Kate Humble urges travelling Brits ‘stuff your rucksack’

Broadcaster and travel writer Kate Humble has launched a website called
www.stuffyourrucksack.com.

Stuffyourrucksack.com acts as a message board between travellers and small charities and organisations that need things a traveller could easily bring with
them on their holiday.

Anyone travelling that comes across a small school, for example, that needs books or toys, can put the details on the website to alert other travellers who may be planning a trip to the same place and could bring those things with them.

Kate said, “I started the site out of frustration as I have travelled to many
developing countries and come across so many small projects that needed things I could have easily brought with me, had I been able to find out in advance. This is what Stuff Your Rucksack does; let’s travellers know before they leave home what’s needed where they are going. Our logo says ‘Pack a Bag, Change a Life’. It really does! And the traveller gets a unique experience that can’t be bought or found in a guidebook.”

How do charities or organisations register their needs on the site? Some have found out about it and registered themselves but most of the over one hundred projects on the site at the moment have been registered by travellers who have seen the projects for themselves and want to help.

The new-look site has been designed by Think Publishing and the team there will continue to host and run the site. Easy to navigate, it is extremely user-friendly, and encourages travellers to post their photographs and videos and share stories of their Stuff Your Rucksack experiences. This exciting new phase has been made possible by the invaluable and generous support of Aigle, the French outdoor lifestyle clothing and footwear brand that has existed since 1853.

The Stuff Your Rucksack Foundation was set up by Kate four years ago. With more than 180 charities/not for profit organisations now registered on the site Kate felt it was time to officially launch the site and broaden its appeal and urge anyone travelling abroad this year to log-on to the site and find out what they can pack to change someone’s life. Go and have a look and see how you can help!