Charity Begins

Delivering necessities to non-profit organizations in developing countries via independent travelers. Charity Begins is a 501c3 non-profit.

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Welcome to Charity Begins, a non-profit organization that helps socially-conscious travelers benefit the communities they’re visiting.

Started in November 2006, Charity Begins delivers school supplies, shoes, and clothing to orphanages, schools, refugee camps, and women’s shelters throughout the world. By making these deliveries via vacationers, business travelers, backpackers, and other independent travelers, the cost of shipping is eliminated and 100% of every dollar goes to helping people living in poverty.

How it Works
You tell us when you’re traveling to a developing country, and we’ll do the rest.


We’ll research your destination, identify a local non-profit, collect the needed supplies, deliver them to your door (if you are located between Washington D.C. and New York City*) and arrange for you to meet the non-profit upon arrival so you can deliver the supplies. We’ll even give you disposable piece of luggage you can leave behind. It’s that easy and it's FREE! Please check with your airline to see if there is an extra fee for checked baggage, or a second piece of luggage. Charity Begins does not pay the luggage fee for travelers.
 

*Even if we cannot deliver the necessities to your door we will gladly connect you with a non-profit from our data-base and give you a few pointers on how to easily collect the necessities from your local resources.




 

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Travelers for Charity Begins deliver necessities all over the world.
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Asante Sana!
Everyone is very happy to receive so many story books from Charity Begins Inc. Thank you SO very much! We're very happy to see we've some books for our Library even before it's ready.They've started reading the books today.
 
Mama Lucy - Shephards Junior School
Arusha, Tanzania