Alternative Gifts

If you want to make a positive difference in today's world in some small way, and you want to share this effort with a good friend or those in your family, please consider an alternative gift through Building New Hope.

Any of the choices below can be your gift to someone on your shopping list... someone who is not in need of another tie or bottle of perfume, someone who would be delighted with the thought that their gift enhanced the quality of life for someone who has so much less.

Building New Hope will send a gift card to your friend or family member to announce that their gift from you helped to educate a child or paid their teacher, and gave a glimmer of hope in a place where life is so much more difficult than ours.

To purchase a gift:

• Pay by check to Building New Hope, 106 Overton Lane, Pittsburgh PA, 15217
• Phone 412-421-1625
• Send email to buildnewhope@verizon.net
• Or purchase online below by credit card

Be sure to include the name and address of the recipient, unless you want the card sent to you (along with the acknowledgement). Online, you can enter that information on the "Review Your Payment" page, using the "Add special instructions for the Merchant" line just below the item description. You can also include any special text to be sent with the gift acknowledgement.

Education

School Supplies	$40 / student	Help a child who would otherwise not be able to attend school purchase required supplies, such as a uniform, backpack, notebooks, pencils, pens, crayons, calculator, Spanish dictionary and other needed supplies to successfully start the school year.
Teacher's Salary	$125 / month	Our two schools, Escuelita Yo Puedo and Quinta Los Chavalos, serve elementary and secondary school children in poor neighborhoods. These schools employ experienced Nicaraguan and international teachers to give children a brighter future.
High School Scholarships	$25 / month	Building New Hope awards scholarships to talented, at-risk youth students so they can receive a quality high school education.
University Scholarships	$60 / month	Building New Hope provides college scholarships for young adults from the the El Porvenir coffee co-op. These students have been chosen because they are in good academic standing and are committed to give back to the community after graduation.

Public Health

Animal Health Care		Nicaraguan and international volunteers, working at our animal clinic, Casa Lupita, provide quality veterinary care to improve stray and domestic animal health, in turn improving the health of the general public. Help Casa Lupita with spaying, neutering, providing food and medication for dogs and cats or the care and medical treatment of a work horse, the livelihood of many individuals.
	$10 / bag of animal food
	$25 / small animal sterilization	Spaying, neutering, providing food and medication for stray dogs and cats
	$50 / horse health care	Care and medical treatment of work horses

Creativity

Music Lessons	$50 / month	This gift brings the love of music, often for the first time, into the lives of children in very poor neighborhoods through our popular Rhythm in the Barrios program. Help purchase instruments and contribute to the salaries of our music teachers who provide music lessons in rural schools.
Art Supplies	$20 / month	Help teachers and volunteers acquire supplies and teaching materials for creative arts projects. These projects, which are not included in regular school curriculum, offer students (and teachers) the opportunity to be creative and have fun.

Community

Lending Library

$25 / month

A gift of support to the first lending library in Granada, Biblioteca Puedo Leer, provides educational and reading programs, new books and magazines, both in the library and in neighboring schools.

Partnership

Coffee Plants		The El Porvenir worker's cooperative produces great tasting, organic, shade-grown coffee. Building New Hope works to ensure both ecological and economic sustainablity by paying a fair trade price for the coffee and by providing grants for community projects. In order to maintain its high quality coffee, El Porvenir needs to replace its aging coffee plants with new plants.
	$35 / 50 plants
	$70 / 100 plants
Awareness and Outreach in the U.S.		Building New Hope is firmly committed to educating people in the Unites States about the lives of Central Americans and the pressing need for education, health care and sustainable development. A gift of any amount will help us reach out to schools and universities, places of worship, small businesses and civic organizations in Pittsburgh and beyond.

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