Stuff Your Rucksack
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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
Hannah Smith travels with a social conscience. She explains how a tip from a friend motivated her to stuff her rucksack for children in Katmandu….
Julie Dimond, 33, from Carlisle, Cumbria is a geography teacher. She volunteered in Cameroon with SEREP School for 6 months and submitted the charity to Stuff Your Rucksack.
Founder Kate headed to SOS Village in Nairobi in December 2010, and here explains why encounters like these inspired her to set up Stuff Your Rucksack in the first place.
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
When you’re planning your next trip, think not just about what you can take with you, but what you can leave behind.
It could be a well-used mosquito net, bandages and plasters from your travel first aid kit or even a half-opened bottle of shampoo. If it's not readily available in the country you're visiting, it's worth leaving there.
