Posted by Rebekah Olstad in Asia, Caribbean, Latin America, Middle East, Peace and Conflict, Spirituality and Religion, Trip Participant Stories, Women, Youth on 9th May, 2013 | No Comments
Congratulations to Susan Hall, Grand Prize winner of the 2013 Reality Tours Photo Contest! Her image of an Afghan man drinking tea was chosen as our Grand Prize Winner for the quality and composition of the image and the strikingness of its subject matter. Susan had this to say about her experience visiting Afghanistan: “Prior »
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Posted by Kirsten Moller in Asia, Peace and Conflict, Spirituality and Religion, Trip Participant Stories on 6th May, 2013 | 3 Comments
Nancy Penrose of Seattle shares her experiences during a recent trip to Burma with Global Exchange.
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Posted by Corina Nolet in Art and Culture, Fair Trade, Featured, Indigenous Rights, Latin America, Peace and Conflict, Women on 1st May, 2013 | No Comments
Oaxaca is one of the earth’s most beautiful places. Its lush mountains, high arid plains and dramatic Pacific coast are home to a vivid cultural mix. It’s also where Global Exchange will host a 25th Anniversary Reality Tour to participate in the stunning Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos) ceremony. Find out more here!
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Posted by Rebekah Olstad in Asia, Citizen Diplomacy, Education, Environment & Sustainability, Indigenous Rights, Labor and Economy, Latin America, Peace and Conflict on 4th April, 2013 | 2 Comments
Reality Tours is proud to announce a new partnership with ActionAid Denmark! Global Exchange is partnering with the Danish branch of ActionAid to assist them with their international youth activist training programs. We’ll be supporting their 3-4 week programs in El Salvador, Nepal and Kenya in the Summer of 2013. These programs are focused on »
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Posted by Andrea Hightower in Civil Rights, Environment & Sustainability, Fair Trade, Featured, Middle East, Peace and Conflict on 28th March, 2013 | No Comments
As activists commemorate Palestinian Land Day around the globe, Global Exchange is recognizing this 37th Palestinian Land Day with a Reality Tour that is currently on the ground in the West Bank. But, what is Palestinian Land Day?
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Posted by Malia Everette in Civil Rights, Education, Food and Agriculture, Labor and Economy, Latin America, Partner and Trip Leader Stories, Peace and Conflict on 8th November, 2012 | No Comments
In the second of a two part series on Argentina, Reality Tours host organization, La Vaca, shares the significance of the country’s history, it’s economic hardship and what inspiring lessons it provides for the global community today!
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Posted by Rebekah Olstad in Middle East, Peace and Conflict, Women on 17th October, 2012 | No Comments
Global Exchange Co-Founder Medea Benjamin and delegates from CodePink recently completed a peace march to tribal areas of Pakistan that have been limited to foreigners in the past decade. Here’s more about it.
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Posted by Malia Everette in Art and Culture, Asia, Citizen Diplomacy, Civil Rights, Education, Food and Agriculture, Labor and Economy, Peace and Conflict, Spirituality and Religion on 17th September, 2012 | 3 Comments
Global Exchange announces our newest Reality Tour destination! Guess where we are going to build people to people ties in 2013?
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Posted by Malia Everette in Europe, Labor and Economy, Partner and Trip Leader Stories, Peace and Conflict, Spirituality and Religion on 13th July, 2012 | No Comments
Global Exchange co-founder, Kevin Danaher shares his favorite memories on Reality Tours to Northern Ireland in the second of this two part interview.
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Posted by Malia Everette in Civil Rights, Europe, Labor and Economy, Partner and Trip Leader Stories, Peace and Conflict on 3rd July, 2012 | No Comments
In the first of a two part series about Global Exchange’s history in Ireland, our co-founder, Kevin Danaher shares the inspiration behind our delegations during an interview with Reality Tours intern Kathleen Reynolds.
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