Buy Your Brother a Goat for Christmas and Feel Good About it

The countdown's on and you're still not sure what to get Mom for Christmas. Of course, she's no help. Whenever you ask, she says, "I have everything I need." Give me a break!

It's not as hopeless as it seems. You can take your mom literally. She always said it was better to give than receive, and World Concern, an international Christian relief and development organization, has found a way for you to help her and others on your gift list do both this Christmas.

lets you buy things like goats or rabbits--not for Mom herself, but for a needy person in her name.

If you're not only out of ideas, but also strapped for cash, opt for the budget-priced rabbits from World Concern. For $15 you can provide a Rwandan family with a pair of breeding rabbits that will help boost their income and food security. For $25 you (or whoever is on your shopping list) can buy a family in Haiti a goat to help them rebuild their herd. If you have a bit more to spend (i.e. your siblings waited until the last minute, too, and are now eager to go in on a gift), $250 will buy a Ugandan farmer an ox which will help him till the land 10 times faster, ultimately producing more food. And an ox is something you

your parents don't already have.

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