Tourism, travel, leisure and sports
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Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan - Creating Value for All: Community-Based Tourism
Tourism is a rapidly growing industry throughout the world. It can contribute to poverty alleviation through creating new jobs and providing entrepreneurial opportunities for people from a variety of backgrounds, skills and experiences. Community-based tourism - a type of tourism that is owned and...
Mercy Corps and Nike promote Sports for Peace and Life in Sudan
Mercy Corps has been working in Sudan using sports as a way of both rebuilding post-civil war communities and educating young people about HIV/AIDS. This effort has been supported and greatly helped by Nike's donation of large amounts of sporting equipment to the project.
Carlson
Carlson (previously named Carlson Companies) is one of the largest family-run and privately-held corporations in the United States with business in the hotel, restaurant, and travel industries. Headquartered in Minnetonka, Minnesota, near Minneapolis, Carlson brands and services, including...
Fair Trade Sports teams up with Project Hope Worldwide
Fair Trade Sports Inc, a company that manufactures sports equipment in the US, has teamed up with Project Hope Worldwide.
Creating Value For All: Community-Based Tourism in Kyrgyzstan
Community-based tourism (CBT)-a type of a tourism that is owned and managed by the local community and its members- has emerged as a mechanism to facilitate locally based tourism activities in many developing countries, including the Kyrgyz Republic. The first CBT group was established in May 2000...
Indonesia's tourism industry is getting tsunami ready
Following the Asian tsunami the Indonsesian Ministry of Culture and Tourism has partnered with the Bali Hotels Association (BHA) to improve tsunami readiness amongst hotels. The initiative is supported by the German Centrum für Migration und Entwicklung (CIM).
The Veolia Foundation helps Bulgarian children with disabilities to experience outdoor activities
The Veolia Environment Foundation has made a grant to the Get Involved" Project of Outward Bound Bulgaria, an organization that provides outdoor adventure courses for young people.
Southern Water supports WaterAid in a variety of ways
Southern Water, its employees and customers have supported WaterAid since 1981, promoting WaterAid through organising and taking part in fundraising events and making donations.
Through an initiative of ASGN, micro-credit and tourism save giraffes in Niger
ASGN (the Association to Safeguard the Giraffes of Niger) used grants from the Wildlife Protection Foundation in the UK and from the Zoo de Doue in France to set up a successful micro-credit scheme.
Timberland partners with Big City Mountaineers to provide wilderness experiences
Timberland partners with Big City Mountaineers (BCM), an organization uniting volunteer mentors with urban youth for life-changing outdoor journeys.
ConocoPhillips signed the Gold Sponsorship deal for ROTA's Wheels 'n' Heels
In February 2008, ConocoPhillips Ltd Qatar was the exclusive Gold Sponsor of Qatar-based NGO Reach Out To Asia, ROTA’s, third Wheels 'n' Heels community fun day.
Partnering with Mercy Corps, Nike is helping to build better, healthier communities.
Nike has been working closely with Mercy Corps, aiding in their efforts to use sports - particularly soccer - as a method of community rebuilding and to bring hope to the world's youth.
Garnier raises money for disadvantaged children, whilst promoting sun safety at the Australian Open
Garnier supports the Kids Tennis Foundation, an Australian charity providing tennis coaching for financially and socially disadvantaged children.
FC Barcelona commits to the continued financial support and global promotion of UNICEF
UNICEF and FC Barcelona started a five-year partnership in September 2006 to raise awareness and funds to benefit children affected by HIV and AIDS, and it included having the UNICEF logo on the FC Barcelona official jersey.
Rock Solid Trekking & Expedition
Rock Solid Trekking & Expedition is an American travel company that provides clients with adventure travel options. The company connects travellers with tour offerings then donates a minimum of half of all commissions it receives.
Reclaim Childhood
Reclaim Childhood is an American NGO that seeks to extend the benefit of sport and play to young women in displaced and underserved communities in Jordan. Since 2008 the organisation has offered organized sports programmes for Iraqi refugee girls aged 8-18, and has also recently opened its...
Neilson Active Holidays
Part of the Thomas Cook Group, Neilson Active Holidays are specialists in providing adventure holidays. Catering for individuals, families and groups of any skill (beginner to expert), typical trips offered include snowboarding, diving, windsurfing and mountain biking.
MTS Travel
MTS Travel provides comprehensive travel management services to the full range of religious, non-profit and cause-related organisations. They are the largest firm with this specialisation in the US and have over fifty years of experience in travel to developing countries.
Y Care Charitable Trust Botswana
Y Care Charitable Trust is a charity which aims to raise funds for community projects and originations in Botswana while simultaneously enabling its sponsors to experience parts of Botswana that had not been a reality to them. The core activity of Y Care’s fundraising work is the walks. The...
CMC Rescue, Inc.
CMC Rescue Equipment was founded in 1980 to provide rescuers with a reliable and knowledgeable source of equipment and training. CMC Rescue now designs, manufactures, and distributes rescue equipment worldwide, and educates emergency response personnel. CMC's competencies include rope rescue,...