Give a Goat... or a Cow for Eid ul-Adha

If you don't know what to give your loved ones for Eid or for their birthdays or whatever you're celebrating, I think one of the most wonderful presents you can give is something related to charity.

Perhaps you already knew this and were going to do it anyway, but if not - read on: Through Muslim aid.org (and other organizations too probably) you can donate money for the yearly Qurbani in countries, which need our charity for that purpose! Do it for yourself and give it as a present to people close to you, if you feel like it. The more money donated, the better!

More charity-present-ideas:

In Denmark there's this organization, Folkekirkens Nødhjælp - Dan Churchaid, who started this fantastic campaign (Giv en ged - Give a Goat), which gives you the opportunity to buy "a goat", "rabbits", "a bag of rice", "a football", an almond tree", "an island", "a fish" etc.! (You can see all the presents here).

Two years ago I "recived" an almond tree. Well that is I received a card with a picture of that tree on it and on the back it was written that I hereby support families in Central Asia and Kirgisistan to join and plant almond trees together, which will supply them with almonds that they can sell on the local market.

That's just one example of how their presents work and I LOVE the idea of it and it really was the best present I received! Almost daily I looked at that "tree" thinking about how the money donated would help some people in need. I have a feeling that many more Danes have donated to charity because of these gifts, because it gets so real and you're not "just" giving money, you're giving something special for a special place in need of that present. And really: most of us have enough stuff lying around in our apartments or rooms and don't really need more of that!!

The presents range in price from kr. 80 ($ 40,7) - kr. 5000 + ($ 919 +)! Awesome, isn't it?

My intention with this post, was to hopefully give some of you ideas for presents that will not "just" make one person happy - but many more, insha'Allah, and you can do it even if your country doesn't have a campaign like the Danish one above! You could for example donate some money to an organization and find a postcard yourself (for Eid it could be with some kind of cattle on it (any one approved by the Sharia) :)) and write the amount of money donated and how it will, insha'Allah, please some people in need! Then you donated for the present for a loved one (loved ones) and donated for Qurbani yourself :) Insha'Allah!

Good luck my dear Blogger-friends!