It's environmental friendly, it withstands an earthquake or a hurricane and it is powered by solar panels. The first of a series of new schools constructed and built by Finn Church Aid was officially opened in Haiti in 2011.

There is not much privacy in the Acholibur evacuee camp in Pader, Uganda. Yet now there’s hope. The evacuees get to move back home. Alice Lado has waited for a long time.

From goats and chicks to mosquito nets, saplings and even vocational training, alternative gifts are always needed.