ActionAid is one of the UKs largest international development charities, helping poor people in over 35 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. Child sponsorship is key to our work. If we all sponsored a child in the developing world, imagine the difference we could make. The worlds poorest people would get a chance to create a self-reliant future. Poverty could be a thing of the past. Child sponsorship helps a childs whole community by providing access to safe, clean water, healthcare, education and an escape from a life of hardship and disease. Sponsors will see how their money is working through regular updates from local fieldworkers and personal messages from the child they sponsor.

We're the world's independent children's charity. We're outraged that millions of children are still denied proper healthcare, food, education and protection. We're working flat out to get every child their rights and we're determined to make further, faster changes. We're working flat-out to right the fundamental wrongs that affect children. Too many children are still dying because they haven't got enough food or because they can't get treatment for simple illnesses. Millions aren't getting an education and are being exploited and abused. This is not good enough, and Save the Children are committed to doing something about it. The selection of gifts we sell all directly benefit children specifically - and we sell all sorts of things from footballs to family food baskets, bicycles to baby kits, shoes to school desks! Prices range from £7 to over £500, and there are loads of gifts priced perfectly for Christmas presents. Wish List gifts are great Christmas ideas for people who are difficult to buy for, or for those people that are always very thoughtful about others - there is something for everyone.