Understanding Travelers Philanthropy: Private Investment Advice

October 15, 2009

Personal Transformation, Wealth & Wisdom
There are many components to a charitable giving strategy, from donating money to causes we believe in to volunteering our time to setting up a private giving foundation to create a lasting legacy of giving.

A growing number of Canadians are now broadening their charitable efforts while they travel in the hope of making deeper connections with the causes they support. “Philanthropic Travel,” as it is known, is a way to see the world and make it a better place, by adopting causes abroad.

“We’re certainly starting to get more questions about philanthropic tourism,” says Marnie Grona, Senior Manager of Marketing and Communications with Imagine Canada, a national program to promote charitable giving and volunteering.

A growing number of philanthropists recognize they can make a more lasting impact with a direct contribution to humanitarian causes, suggests David Chamberlain, founder of Exquisite Safaris Philanthropic Travel.

Chamberlain is a Nevada-based travel philanthropy consultant known for introducing potential donors to non-government organizations (NGOs) around the world. “Not everyone wants to pick up a hammer when on vacation,’ he says, and most grassroots developing world NGO causes need money, not non-skilled helpers.”

Chamberlain arranges introductions for his travellers to leaders of outreach projects around the globe to establish relationships, build trust and offer a firsthand look at where philanthropy is most needed. Exquisite Safaris Philanthropic Travel makes a $250 per person donation to the grassroots organization being visited. Their clients donate generously too.

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