March 31, 2013 – April 7, 2013
After the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, 2010, over a billion dollars in aid was promised to the struggling island. The world stepped up, empathized and donated. Yet much of the funds pledged to post-quake relief for has not been received for redevelopment and very little has been done to rebuild.
June 15, 2013 – June 25, 2013
Something remarkable is happening in Venezuela. The lives of millions of Venezuelans are improving as historic wrongs are being righted. The world's fifth-largest oil producer, Venezuela has long been a country of contrasts: despite its great wealth, 80% of Venezuelans live in poverty.
March 2, 2013 – March 15, 2013
Evolution of a Revolution: Egyptian Hopes for Tomorrow and the Realities of Today
The Egyptian Revolution represented a major success for the Egyptian people and the future of their country while contributing to the inspiration of uprisings around the globe. Despite their successes, it does not mean that the hopes of the revolution have fully been realized or accomplished.
March 3, 2013 – March 12, 2013
After three decades of warfare, Afghanistan continues to strive towards reconstruction, despite weaning support for the NATO-backed government and the Taliban insurgency. Within this challenging environment, Afghan women are taking reconstruction, coupled with creating social change, into their own hands.
March 16, 2013 – March 26, 2013
We invite you to travel to Venezuela with Global Exchange to dig past the headlines and explore the changes occurring in Venezuela, Latin America and the hemisphere as a whole. On a Global Exchange tour to Venezuela you will meet with human rights activists, rural agricultural workers, labor unions, community activists, journalists, and government officials and opposition figures, and see for yourself the unprecedented social change that is occurring at this historic time in Venezuela and the region.
March 22, 2013 – April 1, 2013
This important delegation will examine the affects that Israeli occupation has on the Environment of the Palestinian Territories and thus the livelihood of Palestinians. The group will explore the issues of Freedom of Access to water and Sanitation in the West Bank, the impact of the on going occupation on the Eco System in the Jordan valley and the issues of deforestation in relation to Israeli practices and the on going drought that has plagued the Middle East for more than five years now.
July 2, 2013 – July 12, 2013
Global Exchange Reality Tours wants to bring together aspiring individuals to travel to Uganda. Discovering Uganda means exploring a quintessential example of the complex and unique tasks facing post-colonial African states. The development of this East African nation is beset with complex issues that make it an exceptional case study within the East African community and the larger narrative of post-colonial Africa.
August 5, 2013 – August 12, 2013
Global Exchange Reality Tours wants to bring together aspiring individuals to travel to Thailand. Accurate statistics are difficult to compile, but it is believed that between 600,00 and 800,000 human beings are trafficked across international borders each year, 80% of them women and children. It is estimated that approximately $9 billion dollars in profits are generated annually through slavery and trafficking, placing the trade in human trafficking in the top three most profitable criminal enterprises along with the drugs and arms trades.
October 10, 2013 – October 23, 2013
People traveling to Vietnam are often startled by the beauty of the country and the graciousness of its people, qualities that have not faded despite the punishing long war with the United States as well as the subsequent 20-year embargo which lasted until 1995.
September 21, 2013 – October 5, 2013
Is the threat of war the best response to Iran's nuclear program?
Is the US media's portrayal of Iran accurate?
How do Iranians feel about the US government and people?
