diff --git a/packages/shared/src/features/giveback/components/GeoGateFallback.spec.tsx b/packages/shared/src/features/giveback/components/GeoGateFallback.spec.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cb59cd566f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shared/src/features/giveback/components/GeoGateFallback.spec.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { GeoGateFallback } from './GeoGateFallback';
+
+it('explains that giveback is not available in the visitor region', () => {
+  render(<GeoGateFallback />);
+
+  expect(
+    screen.getByRole('heading', {
+      name: 'Giveback is not available in your country yet',
+    }),
+  ).toBeInTheDocument();
+  expect(screen.getByText('Giveback by daily.dev')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  expect(
+    screen.getByText(/rolling out to more countries soon/i),
+  ).toBeInTheDocument();
+});
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/features/giveback/components/GeoGateFallback.tsx b/packages/shared/src/features/giveback/components/GeoGateFallback.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..15270a9344
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shared/src/features/giveback/components/GeoGateFallback.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+import type { ReactElement } from 'react';
+import React from 'react';
+import {
+  Typography,
+  TypographyColor,
+  TypographyTag,
+  TypographyType,
+} from '../../../components/typography/Typography';
+import { FlexCol, FlexRow } from '../../../components/utilities';
+import { DailyIcon } from '../../../components/icons';
+import { cloudinaryGivebackPunchyStaring } from '../../../lib/image';
+
+// Full-page gate. When Giveback isn't enabled for the visitor's region we block
+// the whole experience and only explain, at a high level, what the campaign is.
+// The gate decision (status.enabled) lives in GivebackPage - this is purely
+// presentational so it can be rendered without the campaign queries.
+export const GeoGateFallback = (): ReactElement => {
+  return (
+    <div className="relative flex min-h-page w-full items-center justify-center overflow-hidden px-4 py-12 tablet:px-6 tablet:py-16">
+      <div
+        aria-hidden
+        className="bg-accent-cabbage-default/15 pointer-events-none absolute left-1/2 top-1/4 size-[20rem] -translate-x-1/2 rounded-full blur-3xl tablet:size-[32rem]"
+      />
+
+      <FlexCol className="relative w-full max-w-xl items-center gap-4 text-center tablet:gap-5">
+        <img
+          src={cloudinaryGivebackPunchyStaring}
+          alt="Punchy, the daily.dev mascot, looking on hopefully"
+          loading="lazy"
+          className="aspect-square h-32 w-auto select-none object-contain tablet:h-36"
+        />
+
+        <FlexRow className="items-center gap-2 rounded-10 bg-surface-float px-3 py-1.5">
+          <DailyIcon />
+          <Typography
+            tag={TypographyTag.Span}
+            type={TypographyType.Caption1}
+            color={TypographyColor.Secondary}
+            bold
+          >
+            Giveback by daily.dev
+          </Typography>
+        </FlexRow>
+
+        <Typography
+          bold
+          tag={TypographyTag.H1}
+          type={TypographyType.Title2}
+          className="[text-wrap:balance] tablet:typo-title1 laptop:typo-large-title"
+        >
+          Giveback is not available in your country yet
+        </Typography>
+
+        <Typography
+          tag={TypographyTag.P}
+          type={TypographyType.Callout}
+          color={TypographyColor.Secondary}
+          className="[text-wrap:pretty] tablet:typo-title3"
+        >
+          Giveback turns part of our growth budget into donations for causes the
+          community picks, funded by daily.dev, at no cost to you.
+        </Typography>
+
+        <Typography
+          tag={TypographyTag.P}
+          type={TypographyType.Footnote}
+          color={TypographyColor.Tertiary}
+          className="[text-wrap:pretty] tablet:typo-callout"
+        >
+          It&apos;s in beta and rolling out to more countries soon.
+        </Typography>
+      </FlexCol>
+    </div>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/features/giveback/components/GivebackPage.tsx b/packages/shared/src/features/giveback/components/GivebackPage.tsx
index 94516877e3..97e2254a5a 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/features/giveback/components/GivebackPage.tsx
+++ b/packages/shared/src/features/giveback/components/GivebackPage.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { GivebackLeaderboard } from './GivebackLeaderboard';
 import { GivebackCausesPanel } from './GivebackCausesPanel';
 import { GivebackCausesBreakdown } from './GivebackCausesBreakdown';
 import { GivebackFaq } from './GivebackFaq';
+import { GeoGateFallback } from './GeoGateFallback';
 import type { GivebackTabId } from './GivebackTabNav';
 import { useLogContext } from '../../../contexts/LogContext';
 import { LogEvent } from '../../../lib/log';
@@ -42,6 +43,12 @@ export const GivebackPage = (): ReactElement => {
   const isEligible = status?.eligible === true;
   const selection = useGivebackCauseSelection(isEligible);
 
