In embodying the actual meaning of "charity", nothing beats the Heifer Project.
Heifer International is in the business of ending world hunger. And it's actually working; today millions of people were fed thanks to 65 years of Heifer projects. And those people are standing on their own feet, and helping others to stand up. They aren't second-class clients of wealthy people suffering from liberal guilt, living on scraps; they are as good as anyone else in the world and they know it.
Heifer doesn't give sandwiches to people living unsustainable lifestyles in a unproductive wasteland. Those people will starve the minute you stop sending sandwiches, and in the meantime you've reduced them to beggary, and that's going to wreck their indigenous culture (if they have any left) and diminish them as individuals. Giving people food doesn't work as a long term solution, it's only worth doing in short term recovery situations as a part of a broader strategy.
Heifer provides people in war-torn and disaster-wrecked communities with the tools to build a sustainable future based on livestock and agriculture carefully chosen to suit the needs, abilities, and history of the inhabitants of those communities.
Please read about Heifer on their website at www.heifer.org - I'm not an employee or in any other way associated with heifer, although over the years I have helped buy an elephant, dozens of heifers, and many chickens, bees, and ducks.
Heifer is different. It's better. Recipients of Heifer assistance aren't asked to "pay it back" - they are required to "pay it forward" by helping somebody else get back on their feet. This means a homeless single mother doesn't have to sacrifice her pride in order to feed her children, in fact she will get to involve the children in an worthwhile global enterprise. Once she's paid forward, she can continue to be involved with charity work or not, as she pleases.
Since this is the Boing, I feel that I should point out that while Heifer was started by a Christian in accordance with his beliefs, it is not evangelical and does not discriminate based on faith or lack thereof. You are welcome to believe what you like as long as you want to help world hunger.
MAKE Volume 14, Optics, Maker Shed, $14.99 (digital version: $9.99)
Provide the gift of inspiration with this optical-focused issue of MAKE. Learn how to make a lensless microscope, scanner camera, stereo video camera with 3D view, and more! On a budget? Many of these articles have been released as "Weekend Projects" on the site, so alternatively, you could just grab the PDFs and print them out on nice paper.
PlayStation Eye, Amazon, $31
Originally designed for use with a PlayStation 3, the PlayStation Eye turns out to make a pretty excellent webcam. With it's capability to run at a high framerate, it could be the perfect accessory for that next computer vision project.
DIY Intervalometer, Instructables, ~$20
A must-have accessory for anyone who wants to get into time-lapse photography, professional intervalometers can unfortunately be pretty pricey. Save money and make a custom version by making one for them yourself!
Check out my DIY Photography Gift Guide from last year for many more photo-related gift ideas (such as the above Strobist Starving Student SX1 Lighting Kit)
More:
- Kite aerial photography gift guide (KAP)
- Holiday Gift Guide 2010: Tools for Makers
- Holiday Gift Guide 2010: Bikes
- Holiday Gift Guide 2010: 3D Fabrication
- Holiday Gift Guide 2010: Gifts for Dads
- Holiday Gift Guide 2010: Gifts you can make
- Holiday Gift Guide 2010: Made in Japan
- Holiday Gift Guide 2010: Mark's Made by Hand Guide
- Holiday Gift Guide 2010: Project Documentation and Photography
- Holiday Gift Guide 2010: Cooking for Geeks
In the Maker Shed:
Want more? Stop by the Maker Shed. We've got all sorts of great holiday gift ideas, Arduino & Arduino accessories, electronic kits, science kits, smart stuff for kids, back issues of MAKE & CRAFT, box sets, books, robots, kits from Japan and more.
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