A gift for the globetrotter in your life

From bee hives to jungle jam, gift giving is about to get sweeter with a new partnership between The Travel Foundation, the sustainable tourism charity, and GlobalGiving.co.uk. Visit globalgiving.co.uk/travel to find a list of the Travel Foundation’s destination-based charity projects which are a perfect present for a globetrotting friend or family-member.

e-cards can be bought as gifts in honour from as little as £5 and projects include a honey production scheme in Mexico. It teaches the art of beekeeping to the people in the Benito Juarez community, which means local people can make and sell honey to nearby hotels and shops for tourists to buy. The project also helps the endangered Melipone bee which is prized for the medicinal value of its honey, so not only does the money go to support local people make a living from tourism it also plays an important role in protecting the species.

Sue Hurdle, chief executive of the Travel Foundation, said: “Albert Einstein famously told us that if the bees disappeared man would have no more than four years to live. Most of us don’t realise that honey bees pollinate about a third of our food supply – bees may be small but they are hugely important, and I’m really excited about our project in Mexico, which also of course helps local people, and gives tourists a delicious local product to enjoy. Globalgiving.co.uk makes it easy to donate to this exciting project.”

All the money will support well-vetted, grassroots projects all over the world. Most of the projects are in the developing world, where a small amount of money makes a big difference.

As well as an e-card with a personal message, the recipient will continue to get e-mail updates about their project for the rest of the year.