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we have to learn before we can help
Creating Responsible Traveler’s Philanthropy Experiences
★ Who are we?!Ø 3.6 million UVs p.a"
Ø 12,000 travel journals"
Ø Travel alerts, safety, Travel Smarter"
Ø iPod / iPhone language guides"
Ø Travel scholarships"
Ø Ambassador program "
Ø Footprints"
Ø Linked with Social Media"
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How & why it works
- Registered non-profit organisation - Work with 3rd party charities, grassrootss and NGOs - Source locally supported projects - Support United Nations Millennium Development Goals - Manage and report on charitable projects globally
• $1,106,567
• 432,040 donations
• 66 projects funded
12,821 donations
from people in 18 countries
raised $31,548
for to fund a Water & Sanitation
project
In Timor-Leste run by WaterAid
2,264 donations
from people in 21 countries
raised $6,910
to fund a Teacher Livelihood Program
In Cambodia run by PEPY
To learn more
Twitter: @tunnsey; @worldnomads;
@footprintsntwrk; @travelsafety Email: [email protected]
Facebook: www.facebook.com/footprintsnetwork URL: http://footprints.worldnomads.com/
Youtube: Positive Footprints Channel
WHY are we HERE
Daniela Papi [email protected]
pepytours.com educationabroadnetwork.org
voluntourism101.com
lessonsilearned.org
HOW
matters
Impact on…
Travelers
Non-profit partner, the issue, or the
program
Local community or
ecosystem
Travelers
Non-profit partner, the issue, or the
program
Local community or
ecosystem
You can’t know your actual impact unless you follow up, do research, and stay open to learning the realities of the impact you had.
note
What went wrong on the “voluntourism” trip?
EVERYTHING that could have gone wrong!
EVERYTHING that could have gone wrong!
All of it
Poor implementation
Bad planning
An evil guy
Lies and corruption
List of things that could possibly go wrong
EVERYTHING that could have gone wrong!
All of it
List of things that could possibly go wrong
Poor implementation
Bad planning
An evil guy
Lies and corruption
Poor pre-planning
Poor pre-planning
Poor pre-planning
!
!!!
No transparency
No transparency
$$$
$$$
No transparency
Ineffective project
Ineffective project
Little to no traveler education
Little to no traveler education
The WRONG people were let in
The WRONG people were let in
The WRONG people were let in
So… how can we prevent this?
Lessons Learned at World Nomads
• Financial transparency not always clear – Communication w/ volunteer – Do they fund project costs via tour fees?
• Does $ stay local/ in country or get repatriated?
• Housing, food and safety provisions • Research thoroughly your partners; a
360
Lessons Learned (cont’d)
• Consider duration of trio when working with kids
• Is LOE > than outcomes
• Honesty and integrity are everything
• Upside: faster feedback loop
• Going to the place isn’t only way to leverage travel as a change agent
Where Footprints & Volunteerism Intersect
• Partnered w/ non-profit partners that run trips (provide funding through Footprints) – Seek transformational personal experiences
& make a difference fit in with the Footprints vision
• Projects must meet UN’s MDG; operators need to be accountable for outcomes not just tourism experience – Can be a challenge for operators who
dolphin in – Projects & needs are identified by locals
an ILLICH break
Voluntourism: What’s wrong
1) Band-aid “solutions” 2) Forgetting volunteers are NOT free 3) Focusing on “things” to solve
problems 4) Poor monitoring 5) Skilled jobs to the unskilled 6) Forgetting the REST of the trip 7) Fostering moral imperialism
1) Band-aid “solutions”
Just Say NO to Orphanage Tourism
a. Orphanages are not a tourist attraction.
b. It’s not a zoo. No, you can’t pet or feed them.
c. Ask yourself: Would this be okay if this was happening in my community?
2) Volunteers are not FREE
3) “Things” aren’t the solution
but by investing time in people instead
people have the capacity and connections to reach their own goals
4) Poor monitoring can = poor impact
5) Skilled jobs take skills
7) What about the REST of the
trip?
RESEARCH: Giving your money $ You vote with your money
Do you want more kids on the street?
Poverty voyeurism is voting for poverty.
Avoid the long-neck-
women phenomenon.
RESEARCH: Giving your money
At we have made many mistakes.
Schools don’t teach kids.
Neither do pens, books, or t-shirts.
We learned we needed to invest in people to put those things to use.
RESEARCH: Giving your money
At we have made many mistakes too.
it’s not how we can save the world in a week
It’s what we can do
the other 358
days of the year
PEPY Tours is designed to inspire people to improve the way they
GIVE, TRAVEL & LIVE after they leave us
and, with a two-part fee, the donation requirement from the tour goes straight to our NGO programs
service learning only looks one way
learning service = trips where you are learning to serve AFTER you leave
the current situation
a), b), and c)
A) Many people are marketing the “developing world” this way
Come help him.
Only you can help him.
A large part of what people “know” about “developing” countries comes from fundraising
campaigns & travel advertising
B) Sometimes we create
aid projects just to let people feel they are helping.
You know, Americans always want to paint things. They want to paint buildings, so we have a building we let them paint. Usually we have to repaint the walls after the Americans leave because they don’t do a very good job.”
-- Remarks from an African leader who felt that letting visiting Americans paint allowed them to feel like they accomplished something even though it was unnecessary (excerpt from Rethinking Short-Term Missions for Long-Term Impact by Mary Faultds)
C) We are selling what people “want”. Or do people want what we are selling?
5 Steps to Creating Successful
Learning Service Trips
1 #
BUILD
RELATIONSHIPS!
Research 2 #
Invest in people
3 #
4 #
Close the feedback loop
Follow-up & ask questions
Travel with us an make a difference!
Come support this organiza?on!
Traveling with us means you are
HELPING THE WORLD!
Join our SERVICE trip! Come help them!
Buy our trip and help this orphanage! .
5 #
HONEST MARKETING!!!
Other RESOURCES
to consider
www.voluntourism101.com
www.voluntourism101.com
Child Safe
Travelers Philanthropy Handbook
Thank you!
Christina Tunnah twitter: @tunnsey email: [email protected] Daniela Papi twitter: @danielapapi email: [email protected]
Photo Credits Photos from Flickr @martyn @nebarnix @lara604 @mithril @alancleaver @simulacraofmi @press the b[o]tton @claudiasnell @hrdrck @kristabrath @tormods @tamer_shabaneh @beth19 @divemasterking2000 @jurvetson @looking4poetry @garryknight @sandvand Photos of PEPY class and school Photographer: Mathieu Young