Posted by Malia Everette in Asia, Human trafficking, Labor and Economy, Youth on 19th April, 2012 | 2 Comments
TassaTag is a project of ECPAT-USA and stands for Travelers Take Action Against Sex Slavery and Trafficking. Check out their luggage tags and hear how this project began.
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Posted by Malia Everette in Asia, Citizen Diplomacy, Trip Participant Stories 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 Asia, Human trafficking, Partner and Trip Leader Stories 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 Environment & Sustainability, Fair Trade, Food and Agriculture, Labor and Economy, Latin America 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 Zarah Patriana in Latin America, Trip Participant Stories on 18th November, 2010 | No Comments
For today’s Giving Thanks series, Global Exchange’s Zarah Patriana thanks two past Reality Tours participants, Anne Kelly and Mark Van Wormer, fellow travelers she met on a delegation to Nicaragua.
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Posted by Zarah Patriana in Latin America, Trip Participant Stories on 7th October, 2010 | No Comments
This past July, Reality Tour participant, Larry Heath went on the Reality Tour delegation to Nicaragua to explore Fair Trade and alternatives to neo-liberalism. Read on as he shares his experience with us.
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Posted by Malia Everette in Uncategorized on 15th June, 2010 | 4 Comments
Great News! Today’s LA Times travel section featured Reality Tour’s Fair Harvest journey to Nicaragua. On behalf of Reality Tours I’d like to say thank you to their staff and editors for covering our alternative and fair trade focused tours. As you can see in their article ,we are bringing people to understand Nicaragua, its »
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