Category Past Charities

2022 – The Hope Foundation

About the Hope Foundation Since 1999, The Hope Foundation is committed to ensure the protection of children living on the streets and slums of Kolkata, who are deprived of their basic human rights of Survival, Protection, Development, and Participation as…

2021 – ImpactHK

About ImpactHK During a WiTR zoom catch up in late 2021, we were joined by Jeff Rotmeyer, the founder of ImpactHK, WiTR’s charity for 2021. Jeff explained to those who joined how the team at ImpactHK work 365 days per…

2020 – ImpactHK

About ImpackHK ImpactHK has been selected as the 2020 project for Women in Travel Retail to support. ImpactHK was nominated by Erin Lillis of Lacoste. ImpactHK supports homeless women in Hong Kong where females on the streets, as in many other…

2019 – Friends-International, Siem Reap, Cambodia

About Friends-International In 2019, Women in Travel Retail has chosen to support Friends-International, raising money for its Beauty Vocational Training and Education Support in Siem Reap. Friends-International is an award-winning international social enterprise that has been operating since 1994. 25…

2018 – Help for Haiti’s children

About Help for Haiti’s children In its first year as a fully-fledged membership organisation for women in the travel retail industry, Women in Travel Retail (WiTR) has chosen to support Hand in Hand for Haiti in 2018 by raising a…

2017 – Sunrise Siem Reap Orphanage (Phase 2)

About Sunrise Siem Reap Orphanage Sunrise Angkor Learning Center opened in 2015, providing children from the Sunrise orphanage and surrounding area with quality education in the English language, information, communication and technology (ICT), Khmer traditional dance and music skills, art…

2016 – Sunrise Siem Reap Orphanage

About Sunrise Siem Reap Orphanage In 2016 Women in Travel Retail (WiTR) raised more than €25,000 to build and equip two classrooms for children at the Sunrise Siem Reap orphanage in Cambodia, surpassing its €15,000 target. The Sunrise Learning Centre…

2015 – Brahmaputra Home

About Brahmaputra Home In 2015 the travel retail industry once again underlined its generosity and willingness to give to needy communities and causes with a fundraising push at TFWA World Exhibition in Cannes, raising money to provide housing for a…