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Gift

Catalog

2013-2014

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Make this year different: give it forward. Give a gift of love and light, and help one more family plant a vegetable garden, one more child get the literacy books she needs, or one more hurricane survivor find shelter and warmth.

1. Select the gift you want to give. Look through this catalog or shop online at worldrenewgifts.net.

2. Place your order. Donate online or complete the order form in this catalog and mail it to World Renew.

3. Receive a gift acknowl-edgement card specific to each item you donate. Let a loved one know that you made a gift in his or her honor by requesting printed note cards for each item. If you give online, you can also choose to send an e-card.

(Be sure to request printed acknowledgement cards by December 3 to ensure their arrival before Christmas.)

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“This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? Let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.”

—1 John 3:16-17

Isn’t it amazing that God would send his Son to die on our behalf? Out of gratitude for this incredible gift and inspired by God’s own deep passion for justice and mercy, World Renew works in some of the world’s most difficult places to help people overcome disaster, fight injustice, and renew their hope for a better future.

Your support is critical to this ministry. As you read through this catalog, remember God’s awe-inspiring love for you and prayerfully consider what you can do to “give it forward” to an individual, family, or community in need.

What Does the Maple Leaf Mean?Help your ministry dollars go further. The maple leaf symbol indicates an item that will receive matching funds from the Canadian government through Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada (DFATD). DFATD has committed to providing World Renew with more than $7 million in funding over the next five years, provided that World Renew raises a portion of the program costs from individuals and churches in Canada.

About World Renew

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were established by the United Nations thirteen years ago. These eight goals work together to overcome the barriers that keep the poor powerless, voiceless, and vulnerable. You can learn more about the MDGs and World Renew’s related ministry at worldrenew.net/MDG.

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Give Water and Sanitation

How do you get a drink of water? Walk to a sink and turn on the faucet, right? For many people the world over, getting water requires a daily long walk with a heavy bucket. In many places there isn’t a reliable source of clean drinking water. In still other places, water supplies have dried up due to drought. World Renew works with communities to improve their access to clean water, both by providing new sources of water through treadle pumps and wells and by providing water filters to purify water. World Renew also helps communities improve sanitation through the installation of latrines.

Latrine

$40Treadle pump

$230

This pump provides farmers in Mozambique with water in the dry season and increased harvests.

In Honduras a ceramic water filter means the difference between health and perpetual sickness.

Good sanitation is essential for good health.

Water filter

$25

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Give Livestock

Animals act as live “piggy banks” for a family—livestock are an asset they can sell to pay for an unexpected trip to the medical clinic or to buy food during times of drought. Calves and goats are part of World Renew’s livestock multiplication program. Here’s how it works: a few families in each community are given a calf or goat kid. When the mature animal produces offspring, recipients keep one young animal and give the remaining calves and goat kids to other needy households in the community. In this way, each livestock gift from the gift catalog multiplies and blesses many individuals and families.

Goat

$40Sheep

$60Calf

$90

Calves are raised in Bangladesh to provide milk to drink or to sell for extra income.

A goat is an asset a family can sell in a time of need.

In Guatemala a sheep provides wool, meat, and manure for the farm.

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Nutritious food. Clean air. Good health. We sometimes take these gifts for granted in North America. Yet millions of people around the world are malnourished, both physically and spiritually. Through World Renew’s health programs, HIV testing kits lead to earlier diagnosis and better treatment for HIV-positive individuals. Nutrition kits are distributed to children in Honduras, improving their health and ability to focus on their chores and schoolwork. Chimneys are installed in homes around the world, delivering wood smoke to the outdoors and greatly improving the quality of indoor air.

HIV testing

$1.50Nutrition kit for children

$17Chimney

$20

A chimney reduces wood smoke in the home, providing clean air to breathe.

HIV test kits are used in Nigeria for early diagnosis, which leads to better treatment.

This kit of soybeans, vitamins, and medicine will help a child in Honduras stay healthy.

