Step Up Travel offers US$1,000 Advocacy Grant

Friday, 03 Apr, 2007 0

Step Up Travel, the Washington-based sustainable tour operator is to offer an advocacy grant of $1,000. Rules are as follows:

Identify a specific issue in a developing country that you believe needs greater international attention and advocacy for change. Submit a proposal that includes research about the issue (with references), the work currently being done to improve the situation, and a plan to learn more about the issue and increase public awareness about it.

Include in your proposal at least a 10 day travel itinerary that details how you plan to document the issue (photos, journals, video, etc) and a plan for how to increase awareness about the topic once you have returned.

Proposals will be accepted through May 15th and then posted in the Step Up Travel Network. The submission that receives the most supporting online votes in the network will be awarded a $1000 travel grant to carry out the proposal.

For more information, visit www.stepuptravel.org  

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