TRAVELLERS PHILANTHROPY is the giving by travellers to more causes they see along their travels that they feel could do with help. Throughout the world, travellers and travel companies are giving financial input, time, and help with talent to help improve the wellbeing of local communities. This emerging movement is helping to support and empower these communities by providing jobs, enhancing their skills, uplifting their health care, education, and enviromental awareness and concern.
Included in the costing of many of our own operated safaris and holiday packages is a sum that will be included in your final bill for your holiday, and which is carefully set aside in a specific Travellers Philanthropy account and will be used for the particular projects the we have identified as worthwhile and given our approval.
We are adding to the cost of your holiday the sum as shown below:
1 to 2 days $ 10 per person for that duration
3 days $ 30 per person for that duration
4 days and more $100 per person for that duration

Should you wish to contribute more than this amount, then please ask at the time of booking for it to be adjusted. If you are already making other arrangements and would prefer not to participate in this contribution, please advise us and we shall remove it.

THE PROJECTS INDENTIFIED
Each year we will indentify particular projects and try to support them with payments in full from the amounts contributed by you, our travellers, to this Philanthropy account. We will contribute 100%, and absorb any costs in getting these funds to the project, as well as contributing our own efforts, time and energies to them as well.
This year 2009 we have indentified the following:

LIMURU CHILDRENS CENTRE - developing the well being of the next generation.
A small centre on the edge of tea fields of Limuru town, 30 kilometres form the city of Nairobi. Here are almost 200 children now of 3 to 14 years from orphaned and disadvantaged backgrounds who are given nutritious food, basic education, some health care and some sleep at the Centre. For more details please visit www.limuruchildrenscentre.org .

IL NGWESI LODGE - promoting and encouraging better practices in a community run tourism enterprise and conservation.
Il Ngwesi is a lodge that is owned and run by the local Lakipia Masai themselves on their Il Ngwesi Group Ranch west of Isiolo, north west of Mount Kenya. Accommodation is in 6 comfortable banda type rooms made of local materials with solar power hot water, fullboard, and activities and a swimming pool. For further details please look at www.ilngwesi.com .
This small community run lodge is needing assistance in the purchase of various equipment to accomplish its goals - see "The Work Horse" see image, which can be very useful for collecting firewood, helping in repairs to roads, and general utilities! It costs approximately US$4600.- . Carries approximately 750 kilos and uses 5 litres for a 10 hour shift.