Travelers' philanthropy supporting local people in developing countries.
Travelers: When you travel you may come across a village, school or community that inspires you to want to give-back, contact us to see if we can coordinate with local ground operators in the community to insure that your goal is fulfilled. We may be able to structure the program to allow your donation to qualify for a tax deduction in the US. Read on for examples of successful projects that helped local people. The Kirua Good Hope Women's Cooperative is a good example.
Tour Operators: Consider creating a Give-Back
program in communities that are key to the success of your business. Organize
the project so that your travelers might wish to contribute and further
benefit the community. Donations may be tax deductible in the US. Read
on for examples of how others have made giving-back a part of their core
business plan. The Kawaza
School Fund and the Bayanga
Basketball Court project are a good examples.
Generosity in Action provides a structure for travelers to support local villages and people. Coordination with tour operators and tour leaders insure that donations are properly applied to the projects intended.
Generosity in Action assists in having controls in place and can provide a tax-deductible foundation for travelers' generosity. Projects range from providing text books to schools in Peru to digging a well and building a school in Burma to coordinating donations for many projects in southern Africa.
Review recent programs, learn how travelers initiate
projects, and how to support existing charitable organizations.
Click here to make a tax deductible donation.
List of Generosity in Action projects
Chipembele Wildlife Trust - South Luangwa
Chorten Nebu Orphanage in Bhutan
Creative Solutions Resource Systems - Zanzibar
Ebenezer School - Livingston, Zambia - Bushtracks Expeditions
Girls Too -education in Bhutan for Girls too.
Kawaza School Fund, Mfuwe, Zambia - Robin Pope Safaris
Kapani School Project - Norman Carr Safaris
Kasimu Education Fund - Malawi
Kasanka Trust - Zambia
KYA-O High School Science Lab - Bagan, Burma
Malimba Community School Fund - Tribal Textiles
Mt. Lodges of Peru - Yanapana Project
Shiwa Ng'andu Rural Development Project - Zambia
Shari Pankha Monastery and School - Bhutan
South Luangwa Conservation Society - Zambia
Timia, Niger High School - Bushtracks Expeditions
Projects organized by Bushtracks, a California tour operator.
Other Topics to help...
Hints to help travel organizers develop their own programs
Tax Deductible Donations to Generosity in Action.
Examples of our many projects...
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The latest Generosity in Action project is a Science Laboratory
to be built in the May 2, 2008 Burma's Irrawaddy Delta was devastated by Cyclone Nargis. Burma Cyclone Relief Reports are available - click here |
Chorten
Nebu Monastic School in the Punakha Valley region of Bhutan is in need
of basic water and sanitary facilities. A couple on a recent trek in
those mountains have initiated a major project. Click
here for more details.
...and
a new program designed to offer education for girls in far reaching
villages in Bhutan. A program simply called Girls Too. Click
here for details
ZSP
in Zanzibar, supports many programs - such as computer training. They
offer varied projects that support the local people.. Click
here for details.
Timia,
Niger is an oasis located many miles from the nearest town. The major
community project is to build a High School for students beyond grades
6. Click here for more details.
Water
for villages in Burma. Hand pumps and deep wells requiring electric
pumps. Our first project has resulted in significant improvement in
the the life of the entire community.
Review the many projects in Burma.
The
Kawaza School Fund is a "giving back" project of Robin Pope
Safaris in South Luangwa, Zambia, Africa. We are pleased to process
their fund raising effort in the US.
Click here for more information.
Bushtracks
travelers donate funds to build a basketball court in Bayanga, Central
African Republic. Click here to see
scrapbook of pictures of the dedication ceremony.
Other school projects.
Text books delivered to schools the Amazon region of Peru. See
more...
Playground
donated by independent travelers to a small village in South Africa.
Learn more about the Justica School
and Bushtracks.
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