This is a service to provide information to tourists on what things they can donate, to whom and it's location, when they visit a country.
On the whole tourists are unfamiliar with the countries they visit, so when they come across an opportunity to donate something physical e.g. pens to a school, they are ill prepared. A voluntary run service/website could be set up containing information from other travellers offering advice/information on what a tourist could donate before he/she goes abroad. The website could be categorised into countries, where people would simply type in and share their information for others to take advantage of. To keep it current, tourists who had used the information whilst on holiday could also enter information informing users of the site that the original charity donation suggestion was still valid. This would prevent tourists going to a destination and discovering that the donation opportunity does not exist anymore.
Sure, there are plenty of websites out there who offer a service for travellers to provide feedback on the places they have visited or stayed at. Only very rarely is a brief mention made of a donating opportunity on their travels and only then as a cursory mention. None that I have seen have a dedicated area of their website devoted to such a topic of donating to charity in a particular country. Either these websites could set up an area on their webpages or a dedicated website could be set up for just such a purpose.
This idea is not designed to make money, it's designed to be a service to kind hearted people who have a desire to donate things to charity and make a difference in someone ele's life. These donation items would have to be small to be carried to the donation opportunity or they could be bought on a person's travel and handed over to the charity in need.
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Although I applaud the intent it is probably more useful and less complicated to donate funds that can be intelligently applied by those in charge who are more aware of what is most needed.
But have you ever been abroad off the beaten track and seen some of the worthwhile causes that would dearly love donations. These type of charities can't afford to get their name out there with publicity. They rely on locals providing support. My idea could help these charities in particular.
However, that being said, I agree with your sentiments about donating money, but I feel that the average lay person would help out if they could and this is a way of enabling that to happen.
Anyway, in between me posting this idea and this comment I have to embarrasingly say that I found a website that is doing almost what my idea suggested. Here it is http://www.stuffyourrucksack.com/
Hoorah!!