When Giving is Receiving
Pack for a Purpose
Real Stories
Travelers Making a Difference
Moments when generosity becomes connection, and travel becomes purpose.
Sight Restored
An optometrist family brought 25 pairs of eyeglasses to a Peruvian community, training a local villager to adjust spectacles for those who couldn't attend that day.
A Village Celebration
Inspired by their stay, travelers organized a party for an entire village in Uganda, working with their lodge manager and village chief to bring the community together.
Growing Together
Travelers brought breakfast, fruits and gifts to a Peruvian school, played games, taught English and planted a garden with the children.
How It Started: A Teacher's Question
I had been following Pack for a Purpose for many years when I went to Peru on a vacation with my own kids where we went to volunteer at a school. We brought the children breakfast, fruits and gifts, played games, taught them English and planted a fantastic garden. By the end of our time with them, one of the teachers asked me if I would be their Godmother. I thought about it on my way home from Peru when it hit me, this will be Yampu's Pack for a Purpose project. I wrote to the principle to get a packing list of things the kids needed. I pulled up my photos of my volunteering time and added our newly added Pack for a Purpose webpage to our Yampu website, outlining what travelers who wanted to help the community needed to know.
I had been following Pack for a Purpose for many years when I went to Peru on a vacation with my own kids where we went to volunteer at a school. We brought the children breakfast, fruits and gifts, played games, taught them English and planted a fantastic garden. By the end of our time with them, one of the teachers asked me if I would be their Godmother. I thought about it on my way home from Peru when it hit me, this will be Yampu's Pack for a Purpose project. I wrote to the principle to get a packing list of things the kids needed. I pulled up my photos of my volunteering time and added our newly added Pack for a Purpose webpage to our Yampu website, outlining what travelers who wanted to help the community needed to know.
How Pack for a Purpose Works
A simple way to give back while you travel. Bring supplies, make connections, fill your suitcase with memories.
Receive a packing list of needed items
Deliver supplies in person or through guides
Support schools in Cusco and remote areas
Extend Your Impact