Hey Everyone–I am co-leading a volunteer/service trip to Haiti this summer. Join us! The trip is with Elevate Destinations, the same organization I was lucky enough to travel with to volunteer after the earthquake. There is a one-week and a two-week option (July 22-30 or July 22-August 5) and we will be teaching/leading a summer [...]
Posts Tagged ‘elevate destinations’
1 Mar
Elevate the Gulf–It is Out of the News, but the Crisis Persists
Our world is in constant flux, and sometimes change happens in dramatic ways, in the form of disasters, natural or human-generated. Because we’ve all grown used to 24-hour news cycles and are immersed in everything from contentious election rhetoric to award season gowns and shenanigans, it is understandable how our collective memory might be challenged [...]
20 Nov
Mountains for Water—New Trip with Elevate Destinations
The severe, debilitating drought that struck Kenya at the end of the last century is still being felt, and causing suffering, today. Communities, livestock, and wild animals struggle for water, leading to entire communities—human and other animals—fighting dehydration and its attendant health issues. On example is the prevalence of trachoma, which can lead to painful [...]
8 May
Flight of Friendship—Volunteering in Japan
Disaster relief volunteering is always a delicate measure with timing. The quick arrival of skilled volunteers for emergency medical relief or shelter work is one thing, but when it can be effective and productive for the rest of us, as dedicated but lay volunteers, always takes a little longer. Elevate Destinations, with whom I did [...]
9 Aug
My Trip to Haiti…and You
My apologies for being AWOL last week. I was sick as a dog. While everyone else on the East Coast (and much of America) was sweating through a heatwave, I was buried under mounds of covers with an electric blanket set on “7″ and shivering because I still couldn’t get warm from a raging fever. [...]
9 Jun
Elevate Haiti
OK–this one has gotten hold of my imagination and won’t let go. My friends at Elevate Destinations are facilitating volunteer vacation trips to help the rebuilding efforts in Haiti. This is a 15-day trip in August or late November/early December, to do construction work at Jacmel, a port town where 70% of the buildings were [...]
12 Sep
CHANGERS:PROFILE-Dominique Callimanopulos ELEVATE DESTINATIONS
This is another interview with somebody who has taken on making a huge change in the world while also creating a path for us to do the same. I met Dominique Callimanopulos in a simple desk-side meeting at my office where she had come to tell me a bit about her company, Elevate Destinations. I [...]
18 Jul
Conservation Wars
This is a blog entry from earlier this month from friends at the Responsive Travel Blog This is the terrific blog of ELEVATE DESTINATIONS, the travel company that makes travel matter–giving you authentic experiences in wildly diverse cultures while making a difference for the communities and habitats you visit. I had the recent pleasure of [...]