+  // Geo gate: `enabled` is a campaign-wide field that resolves for everyone
+  // (including anonymous visitors), so it's the signal for "not live in this
+  // region". Only gate once status has resolved, otherwise the fallback would
+  // flash before the campaign body while the overview query is in flight.
+  const geoBlocked = !!status && !status.enabled;
+
   // Causes are confirmed inside the warm-up funnel; once they save (or the
   // visitor arrives already onboarded) the tabbed experience takes over.
   const [completedOnboarding, setCompletedOnboarding] = useState(false);
@@ -131,11 +138,13 @@ export const GivebackPage = (): ReactElement => {
     <div className="relative min-h-page w-full">
       <GivebackBackground />
 
+      {geoBlocked && <GeoGateFallback />}
+
       {/* Hold the body until we know whether to force the funnel. The funnel is a
           full-screen overlay on the same background, so revealing the hero/tabs
           first would flash them on screen before it covers them. While resolving,
           only the shared background shows, so there's no flash and no shift. */}
-      {onboardingResolved && !forcedFunnel && (
+      {!geoBlocked && onboardingResolved && !forcedFunnel && (
         <FlexCol className="relative gap-6 py-6 tablet:gap-8 tablet:py-8">
           <div className={column}>
             <GivebackHero onHowItWorks={handleHowItWorks} />
@@ -198,7 +207,7 @@ export const GivebackPage = (): ReactElement => {
         </FlexCol>
       )}
 
-      {showFunnel && (
+      {!geoBlocked && showFunnel && (
         <GivebackFunnel
           selection={selection}
           canClose={replayFunnel}
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/lib/image.ts b/packages/shared/src/lib/image.ts
index 18d87fb54b..e955e3b24c 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/lib/image.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/src/lib/image.ts
@@ -480,6 +480,12 @@ export const cloudinaryCharmNotEnoughTags =
 export const cloudinaryCharmGiveback =
   'https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--d1dldAty--/f_auto,q_auto/v1780848838/public/daily.dev%20Charm%20-%20Giveback%20(1)';
 
+// Punchy giving a hopeful stare, shown on the Giveback geo gate (not available
+// in your country). Real alpha, so it floats cleanly on the dark surface - no
+// `mix-blend-screen` needed.
+export const cloudinaryGivebackPunchyStaring =
+  'https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--CJiuHR4P--/f_auto,q_auto/v1784101387/public/Punchy%20-%20Staring';
+
 // Bespoke Patchy assets for the Giveback "Picture with Patchy" reward reveal.
 // The selfie is a transparent video played once — a VP9-alpha .webm for most
 // browsers and an HEVC-alpha .mov for Safari (the same source-order trick as
diff --git a/packages/storybook/stories/features/giveback/GeoGateFallback.stories.tsx b/packages/storybook/stories/features/giveback/GeoGateFallback.stories.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7a0cf716b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/storybook/stories/features/giveback/GeoGateFallback.stories.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import type { Meta, StoryObj } from '@storybook/react-vite';
+import { GeoGateFallback } from '@dailydotdev/shared/src/features/giveback/components/GeoGateFallback';
+
+// Full-page gate shown when Giveback isn't live in the visitor's region
+// (driven by `status.enabled === false` on the real GivebackPage).
+const meta: Meta<typeof GeoGateFallback> = {
+  title: 'Features/Giveback/Geo gate',
+  component: GeoGateFallback,
+  parameters: {
+    layout: 'fullscreen',
+  },
+  globals: {
+    theme: 'dark',
+  },
+  decorators: [
+    (Story) => (
+      <div className="dark min-h-screen bg-background-default text-text-primary">
+        <Story />
+      </div>
+    ),
+  ],
+};
+
+export default meta;
+type Story = StoryObj<typeof GeoGateFallback>;
+
+export const Default: Story = {};