Charity Christmas Gift Guide 2025

Charity Gifts for Christmas? Of course!

This Christmas, your gift can make a real difference. Children and families in developing communities face daily challenges, from hunger to lack of education, safe water, healthcare and basic essentials. By choosing a charity Christmas gift, you can bring joy to a loved one while helping children access the opportunities, nutrition, medical care and support they need to build a brighter future.

Our Charity Christmas Gift Guide 2025 makes it easy to find a meaningful, ethical and sustainable alternative to traditional presents. Explore the options below and see how your gift can help change lives this holiday season and beyond.

1. Christmas Gift Idea – Crisis Packs

Right now, families around the world are running out of food. Kids under five, people with health problems and families who’ve lost their income are struggling the most. Crises like earthquakes, floods, natural disasters and humanitarian emergencies make life even harder.

One way you can help this Christmas is by giving a Crisis Pack. Each pack includes staple foods like rice and peas, essentials such as soap, toothbrushes and blankets, and school items like bags, books and pencils – everything a family needs to stay safe and keep kids learning.

By giving a Crisis Pack, you’re providing hope, life-saving support and a real chance for families to get through tough times.

Price: $70

2. Christmas Gift Idea – One Hand-Washing Station

Handwashing is one of the simplest ways to stop the spread of infectious diseases. But in many developing communities, children don’t have access to clean water or soap.

This Christmas, you can make a real difference by donating a handwashing station in honour of someone you love. Your gift helps provide children with the clean water, soap and hygiene resources they need to stay healthy.

Handwashing may seem simple, but it’s a powerful way to protect children from preventable diseases – keeping them safe this festive season and beyond.

Price: $150

3. Christmas Gift Idea – Restock a Health Station

For families living in developing communities, health stations are usually the only nearby source of essential health care.

Your gift could help restock a health station with medicine, medical supplies, personal protective equipment and other necessities. Your charity Christmas gift will provide enough supplies to help many families.

Price: $250

4. Christmas Gift Idea – One Dozen Chickens

Give a family a brighter Christmas with a dozen chickens.

Our (and your) most popular gift for good – and for good reason! Yes, they’re super cute, but that’s not the only reason they’re so loved. Chickens give families a steady supply of eggs to eat, and any extras can be sold at the market for some much-needed income. They’re easy to look after, and even their waste can fertilise crops – a win for food and farming.

Your gift makes a real difference, giving kids and families food, hope and a bit of security this festive season.

Price: $110

5. Christmas Gift Idea – Mosquito Nets

A mosquito net is one of the most cost-effective ways to prevent malaria – a disease that still tragically kills one child under five every minute. This Christmas, gifting a mosquito net can protect a child from disease-carrying insects. Your donation helps kids sleep safely at night and wake up healthy, ready for a brighter tomorrow.

Price: $10

6. Christmas Gift Idea – One Dairy Goat

A Goat for a G.O.A.T? We think so.

Goats provide families with fresh milk, yoghurt and cheese, helping children stay healthy and grow strong. Extra milk or cheese can be sold by parents to pay for school fees and other essential needs.

Donating a dairy goat as a charity Christmas gift for a loved one, friend, family member or colleague this year gives families a much-needed lifeline and a real chance for a better future.

Price: $100

7. Christmas Gift Idea – School Supplies

Let’s help kids dream BIG!

This Christmas, gifting a school supplies set can set children up for success. For kids living in remote communities, getting to school and staying in class can be a real challenge – long walks, no nearby schools, and a lack of basic resources make learning even harder.

By giving a school supplies set, you’re helping children have the tools they need to learn, create and take steps toward a brighter future.

Price: $76

8. Christmas Gift Idea – Walkers

Give the gift of freedom this Christmas with a walker.

For a child with a disability living in rural or remote communities, even simple steps can be a huge challenge. Lack of mobility can make getting to school and accessing education and opportunities much harder.

A walker can transform their world, helping them move safely, explore their surroundings and take part in daily life their own way. Your gift of mobility offers freedom, dignity and a brighter future – giving children the chance to access learning, connect with others and live life more independently.

Price: $80

Why Charity Christmas Cards?

This Christmas, give the gift of hope with a ChildFund Australia charity Christmas card . Donate a Gift for Good and you’ll receive an card carrying a personalised message, or a postal card with a beautiful illustration and description of your chosen gift. You can also choose a PDF card that you can print anytime. Each card you choose helps support vulnerable children and families across the globe.

Learn more about where your donation goes, and how we choose our gifts for maximum impact. 

Change Lives this Holiday Season

When choosing what to give for Christmas, you can’t go past charity Christmas gifts that have the power to change the lives of those who need it most. Your donation will be greatly appreciated by your loved one and the children and their families that they help.

Browse our Gifts for Good and choose how you’ll change a child’s life this Christmas.