need to send shoe boxes to tanzanian orphanage need cheapest route please total weight 26 kilos?

Question

26 children have made up shoe boxes for the children in Morogoro tanzania the boxes can be put into one big box for easier carriage roughly about 26 kilos is the weight the cost of sending parcels by post office is too much please can you help us by giving information and adresses and telephone numbers of any organisation that can help us thank you jock

Answer 1

If you ship it through a regular postal service, the recipient may have to pay customs duties. However, if the recipient is a school (does the orphanage count?), often those fees are waived. Also sometimes your country's embassy might be willing to help ship in the "diplomatic pouch" if they can verify the contents. If so, no customs duties will be required.
I would recommend using two large boxes rather than one since the weight might be a little too much for a person to easily transport in one box.
DHL or one of the other international shipping companies may also be able to give you better recommendations about how to ship.

Finally, if the orphanage receives goods fairly often, they may know the best way to ship something. I'd suggest asking them.

Ahsanteni sana na zawadi kwa watoto.

Answer 2

I know from painful experience that if you receive a parcel through the post in Tanzania you have to pay duty on the value of the goods AND on the price of postage. Don't think of posting it, therefore. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania might be able to come up with some solutions. http://www.elct.org/

Thank you for doing this for Morogoro. Asante sana!

Answer 3

Hello Jock try this website www.newhopetrust.org - It is an organisation here in Peterhead that are always back and forward to Orphanages across europe and they just maybe able to help you. They do have an email address for contact purposes

Here's wishing you success.

From the nutter

Answer 4

Sometimes there are certain organisations who when they have a load to transport goods to another country if it is for a charity they do not pay certain taxes etc. only port fees,other than that UPS or DHL would be the people to contact.Hope this helps.With UPS it is size as well as weight that matters so it would be worth you phoning them as they have a tracking system which means you can follow your package from U.K. to Tanzania

Answer 5

If you are in the UK try the Royal Mail website. Otherwise, could you contact local couriers to see if they would transport the boxes for free as it's for charity - perhaps you could get your local newspaper involved - good publicity all round?