Pack up for troubles

Kate Humble, presenter of many BBC wildlife shows, has come up with a great new idea (along with others I'm sure).

The thinking behind Stuff Your Rucksack is very simple: people who go travelling (of the roughing it, backpacking variety), often go to places off the beaten track with many people in need, and small, local charities trying to help them.

But because these organisations are small, they tend to fall under the radar of national Government and (inter)national NGOs. Which is where you rucksack comes in.

Needs are registered on the site, and travellers can then match these with where they are heading, and stuff their bags accordingly.

It's all very, very new, so there's not much on the site currently. But definitely something to encourage and support.