The Christmas season is an emotional and financial challenge for many people in need. Caritas offers a way to help ensure a joyful Christmas nonetheless: with Caritas gifts. Whether at the Caritas Vienna goat shop or on the Caritas Austria website, where you can choose which region and gift you would like to support, you can choose the type of gift you wish to donate.
From a sleeping bag to a full shopping basket, a warm children's room, or a boost of energy for loved ones – all of this is possible. Every good deed that can be donated via the Caritas website is symbolically hung as an ornament on the Christmas tree.
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At St. Stephen's Square in Vienna, you can buy socks and stuffed animals from the Meaningful gifts: vending machines relate.
In Vienna there is also the Goat shop On Mariahilferstrasse. Every product tells a unique story: of people who have been pushed to the margins of society, of the long-term unemployed, or of women and men who are often labeled as disabled and reduced to that because we are accustomed to focusing on deficits first. These products showcase the beauty, strengths, creativity, and talents of these individuals. And they make it possible to give joy twice over.
Many of the products were developed in collaboration with local partners in projects that bring about sustainable improvements for those affected. For example, the magdas DESIGN project, where products were developed in cooperation with Austrian designers and then handcrafted in Caritas workshops.