Bunnik Tours are committed to giving something back to the communities we visit. For each booking received we make a donation to the following organisations which do a tremendous job helping the less fortunate. Over the few years we have raised and donated over $100,000 through our Bunnik Tours charity program. Here’s a little more information on the charities we support and the important work they do.

Sri Lanka Community Projects
Bunnik Tours began supporting the Sri Lanka Community Projects charity just after the devastating 2004 Tsunami. This support has continued over the last few years and now results in a group, led by Frank Bunnik, going over to Sri Lanka every year. 
Every time the group visit there is always a new list of jobs to help with and over the last few years they have worked really hard and managed to build 17 stone houses and much essential school furniture.

Longer term the aim is to provide building materials to the local communities so they can build their own furniture and sell it. This will enable local people to make a living. This money can then be used to provide for their families and children’s education enabling future generations to escape the poverty trap.

Bolivia – Tahua Boarding School Project
Bunnik Tours support the Tahua Boarding School Project in conjunction with our Bolivian operator. Bolivia is a very poor country and has many small countryside towns that suffer from extreme poverty. Tahua is one of those towns. Located on the edge of the Salt Lakes, it’s nearest large city is 500km away.

In Bolivia school attendance is compulsory, so for children as young as 7 living in Tahua and the surrounding villages they go to school on a Monday morning and do not see their families again until Friday night. When attending school the children currently have nowhere to stay, so they sleep in old ruins and caves, relying on the locals to feed them. 

The Tahua Boarding School Project was set up with the aim of building a school shelter so the children have somewhere safe and warm to sleep, particularly as it gets exceptionally cold in the Bolivian winter. The building has now been completed. However, there is still much ongoing aid needed for furnishings, food and running costs. For details see www.Tahua-bolivia.com


Fred Hollows Foundation
Bunnik Tours also provide charitable contributions to the Fred Hollows Foundation. The charity is an independent, non-profit, development agency. Established in 1992, the foundation is inspired by the work and example of the late Professor Fred Hollows a champion for the right of all people to access quality health care and achieve well being. Working to continue Fred's vision, The Fred Hollows Foundation in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, have come together to form a global network to eradicate avoidable blindness around the world.

Through this network, the charity works in over twenty countries worldwide. So far the Fred Hollows Foundation has restored sight to well over one million people. For more details see www.hollows.org

Bali Kids / Carry for Kids
Carry for kids is a charity that aims to encourage and educate people to take something with them on their holidays that can be given direct to schools or orphanages. This way the children get the immediate benefit and in poorer countries things as small as a tube of toothpaste or a pen can really make a difference.

Carry for kids helps to improve the lives of children in developing countries by providing a vital link between travellers and children's centres overseas. They do this by educating airline staff, travel agents and travellers regarding the needs of children at various destinations and how they in turn can educate others to make a valid contribution to the lives of disadvantaged children.

Bali Kids provides free medical treatment to all children in Bali’s orphanages and currently provides treatment and health and hygiene education for 600 to 900 children every month. For details see www.carryforkids.org