Responsible Travel: We have to learn before we can help!

we have to learnbefore we can help

Voluntourismlooks one way

service learning
Is a popular term

but we need a
solution revolution

we shouldn’t promote servingfirst…
.

we shouldn’t promote servingfirst…
and learning second

learning from our mistakes
is alwaysgood

what about starting by avoidingmistakes?

learning
servicetrips
= trips where you are learning to serve AFTER you leave

PEPY Tours
are designed to inspire people to improve they way they
GIVE
TRAVEL
& LIVE
after they leave us

And, with a two part fee, the donation requirement from the tour goes straight to our NGO programs which are investing in skills and capacity building of local leaders who are looking to improve their communities

How can I add value with my travels?
3 Steps to Success

#1
Research

Invest in
people
#2

invest TIME in PEOPLE
NOT THINGS!

#3
What are the recent successes AND failures? What have you learned?
How have you impacted attitudes & actions?
Follow up

#3
You can’t know your actual impact unless you follow up/do research, and are open to learning the realities of the impact you had.
Follow up

3 TIPS
Before you donate your
time & money,
vet the NGO

1. Ask about failures & change

2. Ask others & be willing to listen (we WILL make mistakes, be open to excepting that!)

3. Ask about attitudes,
actions & people

Not just things
& finances
3. Ask about attitudes,
actions & people

because it’s about IMPACT
notINPUTS

3 TIPS
Giving your money away
RESEARCH: Giving your money

1. You vote with your money
$

Do you want more kids
on the street?

Poverty voyeurism is voting for poverty.

2. Ask. Vet.
Follow up.

3. Fund sustainable projects that build capacity.

At PEP, we have made many mistakes. We started our work in Cambodia by
building schools.
But then we realized that…
.

Schools don’t teach kids.

Neither do pens,
books, or t-shirts.

We needed to invest in peopleto put those things to use?

3 REASONS
Just Say NO to Orphanage Tourism

http://vimeo.com/21790809

1. Orphanages are not a tourist attraction.

2. It’s not a zoo. No, you can’t pet or feed them.

3. Ask yourself: Would this be okay if this was happening in my community?

3 TIPS
Traveling
the World

1. Know where your money is going.

2. Strive for your yellow zone.

3. Avoid the long-neck-women phenomenon.

It’s not just about the “10 days of service”

It’s not just about the “10 days of service”
It’s about the 355 others…
.

It’s not just about where you “give” your money

It’s not just about where you “give” your money
It’s about where you “spend” it…
.

Get ANGRY
Get INTERESTED
Get EMPOWERED
And then find the issue that you are passionate about…
.

Get ANGRY
Get INTERESTED
Get EMPOWERED
And then…
.

Thank you!
Daniela Papi
twitter: @danielapapi
email: d@pepyride.org

Photo Credits
Photos from Flickr
@nebarnix
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@divemasterking2000
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@looking4poetry
@garryknight
@sandvand
Photos of PEPY class and school
Photographer: Mathieu Young

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Responsible Travel: We have to learn before we can help!

by Daniela Papi on Apr 16, 2011

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