Christmas Giving

Share Christmas with a child.

Make Christmas a little brighter for children whose families may not have the financial means to provide festive gifts. Through YUVA, you can contribute towards toys, books and meaningful moments of inclusion for children in Mauritius and India.

Why Christmas giving matters

Every child deserves to feel included in moments of joy.

For families facing financial hardship, Christmas can bring additional pressure. Everyday necessities naturally take priority, and festive gifts may simply be beyond the household budget.

YUVA’s Christmas giving initiative creates a simple way for donors to share toys and books with children who may otherwise miss out on these experiences.

The value of a Christmas gift is not only in the object itself. A thoughtful gift can help a child feel remembered, included and part of the celebration around them.

Christmas is shared
A gift cannot remove every difficulty a child faces. But for one moment, it can say something important: you were remembered.

Your Christmas contribution helps YUVA create moments of joy and belonging while remaining connected to our wider work with children and young people throughout the year.

More than a present

Small gifts can carry different kinds of value.

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Joy A toy can create a moment of excitement, imagination and play during the festive season.
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Learning Books can extend the gift beyond Christmas by encouraging reading, curiosity and discovery.
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Belonging Being included in festive giving can help a child feel remembered and connected to the wider community.
Choose your Christmas gift

Toys, books or both.

Choose the option that works for you. The live purchase options displayed below show the current contribution amount for each Christmas gift.

Play Donate a Toy Help provide a new toy that a child can enjoy during the Christmas season.
Read Donate a Set of Books Help provide books that can encourage reading, learning and imagination beyond Christmas Day.
Play & learn Toy + Books Combine the joy of a toy with books that can continue giving through learning and discovery.
Beyond December YUVA’s work continues throughout the year. Christmas giving is one seasonal expression of YUVA’s wider commitment to education, health, empowerment and employment for children and young people.
Lasting support

Christmas joy can open the door to longer-term engagement.

YUVA works with children and young people beyond the festive season through programmes focused on education, health, empowerment and employment.

If you would like your contribution to support YUVA’s wider work rather than the Christmas appeal specifically, you can make a general donation or sponsor a child’s education.

Christmas donation options

Choose how many children you would like to support.

Use the Christmas gift options immediately below to make your contribution. Select the gift type and quantity that works for you.

The current amount shown by each purchase option below is the amount that applies to that gift. Please review your selection before completing payment.

Donate a Toy

It costs $17 per child. You can choose the number of children you want to support from the following option.

US$17.00


Donate a Set of Books

It costs $32 per child. You can choose the number of children you want to support from the following option.

US$32.00


Donate a Toy + a Set of Books

It costs $40 per child. You can choose the number of children you want to support from the following option.

US$49.00

Christmas giving enquiry

Want to support as a company or group?

Contact the YUVA Secretariat if your company, school, organisation or community group would like to contribute to Christmas giving on a larger scale.

Contact YUVA