Posted by Rebekah Olstad in Partner and Trip Leader Stories, Trip Participant Stories on 19th December, 2012 | No Comments
As 2012 comes to a close, we at Reality Tours want to thank all of you who have traveled with us, you keep us motivated and inspired! Here is a look back at some of our favorite blog posts and stories from 2012.
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Posted by Malia Everette in Featured, Partner and Trip Leader Stories, Trip Participant Stories on 26th November, 2012 | 4 Comments
Since 1997, Malia Everette has directed the Reality Tours program and helped diversify and expand the breadth of socially responsible travel. Today she shares her gratitude for her years here, and announces her upcoming professional transition.
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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 Civil Rights, Environment & Sustainability, Fair Trade, Labor and Economy, Latin America, Partner and Trip Leader Stories, Uncategorized on 22nd June, 2012 | No Comments
Learn how the educator and activist Marta Sanchez became part of our Global Exchange family! Today Marta shares her Reality Tours story with you.
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Posted by Malia Everette in Africa, Asia, Citizen Diplomacy, Civil Rights, Europe, Guest Posts, Middle East, Peace and Conflict, Trip Participant Stories on 30th May, 2012 | 2 Comments
Jane Stillwater is preparing for her 6th Reality Tour to Uganda. Learn how this Citizen Diplomat does it and how her other journeys to Afghanistan, Belfast, North Korea, Iran, and Cuba gave her lots to share.
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Posted by Malia Everette in Women on 9th March, 2012 | No Comments
Today the world reflects for a moment to honor women. We bear homage to women who have made a difference in their communities; women that have struggled and resisted discrimination and injustice; women that have succeeded in the face of immense social, political and economic odds. As Global Exchange’s blog said today, “we celebrate the economic, »
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Posted by Malia Everette in Citizen Diplomacy, Middle East, Partner and Trip Leader Stories on 27th February, 2012 | No Comments
Today’s special blog is the last commemorating a decade of Reality Tours in Afghanistan and features the insights of Marsha MacColl, on behalf of our partner Afghans4Tomorrow (A4T). On behalf of Global Exchange we thank all the tremendous energy and efforts of A4T and look forward to a dynamic future of continued collaboration. Congratulations to Global Exchange »
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Posted by Malia Everette in Africa, Citizen Diplomacy, Human trafficking on 21st February, 2012 | 1 Comment
Yesterday I shared with you some of the background on our Reality Tours trips to Uganda. Today in Part 2 of this two-part series, you’ll read my firsthand account of traveling on a Reality Tours trip to Uganda:
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Posted by Malia Everette in Africa, Citizen Diplomacy, Human trafficking on 21st February, 2012 | No Comments
Malia Everette shares the story behind Reality Tours launching Uganda in 2009 and recounts the personal transformation inspired by her experience.
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Posted by Malia Everette in Asia, Human trafficking 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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