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Gifts Ideas for MothersThis gift will provide an Afghan woman with much needed care including: 2 pre-natal consultations, basic vitamins and 2 ultrasounds over the course of the mother’s pregnancy. more A gift of $45 will teach a woman basic reading and numeracy skills and how to write her name during one year of bi-weekly literacy classes. more Your gift will support the research of our physicians and scientists who continue to pioneer new medical treatments in breast cancer research such as immunotherapy, including vaccines and antibodies. more Where there are no hospitals, women traditionally turn to local birth attendants and midwives to help them through labor and delivery. With the proper training and equipment, midwives can handle all but the most complicated pregancies. more This gift will provide 2 staff hours of work in support of women veterans' programs. Development of programs designed to help women is more critical now than at any other time in U.S. history. more Your gift of $90 will provide business training and a start-up grant for one young woman to establish her own rural enterprise. Tailoring, market gardening and soap-making are among the many businesses that give young women economic independence and choice and provide goods and services for their communities. more Your gift will equip women like Francisca with all they need to catch fish every day for their families. She also receives the business education to turn her fishing skills into a self-sufficient, small business for her community. more Defenders of Wildlife is striving to protect the northernmost jaguar population in Sonora, Mexico. We are working to secure migratory routes from northern Mexico to the southwest U.S. and to protect suitable habitat in Arizona and New Mexico. more |