Christmas really is coming! Here is a range of Christmas present ideas from Traidcraft, and buying them through the links below raises money for Christian Aid. If there’s not anything you fancy here – have a browse around the Traidcraft shop for more ideas.

Buying goods and presents for Christmas using the links on the Surefish Shop and searching the individual sites raises money for Christian Aid. These prices were correct at the time of going to press, but may vary. All items subject to availability.

We have linked directly to the featured products where possible. If you a link goes to a home page, please search within that site for the featured product - Christian Aid will still receive a percentage of what you spend!

Stocking fillers

Monkey skipping rope - £4 – skipping rope with hand-painted wooden handles, made at a project in Sri Lanka providing work and training for disadvantaged young people.

Bird whistles - £4.80 – hand-painted terracotta whistles with seven air holes, made by local people in poor regions in Peru.

Fair Trade Chocolate Santas and Snowmen - £1.40 – milk chocolate balls made with fair trade sugar and cocoa.

Little Box of Christmas Wishes - £3.50 – mini hand-made cards in a bamboo box made in the Philippines by a company providing job security and good working conditions.

Under a tenner

Bead droplet set - £4 – beautiful hand-made necklace and earring set in copper and black glass.

Christmas tree candles - £4.50 – two white and one red candles hand-made in Bangladesh by fair trade artisans, many of whom are women.

Cat family jigsaw - £9.60 – a cute six-piece hand-painted wooden jigsaw puzzle made in post-tsunami Sri Lanka.

Gardener’s Hand Salve - £5.95 – fair trade Rosemary & Lavender gardener’s hand salve, made using olive oil, cocoa butter, shea butter and sesame oil.

£10 - 30

Alpaca bunny rabbit - £26 – a cuddly rabbit hand-knitted out of alpaca fibres supplied by an organisation working with native hand-knitters in the poorer parts of Peru.

Recycled glass water carafe - £10 – a recycled glass carafe and glass made in Bolivia from bottles collected locally.

Pirate ship - £24 – a hand-painted wooden pirate ship complete with mermaid, made at a project in Sri Lanka providing training and jobs for young people.

Raspberry silk and cotton scarf - £10 - handmade in Vietnam by craftspeople working and training for a better life.

£30 - £60

Silver & black onyx necklace - £60 – a hand-made silver and onyx necklace made by a craft group in Bali.

Fair Trade Christmas hamper - £60 – a Vietnamese water hyacinth basked filled with yummy Fair Trade Christmas treats.

Silk paisley belted tunic - £45 – a woman’s tunic in printed silk made by fair trade producers in India.

Recycled aluminium baskets - £32 – baskets made from recycled aluminium made by a craft group in Indonesia.

Over £60

Case of fair trade wine - £80.40 – a case of fair trade wine from Argentinean and Chilean wine producers.

Elephant bedspread – £90 – a hand-appliquéd cotton bedspread made in India by local craftspeople.

Cameo glass painted floral table - £90 – a hand-made table with a hand-painted inlaid glass top, supplied by a group in Peru supporting local by craftspeople.

Lastly, don’t forget the wrapping paper and Christmas cards.

And if there’s nothing just right here, have a look at the Surefish Shop (and keep an eye on the special offers), or buy something from Present Aid – these virtual gifts raise money for Christian Aid and range from £5 for 50 fruit trees to £1400 for a whole bridge ! There’s a free calendar if you spend over £40.

Have a happy Christmas!

Suzanne Elvidge is a freelance writer and Surefish Ethical Living Editor

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