Give Back at ISHLT2026
Wound Care Donation Drive
Supporting Not Just Tourists
As part of ISHLT’s social responsibility efforts, the Society is collecting donations of wound care items at ISHLT2026 to support Not Just Tourists.
ISHLT2026 attendees should focus on donating:
- Band-aids
- Ace bandages
- Sterile Gauze (4x4 or 2x2 preferred)
- Kling Rolls (4" and 6")
There will be a donation bin on-site in Toronto where you will be able to drop off your items.
About Not Just Tourists
Not Just Tourists was founded with the purpose of getting medical supplies to those who can't afford them. Through volunteers, they aspire to:
- Change the way people travel and start the journey for ordinary tourists to become humanitarians
- Prevent the waste of usable medical supplies and get them to those in most need
Not Just Tourists receives donations from hospitals, clinics, medical suppliers and individuals. The supplies donated are typically gauze, bandages, surgical instruments, masks, gloves, antiseptics, IV kits, urinary supplies and birthing kits. The supplies are packed by volunteers into suitcases during weekly “packing parties”. Travellers sign up and are given the suitcases to deliver to remote clinics where they are needed. The project does not accept funding, is non-political, non-religious. Everything is accomplished through volunteers.
