World Vision Gifts

I sponsor a child through World Vision every month and have done so for around three years now and I am proud of this. Each year at Christmas time I purchase gifts from World Vision that help those in need, gifts such as a chicken or a goat. Not everyone understands this as when they have opened their card and read what gift I have bought. They seem happy I think but a little dissapointed that it's not a gift for them personally. The gift is actually bought on their behalf.  Instead of buying them something they could buy themselves or something they didn't really want or need I have bought an extra gift on their behalf that doesn't really benefit them but benefits someone else that needs it more. Maybe, just maybe it will make them realize how lucky they really are.
Steph