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COMMUNITY AID PROGRAMS Travel Closer acts for the community in two main ways: by involving local villages in the tourism industry through our many tour itineraries, and by our community aid programs. The latter is accomplished through school donations and a child sponsorship program (together with the IHF).
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down or browse the links on the left to find out more about how Travel
Closer and its clients help the disadvantaged communities.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ We support the International Humanity Foundation (IHF) in its various Kenyan aid programs including their Education Program (TEP) which helps the children under its protection to attend primary and secondary school, and their Orphanage Centre, home to over 100 Pokot children. The IHF is an international, grass-roots organisation that cares for orphaned children around the world. With its family values and structure and their dedication to honest, transparent charity, the IHF is a praiseworthy partner and one that best reflects our company’s commitment in this field. You can find more about this organisation at www.ihfonline.org Funding for our child sponsorship programs comes from a “self-taxation” system imposed on the company profits; percentages rising through pre-determined tax brackets. This stimulates a proportionate growth of aid compared to profits. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
We work closely with local schools of Northern Tanzania to contribute to
their basic needs every month. Or focus lies with poor kindergarten and
primary schools that have inadequate premises, facilities or equipment. Most
of the aid consists in the purchase of desks, blackboards and similar
furniture, reparation of floors, roofs and walls, guttering systems for
collection of fresh water, construction of toilet facilities and other basic
types of aid. To fund this program all of our guides and porters donate 50% of the tips they receive from our guests. These are collected at the end of the month and used to purchase the necessary equipment for local schools. Please see our important notes on tips under the General Information section. We offer all our guests the opportunity to participate in our monthly donations. You can visit and see for yourself the good our program is doing at our partnering schools as well as meet their teachers and students. |
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