A Palo Alto High School senior has organized a soccer gear drive, which will run through April 7, to benefit children in South Africa and El Salvador.

Vedika Ahuja decided to start the drive because she attended middle school in South Africa, where she saw that kids did not have adequate soccer gear. The goal of the fundraiser is to provide children who are unable to purchase soccer equipment with cleats and uniforms in El Salvador and the Johannesburg region of South Africa.

"I'm doing this fundraiser because I lived in South Africa...and I frequently played with kids that didn't have shoes on their feet," Ahuja said.

Ahuja said that she wanted to do something for the people she met in South Africa and as a high school student, she has become more proactive in her goal to help them.