Give a chocolate egg this Easter and it will be gone within days, probably leaving behind a few extra pounds and the usual feeling of guilt. Give a chicken to an Indian village through Good Gifts, however, and it will not only give people a long-lasting and welcome supply of food but it will also leave you feeling warm and fuzzy, just like these woolen critters you get with each order.

Gift ideas include: ‘investing in a chicken bank‘: £20 buys a predator-proof coop and five live chickens for villagers in South India, plus food and financial support when medical bills need to be met; or ‘Preventing a chocolate shortage’, also £20, which will help cocoa farmers in Grenada at a time when they really need it. Oh, and Easter this year is on 8th April.