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.