Give Health

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Give Freedom from Poverty What parent doesn’t want the best for his or her children? Through World Renew’s Free A Family® program you can help parents create a better future for their children. Parents participate in trainings across the spectrum of community development programming including health, nutrition, agriculture, literacy, and small business development. The end result for all participants is nutritious food, clean water, improved health, and increased income.

One month

$22One year

$264

$22 helps one family improve their lives for a month.

To help a family for an entire year, write in $264 on the order form.

Regions:AsiaEast AfricaLatin AmericaSouthern AfricaWest Africa

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Learn how you can become

a recurring monthly Free A Family® donor at worldrenew.net/freeafamily to help families through-

out the year.

“Teach a Person to Fish” If you give a person a fish, he eats for a day. If you teach a person to fish, she eats for a lifetime. The adage rings true, doesn’t it? Sometimes organizations try to help communities struggling under the weight of poverty by handing out food. And that helps for today. But to achieve lasting change we must equip women and men and their communities with the skills and tools to overcome poverty in their own strength. We assist. We encourage. We train. But it is the courageous, tenacious men and women of the world’s communities who must achieve lasting change.

Trainings

$10

$10 supports World Renew’s life-changing trainings that address issues such as economic empowerment, nutrition, literacy, leadership, and village savings and loan.

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Give Where Needed Most

Real lasting change. A gift to Where Needed Most helps World Renew achieve lasting change wherever the need is greatest. Whether it’s a child in India who needs a vaccination, a father in Nigeria who can feed his family better through improved agricultural practices, or a young woman in Honduras who wants to learn to read and write, you can trust World Renew to use your gift where it will do the most good.

Where Needed Most

$25

World Renew will use this gift to respond to the most critical needs around the world.

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Give a Gift of Disaster Recovery

North AmericaHurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and other disasters put already at-risk families in an even more challenging situation. Sometimes a homeowner is facing a personal or financial difficulty or lacks home insurance. World Renew’s Disaster Response Services (DRS) comes alongside individuals and families, providing both home repair and a listening ear, serving as the hands and feet of Christ to thousands of people each year.

Small tools

$20Building materials

$50Volunteers use hammers, screwdrivers, and paint-brushes to repair disaster survivors’ homes.

Nails, screws, and two-by-fours help volunteers rebuild homes and bolster disaster survivors’ hope.

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Give a Gift of Disaster Recovery

Around the WorldTyphoons, floods, droughts, war, and other disasters deeply affect millions each year around the world. World Renew’s international disaster response program provides immediate assistance after the disaster strikes, as well as long-term recovery programs.

Emergency supplies

$20Transitional

house

$300Clean Water

$250

Help provide a well, filtration system, or bottled water for a disaster-impacted community.

Meet urgent needs for blankets, kitchen pots, or soap to help disaster survivors cope.

Provide shelter to disaster survivors, giving warmth, protection, and security.

Additional shelter gifts:$25 Tarp

$100 Tent

$3,500 Permanent house

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Literacy textbook

$5Lantern

$15Literacy set

$40

This set of materials provides everything needed for one student for one year in Tanzania.

Literacy books help adults in Zambia learn how to read and write.

Lanterns provide light for studying in the evening.

Give Education Imagine going to the grocery store and not knowing how much an apple costs. Would you trust the cashier to charge you the correct amount? For millions worldwide, this is a familiar scenario. Help women and men learn to read and write and learn their numbers with an education gift through World Renew. Improved literacy and math skills lead to confidence in many daily situations that North Americans often take for granted, such as a trip to the grocery store. They also lead to improved livelihood opportunities, which in turn lead to improved income, food security, and education for children.

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Maize Seed

$15Beehive

$30Farmer

exchange visit

$80Farmers travel to neighboring communities to learn new agriculture techniques.

A bag of maize seed gives farmers in Zambia a good start on producing nutritious food.

An improved beehive helps families produce more honey, increasing their income.

