However, as an outstanding, heartfelt gesture, some volunteers contribute funds DIRECTLY TO THE HOSPITAL OR HEALTH FACILITY where they are assigned. Such donations support the needs of health care facilities working with sick children. Contributions are used for medical treatment, surgeries (especially open heart operations) and/or for the provision of medicines, necessary equipment and prosthetics.

Pharmacy students of the University of Manchester, Katherine Blackledge and Laurita Masrland, volunteering at a public children's hospital in Quito.

These donations are normally collected through the volunteer's fundraising efforts and contacts in his/her home country.

The volunteer can be involved in all aspects of the child's health, from medical exams and diagnosis to prescriptions and treatments. The volunteer meets with the child and her/his family (if she/he has one) and talks with the physicians. The volunteer may then decide to assist with the medical costs involved. The volunteer can also acquire medicines and supplies (e.g. bandages, needles), and deliver them directly to the most appropriate person at the hospital.