Charities are urging people to turn one chocolate egg into 150 real eggs for families in the developing world this Easter. This cracking idea, being pioneered by World Emergency Relief, and called ‘Be a Good Egg’, is being followed by a brood of other charities.

In recent years there has been a trend to send animals such as pigs, llamas, alpaca's, goats, sheep, cows and even worms to the developing world. You can give the animal gifts quickly and easily online and then send them to Africa or South America on someone else's behalf as a Christmas gift. A card telling your loved one, friend or relative what has been given is then sent with your personal message.

Christian Aid has come up with an eggs-ellent idea this Christmas through their Present Aid scheme, which means you can sponsor a duck. Click here to visit the site

In a unique 'egg-spose' the thinktank Ekklesia has shone a light into the murky pond that is the global duck trade.