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Travel Village Group becomes corporate supporter of Give a Vaccine
We are delighted to announce that Travel Village Group has agreed to become a corporate supporter to Give a Vaccine. Travel Village Group is a 4th generation family business and as part of its 'We give you more' campaign it aims to see how it can give more... to its customers, to its staff, to its trade partners and to its community, and this sponsorship is part of this initiative.
Give a Vaccine donates to our first vaccination project
Give a Vaccine is delighted to announce that we have now donated £25,000 to Médecins Sans Frontières, which will be used to vaccinate the most vulnerable against Covid-19 in Lebanon. The funds will be used to pay for mobile medical teams to vaccinate elderly people and frontline healthcare workers in care homes across Lebanon. It is hugely gratifying to have found such a credible and important partner and the use of your donations in Lebanon will be saving many lives in a country with a struggling healthcare system and an overwhelming need. MSF has not accepted ringfenced donations from any other organisation for this project and we are indebted to the MSF team for believing in us and the aims of our campaign.
We are particularly encouraged that we have been able to honour the intentions of our many donors and hope that this will demonstrate the credibility of our campaign and, indeed, encourage many more donations as result. We have a lot of work still to do but this is a very important milestone along the way. Thank you again to all our donors; please spread the word about our work and please continue to support our cause whenever you can.
Stephen Legg of MSF has issued this statement:
“We would like to express our sincerest thanks to the supporters of Give a Vaccine for enabling our teams to provide vaccinations to the most vulnerable in Lebanon, contributing towards worldwide vaccine equality."

A frontline health worker at a nursing home for elderly people in Chlifa Baalbak, Lebanon receives her COVID-19 vaccine supplied by Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health and administered by MSF’s medical team.

MSF medical mobile teams vaccinating elderly people and frontline healthcare workers in a nursing home in Tripoli, Lebanon.
Our Mission
The current COVID-19 pandemic tells us something. That we are better working together. Right now, the world needs vaccinations and right now only the wealthy countries are being effectively vaccinated. Our campaign at Give a Vaccine is simple. If you, in a wealthy country, receive a vaccine through your state or health service then could you give the cost to someone in less privileged circumstances? Effectively you give a vaccine for a vaccine received. Hence Give a Vaccine.
We estimate an average price for a vaccine is around £15 or $20. Some cost more and some less. So, if you give this sum, then we will ensure that the money is used for vaccinations in areas of the world that are simply not going to get vaccinated any time soon, without our help. Without us working together.
These are early days for Give a Vaccine. We are building partnerships with organisations able to support our programme but to do this we need to get funding off the ground. Our first step is therefore our GoFundMe page. We have set an initial target of £100,000 to get us established, but we will then need to raise much more to be effective. With the initial £100,000 we will have the backing to setup the partnerships and then fly from there.
Our Commitment
Give a Vaccine will not use donations for administrative costs and we will pass on all the money to achieve our goals. It is true that some costs will be taken by finance companies to handle the money but we are trying very hard to keep this under 5%. The world is in your hands so please give a vaccine to someone in need in return for a vaccine received.
Trustees
Give a Vaccine was founded in December 2020 and is seeking to appoint trustees to support its work and accountability. If you have an excellent reputation in this sphere and are interested in helping us develop our role in the world then please email us at admin@giveavaccine.com
Media and Press
- The Telegraph | Schemes launch to let public donate to share Covid-19 vaccines around the world
- Nicky Campbell BBC Radio 5 Live | Stephen featured on 'Your Call' discussing vaccine nationalism.
- Travel Weekly | Savvi Travel partner with Give a Vaccine; pledge to donate cost of a vaccine for every person on booking
- The News | Portsmouth couple launch campaign to get Covid-19 vaccines overseas
- Jeremy Vine BBC Radio 2 | Stephen featured on the show regarding vaccinations in poorer nations.
Contact
Please contact us using any of the methods below, we look forward to hearing from you.
- admin@giveavaccine.com
- The Basement, Chiltlee Manor,
Chiltlee Manor Estate, Liphook, GU30 7AZ, UK