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More than 100 projects across the globe desperately need your support. Use our interactive map to find out where they are – and what you need to pack – and turn your next holiday into a life-changing experience.
Who you've helped
Pack a T-shirt, notebook, fairy wings or a football, and you'll bring a smile to someone's face. That's exactly what Jenny Ballard from Australia discovered on a trip to a kindergarten in Namibia.
Joy Howell knows that packing a little extra (or a lot in her case) goes a very long way. Here she explains how a gorilla trekking trip to Uganda became an opportunity to reach out to some of the country's deprived children.
Julie Tower got sack loads of stuff from well-wishers when she decided to give something back to Project Engeltjies in Namibia. Here she describes her journey from California to an unofficial settlement near Swakopmund.
Read about the latest projects in need
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Village by Village, Ghana
By 2016, Village by Village would like to have provided 100 villages in Ghana with clean drinking water, education and sanitation. You can help stock a library with books, provide stationery to give children the chance to enjoy learning, and car parts to help the charity keep in touch with remote communities. Find out how you can help
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Amani Kids, Tanzania
Do you have any lego or games that need a good home? If so, Amani Kids wants to hear from you. The charity runs a centre, which provides children from the streets of Tanzania with food, education and a place to call home. The team is grateful for anything from pastels to Connect Four. Find out how you can help
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Long Way Home, Guatemala
If you have screws, gum boots or work gloves in your cupboard, you could help Long Way Home build a school in the rural San Juan Comalapa community. The charity works to alleviate poverty in the area by finding solutions to environmental, educational, waste and water problems. Find out how you can help
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Happy Africa Foundation, Zambia
Pack surgical gloves, plasters or even sports equipment and you'll help this grass roots organisation reach out to underprivileged communities in Zambia. The charity has already succeeded in helping children attend school, adults attend literacy classes, and old people keep warm in the winter. Find out how you can help
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SOS Children's Village, The Gambia
Thanks to the work of this charity, many young people who've suffered from an under-developed education system are now setting up their own businesses. All they're asking for are your pens and pencils, so they can help the children in their care build a brighter future for themselves. Find out how you can help
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Responsible travel
If you’re looking to fit a dive into your travel itinerary, make it a responsible one. As well as being incredibly beautiful, coral reefs are the foundation of marine life and possess high levels of biodiversity.
Follow a diving code of practice, which includes not touching corals or sea life, not taking anything you didn’t bring and being careful not to brush against the reefs or kick them with your fins.
