ChildFund International | United States | Mozambique

This holiday season, what do you give the person who has everything? A water buffalo, of course.

But seriously, folks ...

ChildFund International is a nonprofit agency that supports 15.2 million impoverished children and their families in the United States and more than two dozen other countries around the world. If you're in a giving mood and feel like making a kid smile over the holidays, take a look at ChildFund's Gifts of Love & Hope catalog.

You can purchase practical items for less than $10, and all the way up to $2,143 (an actual water reservoir). Things like ...

> Books for a child in the USA: $9
> Mosquito net for a child in Mozambique: $11
> 35 chicks for a farm in Brazil: $51
> Soccer cleats and a uniform for a child in Honduras: $129

You get the idea. You can even purchase an item or health care in the name of a friend or relative, who will receive a card acknowledging the gift on their behalf.

A water buffalo will set you back $429, by the way. But you'll have a great anecdote for the office holiday party.