2008 Travelers’ Philanthropy Conference Program Announced
The 2008 Travelers’ Philanthropy Conference, taking place in Arusha, Tanzania December 3-5, 2008 will feature an exclusive half-day Short Course on how to establish and manage a travelers’ philanthropy program and the premiere of a new documentary film.
The newly released conference program includes 27 workshops on a wide range of current topics as well as plenary sessions. The workshops feature three main streams including: Travelers’ Philanthropy: Contribution to Conservation; Travelers’ Philanthropy: Investing in Communities and Development; and Travelers’ Philanthropy: Trends and Cross Cutting Issues.
Eight optional, pre- and post- conference safaris that combine game viewing and other tourism act ivities with visits to community projects supported by tour operators will also be available at a discount for participants, friends, and family.
“This conference marks the most comprehensive examination to-date of travelers’ philanthropy – the growing global initiative by which tourism businesses and travelers are helping to support local schools, clinics, micro-enterprises, job training, conservation, and other types of projects in tourism destinations around the world,†says Dr. Martha Honey, Co-Director of the Center on Ecotourism and Sustainable Development (CESD) which is organizing the conference. “We have chosen to hold the conference in East Africa both because there are many fine examples of responsible tourism businesses that are practicing travelers’ philanthropy and because there are many pressing local and regional social and environmental needs which tourism, done well, can help to address.â€
The keynote address will be given by Nobel Laureate Professor Wangari Maathai, founder and leader of Kenya ’s Green Belt Movement. Other plenary sessions include a panel discussion on “HIV/AIDS: Responses from the Travel Industryâ€, “Creating a Strong Corporate Commitment & Model: Vision for the Futureâ€, and an address on “Benefiting Host Communities: Lessons from East Africa,†by Dr. David Western, former head of Kenya Wildlife Service and founder of the African Conservation Centre.
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