It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Best gift list for Cubans

Cubans warmly welcome gifts, however small. Everything you contribute is an overture of friendship. Cubans lack many basic items we in North America take for granted.

Your new Cuban friends will appreciate you

Giving gifts to your new island friends is a rewarding humanitarian overture.

Many of the items most needed can be purchased at discount stores in the States

Gifts children need most

Toys for kids, jacks, pick up sticks, puzzles, frisbees, yo-yos, tops.
Any and all kinds of art supplies.
Musical instruments, guitar strings, reeds for wind instruments. Metronomes, pitch pipes, tuning forks, sheet music.
Theatre make-up, ballet slippers.
Baseball bats, balls and gloves, footballs, sports helmets, and padding.
School supplies of all kinds, colored pencils, coloring books, note pads, crayons, coloring books, etc.
Spanish/English dictionaries, and English phrasebooks.
US flag buttons and lapel pins

Gifts for women and families

Aspirin and substitutes, Band-Aids, multiple vitamins, and vitamins A, B, C, D, E.
Medical gloves and masks, medical thermometers.
Female hygiene products, adult diapers, and baby diapers.
Summer season clothing and shoes.
Sheets, pillowcases, bath towels, and dishcloths (tea towels).
Kitchen gloves and sponges.
USB memory sticks (a favorite).
Chocolates, costume jewelry, make-up, hair scrunchies.
T-shirts, caps with neat logos, sunglasses, key chains.
AA batteries! Boring, yes. But they are scarce and costly.
Reading glasses for elders.

Do not bring these items to Cuba as gifts

Live plants and seeds.
Outdated school textbooks.
Expired medicine or vitamins.
Old or non-functioning computers.
Things considered to be weapons.
Walkie-talkies.

Where do I take my gifts for Cubans?

Global Relations and your guide will help you help Cubans. We will suggest worthy organizations and families to receive your gifts.