Responsible giving: gifts with a difference at Christmas

Set up in 1988, Send a Cow works with African families to give them the means to create a sustainable future from their land. The charity tackles barriers to social development such as gender inequality and negative stereotyping through education, to help those marginalised to thrive.

Send a Cow offer a great variety of presents for those looking to do something more with their gifts this year; from donations to support families in Africa, which can go towards buying tools, seeds and even educational programs for schools and cooking classes. They also have great keep-cups and camping mugs. Whether it's a donation or a physical item, you know this present does some good.

Raising funds to flush away poverty, this fantastic charity works to give people in poor communities access to clean water, a decent toilet and education on hygiene: a crucial combination for combating the spread of disease, reducing the number of deaths among children and giving hope for the future.

Toilet Twinning enables you to 'twin' a toilet in your home or place of work with a basic facility in a poor community. A toilet twinning donation makes a fantastic Christmas or house-warming present with a difference - they send you a framed certificate to hang in the loo and you could even buy a gift box with toilet roll!