So you sort through your shoe collection, rummage around your kids' toys and get ready to contact your local aid agency.
But as it turns out your well-intentioned gesture is probably more of a hindrance than a help and if you really want to do your bit for Typhoon Haiyan victims there's one thing that will never go astray - money.
According to Children's charity ChildFund, cash is the biggest and best gift people can give to help the hundreds of thousands of victims left devasted by the deadly typhoon.
With aid workers bracing for a rising death toll and a sanitation crisis, the charity has asked people to avoid sending general goods.
Rouena Getigan, international program co-ordinator for ChildFund Australia, said sending goods overseas took time and the most pressing need for aid workers now was to secure cash to buy food, water and sanitation items.
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