It is almost Christmas time. It is gift-giving time.

Recently, I received a gift catalog from World Vision. In the past, I dump this kind of stuffs to the recycle bin right away. But this time, I opened and read it.

Then this picture of a little Afican boy holding a goat with smile in his face caught my eyes. I read the small column under it and learned that we can give a goat to a third world family for $75, and it can provide healthy milk, cheese and yogurt for the children and boost the family income by selling extra milk products. Add two chicken for $25 that provide lasting supply of meat and eggs for healthy diet and income.

That is for $100.

I would not say $100 is a small amount of money, but I do waste $100 on something meaningless easily.

I read on..

I found that there are so people in real poverty and need all over the world. Something that does not matter to us much can be huge to many others.

It’s time to share.

To read more about ways of giving, visit www.worldvision.org