In November I spent three days in Antigua, Guatemala with Ryan Stimmel, scouting out an itinerary for cultural immersion trips for families and educators he’ll be running for GoodTrip Tours* in partnership with Cambio NDG, a language school that benefits the Dutch/Guatemalan NGO Niños de Guatemala (NDG).
NOTE (September 2018): Travel+SocialGood is now the Impact Travel Alliance. The 4th annual Travel+SocialGood (TSG) Global Summit is being held in New York City next month. It’s expected to draw 150 travel industry…
April 25 marked the two-year anniversary of the devastating Nepal earthquake, which left nearly 9,000 people dead and 22,000 people injured, and leveled countless homes and cultural and religious sites. I haven’t been…
Thank you to Aviv Hochbaum for helping me spread the word on how to volunteer in Cambodia, a country I visited in fall 2014, and do so in a responsible manner. In…
Today is World Water Day, which brings attention to the world water crisis. 2.1 billion people around the globe don’t have access to clean drinking water at home – of those, 263 million…
Today is International Women’s Day, which is dedicated to celebrating “the social, economic, cultural and political achievement of women.” However, it also recognizes that in many places in the world – even in…
Today is International Women’s Day, which is dedicated to celebrating “the social, economic, cultural and political achievement of women.” However, it also recognizes that in many places in the world – even in…
Prabha Dublish is the co-founder of Womentum, a non-profit organization that crowdfunds donations to help women in developing countries start their own businesses. Prabha got the idea for Womentum after a trip to Delhi, India, in…
The best places to volunteer with animals are sanctuaries, NGOs and grassroots groups that make the care of the animals their top priority.
The best places to see elephants in Southeast Asia are sanctuaries that promote education and conservation instead of exploitation. Inspired by my recent visit to the island of Palawan in the Philippines,…