Give Agriculture One meal a day. Or less. Can you imagine trying to make it through your day on one meal? Give a gift of agriculture through World Renew to change this reality for someone else. A gift of seeds equips farmers with a stronger crop and a more promising harvest. A beehive helps a family produce more honey, providing more to sell and improving their financial security. A farmer exchange visit powerfully demonstrates to farmers the positive impact of changing their agricultural practices. When they apply what they learn, they increase their harvests and provide more food for their families year-round.

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Sewing machine

$60Microloan

$50Village

savings and loan starter kit

$60Community members contribute to a savings fund, taking turns borrowing and repaying small loans to start and grow businesses.

A sewing machine helps a person in Bangladesh start a sewing business.

A microloan gives a man or woman the funding needed to start an income-generation project.

Give a Gift of Livelihood Sometimes people have a great desire to change their lives but they lack the means. By working with others in the community, a woman can take out a small loan to start a business. Little by little she can repay the loan, allowing another community member to borrow money to do the same. As her business grows, she can take another loan to make another positive change, perhaps this time buying a chicken in order to sell the eggs to pay for her child’s school tuition. Livelihood gifts like this can mean the difference between a dream staying a dream and a dream becoming a reality.

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Give Hope

Give hope this year with a gift of legal assistance or transportation. Help a Honduran navigate legal matters with a gift of legal assistance. Or help a literacy teacher reach more communities with the gift of a bicycle. A motorcycle means that more communities are reached by World Renew’s partner staff, helping more men and women achieve lasting change in their lives.

Legal assistance

$20

Bicycle

$120

Help a Honduran receive much-needed legal assistance.

A bicycle gives families access to health care and a literacy teacher access to more villages.

Motorcycle

$5,500

A motorcycle allows partner organization staff to visit many neighboring villages, helping farmers grow improved crops.

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World Renew Order FormRequest gift acknowlegement cards by December 3.

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Item Price Qty Total # of cards Beehive $30 ________ $________ _____ 505295Bicycle $120 ________ $________ _____ 505286Building Materials $50 ________ $________ _____ 514063Calf $90 ________ $________ _____ 505287Chimney $20 ________ $________ _____ 505921Clean Water $250 ________ $________ _____ 515293Emergency Supplies $20 ________ $________ _____ 515124Farmer Exchange Visit $80 ________ $________ _____ 505871Free A Family® Asia $22 ________ $________ _____ 505232Free A Family® East Africa $22 ________ $________ _____ 505659Free A Family® Latin America $22 ________ $________ _____ 505236Free A Family® Southern Africa $22 ________ $________ _____ 505660Free A Family® West Africa $22 ________ $________ _____ 505231Goat $40 ________ $________ _____ 505288HIV Testing $1.50 ________ $________ _____ 505294Lantern $15 ________ $________ _____ 505874Latrine $40 ________ $________ _____ 505838Legal Assistance $20 ________ $________ _____ 505285Literacy Set $40 ________ $________ _____ 505296Literacy Textbook $5 ________ $________ _____ 505297Maize Seed $15 ________ $________ _____ 505298Microloan $50 ________ $________ _____ 505292Motorcycle $5,500 ________ $________ _____ 505293Nutrition Kit $17 ________ $________ _____ 505547Permanent House $3,500 ________ $________ _____ 515304Sewing Machine $60 ________ $________ _____ 505271Sheep $60 ________ $________ _____ 505576Small Tools $20 ________ $________ _____ 514060Tarp $25 ________ $________ _____ 515305Tent $100 ________ $________ _____ 515306Trainings $10 ________ $________ _____ 505289Transitional House $300 ________ $________ _____ 515307Treadle Pump $230 ________ $________ _____ 505290Village Savings & Loan Starter Kit $60 ________ $________ _____ 505291Water Filter $25 ________ $________ _____ 505586

I would also like to add a donation to help World Renew’s work where needed most around the world $________ 501210 TOTAL $________

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Your gift is tax deductible. You can access World Renew’s financial information by downloading the annual report at worldrenew.net, or by requesting a print copy at 800-730-3490. Gifts to fields that are oversubscribed will be directed toward projects that have a similar intent or location.

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