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When you select your Gift from the online shop, you are presented with three gift options.

Choose a printed card and we will send you a card featuring your gift with space for your message and an envelope!

The second option is to choose an eCard, just enter an email address, your message and select when you would like it to be sent.

The third option is to not receive a gift card.

Whichever card choice you make, your purchase becomes a donation to a CWS programme that is helping people caught in poverty and injustice to improve their lives and livelihoods.

Gifted is the alternative gift programme of Christian World Service (CWS). It has a gift best suited to the needs of people caught in poverty and injustice while also being a gift of compassion you can share with those you love on any occasion.
You can order online using your credit or debit card (through Stripe) or by making a deposit into the Christian World Service bank account. Please make sure you quote your order number when making your deposit. Just select the gifts (and quantity) you want and follow the easy online instructions. OR phone 0800 74 73 72 during office hours (Monday – Friday, 9 am – 5 pm) and order over the phone using a credit or debit card. OR you can post your order along with your address and credit or debit card details to PO Box 22652, Christchurch 8140. OR make a bank deposit to: Christian World Service, ANZ 06-0817-0318646-00 (or search for Christian World Service as a registered payee). Order through the website and choose the Bank deposit option when you are finalizing your order in the cart. All orders placed will be sent a tax-deductible receipt.
Please allow 10 working days from the date the order is received. Gifts cannot be sent until payment has been received. If you have an urgent order please phone us on 0800 74 73 72 or email cws@cws.org.nz and we will try to help.
Yes, we will send you a receipt for tax purposes along with your cards. Donations of $5 and over are eligible for a tax credit in New Zealand. CWS is a registered charitable entity and an approved recipient for payroll giving and tax credits.
If you ordered an eCard gift, the recipient will be sent the eCard with your message. If you ordered a printed card gift, we will send you a gift card and envelope to send to the recipient. The card features the gift you have selected. You will also be sent a tax-deductible receipt. (If you have selected no card, you will still receive a tax-deductible receipt.)
If you select the wrong gift or quantity during the ordering process, you will be able to change the quantity in your shopping cart. Click on the 'x' to update shopping cart. If your order has already gone through, please contact CWS by phone at 0800 74 73 72 or email as soon as possible, quoting your order number and the error. We can also resend an ecard if you make a mistake with the email address.
Check your order form. Make sure you have filled in all the required fields. If you have any difficulties completing your order online, please phone CWS on 0800 74 73 72 during office hours (Monday – Friday 9 am -5 pm) and we will offer assistance.
All gifts make real changes for people who need a hand up out of poverty. Each gift contributes to a long-term programme that could improve access to food, water, health care, education, and human rights as well as provide new income opportunities, environmental protection, and emergency relief. Gifts contribute to building self-reliance so families and whole communities can look after themselves now and in the future.
Orders that arrive by 11 December will be should be received by 25 December. You can order an ecard at any time and it will be sent the same day up to Christmas Eve (24 December)
No. We send the card to you so that you can personalise the card with your message.
Please call us on 0800 74 73 72 during office hours (Monday – Friday 9 am -5 pm) or email cws@cws.org.nz, we are more then happy to help!

About the Gifts

All gifts are linked to current programmes funded by CWS. Your donation will support local people to achieve real gains. When you buy a gift, like water for gardens, you’re helping an agriculture programme by providing training, materials, you are helping small-scale farmers to utilise basic forms of irrigation.
CWS has more than 80 years of taking action to end poverty through supporting development assistance and helping people after a disaster or conflict. We work with local partners who are members of their communities. When disaster strikes in places where we have no local partners, the money goes through the ACT Alliance (Action by Churches Together) https://actalliance.org/, of which CWS is a member. Our partners provide strategic plans, detailed budgets and reports. They are regularly monitored by CWS staff and the Partnership and Development Committee.
For more information on the programmes supported by Gifted, please contact CWS on 0800 74 73 72 or email cws@cws.org.nz
It is not possible to provide individual feedback on each gift. The gifts are donations to a particular aspect of our local partner's work to improve food, income, services, health, human rights, environmental care, and well-being. You can learn more about CWS’s work by visiting www.cws.org.nz. Our seasonal newsletters feature many of the partners and the work they do. Contact cws@cws.org.nz for a free copy. Past issues can be downloaded from the CWS website.
We have selected a variety of fun and interesting gifts that represent the range of work CWS funds. All gifts are from existing programmes so are included in regular partner proposals, budgets and evaluation reports. Emergency gifts will be used to fund local organisations responding in humanitarian situations.