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The Stuff Your Rucksack Foundation, or simply Stuff Your Rucksack, is a not-for-profit organization helping to carry resources to charitable projects in need across the globe. The Foundation is registered in Guernsey and was established in 2006 by British television presenter Kate Humble. Stuff Your Rucksack advocates responsible travel, encouraging travellers to support organizations and projects around the world that need equipment and resources by packing extra items in their luggage. The charity’s website acts as a message board between travellers and the small charities and organisations that require extra resources.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Welcome to our community )〕 ==History== Inn 1999, Humble spent 35 days crossing the Sahara, ending up in a remote oasis village 200 km north of Timbuktu. She sought permission to stay there from the head of the village and was asked to visit the local school. The children at the school were keen to find out how long it would take for Humble to get back to England in camel days. Humble started to draw lines in the sand, but found it difficult to describe the sea without a world map. This experience motivated her to start the charity, which finally launched in 2006.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kate Humble on Stuff Your Rucksack )〕 Explaining the rationale behind the charity’s website, Humble said: “How many times have you been travelling and visited a school or community or local charity that you would love to help? The school needs books, or a map or pencils; an orphanage needs children's clothes or toys. All things that, if only you'd known, you could've stuffed in your rucksack. But once you get home you forget, or you've lost the address, or worry that whatever you send will be stolen before it even gets there...” 〔 The website was relaunched on May 19, 2010 with a party at the Royal Geographical Society in London.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Organizational Profile: Stuff Your Rucksack )〕 It has received support from a number of UK celebrities including Ben Fogle and Simon Reeve.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stuff Your Rucksack」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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