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"ActionAid is one of the UK's largest international development charities, helping poor people in over 35 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. Child sponsorship is key to our work. If we all sponsored a child in the developing world, imagine the difference we could make. The world's poorest people would get a chance to create a self-reliant future. Poverty could be a thing of the past. Child sponsorship helps a child's whole community by providing..."
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"We're the world's independent children's charity. We're outraged that millions of children are still denied proper healthcare, food, education and protection. We're working flat out to get every child their rights and we're determined to make further, faster changes. We're working flat-out to right the fundamental wrongs that affect children. Too many children are still dying because they haven't got enough food or because they can't get trea..."
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"Those stuck for present ideas this Christmas can go choose from 50 great gift ideas from the Oxfam Unwrapped alternative gift catalogue. The ‘funusual’ gift range starts at £6. Here are some examples of how a gift can help: Feed children’s hungry minds. Buy 100 school dinners. £6 Build a toilet and help prevent the spread of deadly disease. £30 A camel is the most versatile of animals. Camel. £95 Expertise..."
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