World Vision Canada is urging you to join others in Manitoba in giving a gift from their gift catalogue.  Their Regional Rep for Manitoba Chris Schroeder says gifts can range from livestock to clean water to school and medical supplies for families in developing countries noting he has visited a community that received six goats from Canadians who responded to their gift catalogue and those six goats became twelve becoming twenty-four supporting more families. He says they were able to use the natural droppings from the goats to increase the yield on their crops, purchase sewing machines so they can make their own clothes and he’s received word that the project he visited no longer needs World Vision because they’re self sustaining.

Last year 23 hundred people in Manitoba gave more that 421 thousand dollars worth of gifts from their catalogue with 33 of those in the northern region giving more that 9, 500 dollars.  You can learn more at www.worldvision.ca/gifts.