pacific, Asia, North America, UK and Europe – Monday 4 December 
  • Rest of world – Friday 1 November
Yes, eCards can be received both in New Zealand and overseas.

For printed cards, when entering the address, select 'Manually enter address' and ensure all the fields are filled in correctly.
 
We use NZ Post services. They have a delivery target of 3-10 working days. Contact NZ Post for more information.
We don't send individual gifts overseas. It is best for the community to source locally, and many gifts involve training and support. 

By sourcing gifts locally we know we are providing crops and livestock that are best suited for the local climate and conditions. It also means we can boost a local economy.
As your donations are pooled into your gift sector we can be sure that each community is getting what they need most. We won’t simply give them hundreds of goats if that’s not the most beneficial livestock for them. We will source other livestock such as cows or chickens from the Agriculture and Income sector to best fit a community’s needs.
The prices vary according to the costs associated with the type of programme or activity each gift represents. Where possible, we will purchase the items required for our work from within the local country to support local economies.
Our Gift catalogue represents our current activities carried out in our relief and community development projects. The prices reflect the costs involved in providing children and families with so much more than just a simple gift. While these prices are generally indicative, because gifts are pooled, your contribution goes toward part of the cost. The costs reflect the implementation of real, life-altering change through each gift. This includes operational training, education, and on-going support. 
No, sorry. The gifts featured in this year's gift catalogue represent the current needs of the children, families and communities where we work.


We ensure all resources entrusted to us are used effectively to bring maximum impact.

As part of an international partnership working in nearly 100 countries, World Vision New Zealand pursues the highest standards of stewardship and accountability.

In 2023, 82% of World Vision New Zealand's total operating expenses were used for international program support that benefited children, families and communities in need. Learn more.