Forget Trinkets. These Gifts Change Lives.

Here’s my annual holiday guide for presents with meaning.

By Nicholas Kristof

Opinion Columnis

A home in Puerto Rico damaged by Hurricane Maria is seen in an aerial view in September, nearly a year after the hurricane struck.CreditXavier Garcia/Bloomberg

’Tis the season when we inflict on one another neckties and perfumes that no one really wants, plus more than $1 billion in gift cards that are never even redeemed. Hence my annual column with suggestions for “gifts with meaning” that are warmer than any scarf.

If you insist on a gift certificate, how about one for GlobalGiving, whose website lists aid projects all over the world? The recipient can support a tribal child in India in school for a year, or street children in Ecuador, or L.G.B.T. rights in central Africa.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/01/opinion/sunday/kristof-holiday-gift-guide-2018.html