Irrigate a Plot of Land for 1 Year; £100

This little girl's having a lovely time, feeling the water make the hose all wriggly and alive in her hands, listening to the fizz of the water as it streams out, watching the sparkle of the sunshine through the droplets, feeling the cool wetness when she taps her fingers onto the squirting jet, having a sense of power that she could turn the hose onto whoever is taking the picture. I wonder if she did or if she remained as sweet and angellic as she looks in the photo!

It's not as easy as connecting a hose and turning a faucett in much of the world - and you certainly wouldn't catch anyone wasting water like this there. Crop yields can be dramatically improved by efficient soil irrigation systems, and Oxfam's expertise in this means that it can help make a big difference to the output and income of small farms. This present will irrigate someone's plot for a whole year. When it rains here, we all forget how fortunate we are that it does so so regularly.

[ from Oxfam Unwrapped, www.oxfamunwrapped.com ]