In 1946 Field Marshall Smuts presented the British Government with gifts from the people of South Africa and the High Commission Territories totalling nearly £1,100,000 as an expression of 'their deep sympathy and admiration for the people of Britain in their heroic war effort'. About a half of this total was allocated for the benefit of young people. A sum of £60,000 was assigned to travel parties for youth administered by a committee chaired by Sir Frank Willis. Half this fund was allotted to existing voluntary organisations for specific projects. The remaining sum was used for tours organised directly by the Committee. Between 1950 and 1953 this money was used to send five small groups of young British men and women to visit countries throughout the Commonwealth and Europe to gain first-hand experience of living and working conditions. The tour groups visited Kenya, Tanganyika, the Rhodesias and South Africa, May to September 1950; France, Switzerland and Germany, summer 1951; British Guiana, Trinidad, Barbados, Martinque, Antigua and Jamaica, February and March 1954; the Gold Coast and Nigeria, November 1955 - January 1956; and, lastly, Yugoslavia, Autumn 1956. In March 1958 the Committee presented its final report on how its funds had been spent.