Posted by Malia Everette in Asia, Citizen Diplomacy, Customized Reality Tours, Participant Story, Socially Responsible Travel, Uncategorized on 7th February, 2012 | No Comments
As part of a series honoring 10 years of relationship building, friendship and learning in Afghanistan, today we share the story of Patricia J. Idler and Randy Idler who created a customized tour to Afghanistan in 2009.
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Posted by Malia Everette in Fair Trade, Latin America, Participant Story, Socially Responsible Travel, Sustainable Solutions on 3rd February, 2012 | No Comments
Reality Tours is celebrating ten years of a rich educational programs in Ecuador that critically examine pressing social and ecological issues affecting communities from the Andes to the Amazon. Past participant, Paul Prew shares his insights today.
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Posted by Malia Everette in Asia, Citizen Diplomacy, Participant Story, Socially Responsible Travel, Uncategorized on 30th January, 2012 | No Comments
This International Women’s Day Global Exchange commemorates our 10 Year Anniversary of building people-to-people ties in Afghanistan. We honor a decade of relationship building, friendship and learning while we recommitting ourselves to work for peace.
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Posted by Leslie Balog in Cuba, Socially Responsible Travel, Sustainable Solutions on 11th January, 2012 | No Comments
Walking along the bustling streets of Havana, you hear a tiny cry. It’s repeated. You look down to see a tiny yellow kitten with newly opened eyes staring up. As the animal focuses on you, its pitiful meows become more insistent…..it needs you. Though Cuba provides full health care free-of-charge to its citizens and low cost pet assistance, the situation of stray cats and dogs has gotten out of control. Meet two people doing something about it, with the results to prove it!
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Posted by Admin in Asia, Featured, Socially Responsible Travel on 20th December, 2011 | No Comments
With the death of the North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-il known as the ‘Dear Leader’ and the world’s attention now turned to his youngest son Kim Jong Eun, the “Great Successor”, very interesting and intense times lie ahead for North Korea.
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Posted by Malia Everette in Asia, Customized Reality Tours, Human trafficking, In-Country Program Officer Story, Socially Responsible Travel on 13th December, 2011 | 2 Comments
This is the second in a two-part interview by Global Exchange Reality Tours Intern Sue Sullivan with our Cambodia and Thailand program officer, Boreth Sun. Learn more about what it means to be an in-country partner and why it is important for the international community to visit and learn first-hand about life in South East Asia.
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Posted by Malia Everette in Cuba, Customized Reality Tours, Latin America, Participant Story, Socially Responsible Travel on 7th December, 2011 | 1 Comment
For the past two years photographer and chair of Foothill College’s photography department, Ron Herman, has customized two Reality Tours delegations to Cuba. Learn more about his artistic example of building “people to people ties” with the arts community in Cuba and how making a difference inspired joint photography exhibits in the US & Cuba.
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Posted by Malia Everette in Asia, Customized Reality Tours, Human trafficking, In-Country Program Officer Story, Socially Responsible Travel on 7th December, 2011 | No Comments
Discover what it means to be an in-country representative of Reality Tours and our partnering organization Not For Sale. Introducing Boreth Sun, Reality Tours program officer in Cambodia and Thailand. Follow along as Reality Tours Director Malia Everette interviews Boreth.
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Posted by Malia Everette in Fair Trade, Socially Responsible Travel, Sustainable Solutions on 28th November, 2011 | 1 Comment
Reality Tours shares its Fair Trade Tourism story. As consumers in the “global north” we have become accustomed to the ease with which we buy products from around the world, but it is easy to be oblivious to how our choices effect people’s lives in producer communities. Global Exchange’s Fair Harvest Reality Tours exposes how our global economy impacts the lives of farmers around the world and advocates for fair alternatives while supporting community based, socially responsible tourism with Fair Trade and service learning.
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Posted by Leslie Balog in Cuba, New Years Tours, Participant Story, Socially Responsible Travel on 24th November, 2011 | 2 Comments
This Thanksgiving, we at Global Exchange are giving thanks to our members, supporters and leaders in our movement for social, economic and political justice. We are thankful to all of you who have traveled on a Reality Tour – you met the people, learned the facts and you make a difference. One person in particular, we wish to thank: Bill Patterson. Find out why.
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