TravelAid's routes can be traced back to the year 2000, when three Oxford University students set out to enable university students to share their skills with communities in the developing world.
Since then TravelAid has enabled almost 300 university students to volunteer their skills and donate to communities in over 10 developing countries across the world. Giving a total of well over 100,000 hours, TravelAid volunteers have taught English, Science and Maths, developed microfinance schemes, set up social enterprises and improved sanitation conditions for entire villages.
This year's donations are being used in a variety of ways. For example, TEMI, our partner organisation in Georgia, produce wine from vineyards to which part of the farmland is dedicated. This is then sold in the subsequent months and the income used to support the local community of vulnerable adults. However, without adequate storage they cannot keep the grapes beyond the Spring, by which point their main source of revenue dries up. Thanks to TravelAid's donation of £2400 underground storage will be built and the venture will become sustainable. Donations to our partners in El Salvador and Cambodia were used to purchase teaching materials, sewing machines and provide university scholarships.
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