Because Christmas cards have such an enormous environmental impact, why not put that money you would have spent on cards to good use? You can always email friends and family and tell them about your donation to show them you care.

Instead of sending cards this year, give that money to supporting the education of girls in rural India . An education that enables young women to escape the poverty trap and avoid underage marriage.

Over 200 million women in India live below the poverty line. In fact 46% of girls in India are undernourished. Families are so poor that marrying their daughters young feels like the only option. 75% of women in India are married underage. Some as young as thirteen.

A good education changes all of that. It opens up opportunities other than an early marriage and life of domestic servitude. But it also benefits the whole community for generations to come. Girls with an education marry later and have healthier children. In fact a child born to a mother who can read is 50% more likely to live beyond the age of five.

We are a small charity. We don't have a fundraising team or an advertising budget. We get no government support and have no major donors.