"How wonderful it is that no-one need waste a single moment before starting to improve the world"
Ways you can Help
There are lots of ways to support Friends of Bwindi, and most don't involve spending any extra money!
One of our motivations in starting Friends of Bwindi was to give visitors and their friends a way of helping Bwindi communities, providing a 'bridge' between remote communities around Bwindi and well-wishers from around the world.
These pages suggest a variety of ways that you can help, from changing your web search habits to running marathons!
If you are planning a visit and would like to take something useful with you, please contact us - as well as the items listed on our Clear Out Your Drawers page we may have some other useful things that you could take for us!
Money goes a long way in Uganda, and there are lots of ways for you to help us raise funds - your contribution could really make a difference.
There are lots of ways to help and you can start right now, without any expense and with absolutely minimal effort!
Search the Web - no cost, minimal effort!
Use our charity search engine Everyclick for your web searches and raise funds for Friends of Bwindi!
You can just use our search page, or register to keep track of your total - get your friends to use it too, share your page on Facebook, add buttons and search bars to your web pages and more!
Online shopping
Our Buyat web shop has links to all your favourite online stores including Amazon, Play.com, eBay and many more. You can enter competitions, save money and support our fund raising by using comparison websites, book your holiday, buy insurance and much more! Register for their newsletter to find out about promotions, competitions and special offers. More about our Buyat web shop
Buy or sell on eBay for Charity
Bid on our items or become an eBay for Charity seller donating 10-100% of your proceeds for our funds. You can also donate unwanted items for our auctions. Join the Monthly Daft Charity Coalition!
Fund raising
Visitors to Bwindi often want to raise funds when they get home, but there are barriers to supporting local organisations including the problem of credibility - if you are raising money and asking for donations, you want to be sure that the funds will be used as intended. Organisations with charitable status are subject to statutory regulations which mean that our trustees must do their best to ensure this, and monitoring and feedback are conditions of our funding.
Clear Out Your Drawers
Many of the things lurking unused in your house and cluttering up your drawers could be put to good use by Friends of Bwindi and our beneficiaries in Uganda.
Spread the Word
Help us to find more supporters - and help potential supporters to find us! Add links and search bars to your Facebook page, use your emails to raise funds and more.
Make a Donation
Obviously we can make good use of all donations – and unlike many larger charities Friends of Bwindi is run entirely by volunteers and we are able to keep overheads to a minimum. You can even increase the value of your donation by making a Gift Aid declaration, adding 28p to every £1 donated (or £2.80 to £10, £28 to £100 ...)
Make a Donation
