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Title Compass: D
Published Australia : ABC, 2009
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Summary Australians had a bumper Christmas last year, spending 37 billion dollars over the festive period, much of it on Christmas presents. Yet according to a 2005 Australian Institute survey, 73 per cent of Australians say they would be happy for somebody to make a donation to a charity on their behalf as a substitute for a Christmas present. Figures like these have inspired some people to think about new ways of giving during the festive season.In this made-for-Christmas special Compass explores some interesting gift-buying alternatives, the stories that have inspired them and the consumers embracing them. It follows Christian aid agency, TEAR Australia, which pioneered the charity card catalogue. Its a scheme where a gift is bought for a family member or friend, but they dont actually get it. Instead they receive a card that says their gift a fruit tree, mosquito net or even a goat - has gone to someone in need in the developing world.Other agencies and charities now have similar catalogues. Compass follows a group of primary school students who have decided to buy Oxfams gift cards as presents, and have come up with inventive ways of raising the money. I think it gives you a nicer feeling inside when you actually give, says one of the students.So where will all these presents end up? Compass tracks the story to one of the more remote and impoverished corners of the world, Oecusse - an enclave of East Timor.Here locals in Buneo village receive Oxfams Famers Packs of seeds and fruit trees. Theyll sell their produce and use the money to send their children to school, or buy sugar and rice to feed their families. Another educational gift is a program to teach mothers about better nutrition for their children.Compass also explores alternative gift giving back in Australia, visiting stallholders at markets in Sydney who sell Fair Trade goods weavings, bags, jewellery and carpets made by communities in the developing world who are paid a fair wage for their work.As one Christmas ends, this program provides much to ponder before the next shopping frenzy begins.PRODUCTION DETAILS: Executive Producer: Rose Hesp
Event Broadcast 2009-12-25 at 19:30:00
Notes Classification: G
Subject Children -- Health and hygiene.
Christmas music.
Christmas stories.
Festivals -- Social aspects.
Gifts.
Mass -- Celebration.
Australia.
Form Streaming video
Author Bacon, David, contributor
Barratto, Elisabeth, contributor
Bradbury, Sarah, host
Bradbury, Steve, contributor
Bradbury, Tom, contributor
Davis, Zenia, contributor
Doogue, Geraldine, host
Foster, Sophie, contributor
Glover, Hope, contributor
Kobagashi, Futa, contributor
O'Neale, Jack, contributor
Seibel, Nicole, contributor