Category: Giving Well
Advice on how to tip, gift or donate in a smart way, and examples of giving with a lasting positive impact.
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How $500 Can Change 100 Porters’ Lives
David was home in California, reminiscing about his trip to Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. He couldn’t help but think of the porters of Buhoma who had carried him to see the gorillas; without them he wouldn’t have experienced that highlight of Bwindi. Wanting to acknowledge the whole group rather than just the individuals who…
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Never Expect a Tip
EXCERPTED FROM “THE ESSENTIALS”, OUR GUIDE TRAINING DOCUMENT Is there a more unprofessional and embarrassing situation than a tour guide/service provider awkwardly waiting around to be tipped? While American guests will take it lightly and do the needful, people from other continents may instead roll their eyes and give you nothing … The reason for…
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It Hits Different: Illumineers Video, Friendship Camp Edition
The freshest, the most 🔥 version of the Illumineers promo video is here — with tons of footage from Friendship Camp! Feeling generous today? GoFundMe link is right here. 😎 You may also like: Is It Right to Come with Gifts for Children?Mobility Issues? David Can’t Be Stopped!A Night Out with My Wife … or…
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Heroes, Platforms & Splashes: Swimming Lessons at Lake Bunyonyi
You’d think that with a lake as gorgeous and safe as Bunyonyi, people would’ve been splashing about for centuries. Not quite. For hundreds of years the lake was more motorway than playground, busy with dugout canoes hacked out of eucalyptus trees. With 29 islands scattered across the water, families farmed or lived there, but swimming?…
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How Roma Waited and Waited, and Is Funding a Camp Now!
Our friends, it’s been months since we shared the news about the end of our NGO registration struggles, and now we have another milestone to share: there is a Gorilla Highlands Experts (GHE) bank account in existence! Thrilling, right? We know you have been wondering how to fund our much-needed activities with Rwandan youth ……
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SABA Episode #6 — Gifts for Kids, Begging & Smart Giving
The sixth episode of our SEE AFRICA BREATHE AFRICA podcast explores one of the trickiest questions we get from travellers: What should I bring for children I will meet? I already contributed some ideas to Miha’s article about the issue (swaying him away from his more ambiguous first draft) but since I couldn’t make it…
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Is It Right to Come with Gifts for Children?
No and yes and no. On the one hand, there is some serious danger that you will contribute to the culture of begging that can be quite annoying. At my Ugandan home, Lake Bunyonyi, it’s almost like children learn “Give me money!” before “Mama”. At my Rwandan home, Musanze, we have a startlingly common problem…
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A Night Out with My Wife … or $100 Spent Changing a Life?
The wind and wonder of discovery engulfed me as I held on to my motorcycle taxi driver, Kacumbe, the consensus king of boda boda drivers in the Kabale square where I had travelled in southwestern Uganda. We were on our way to Lake Bunyonyi, a mystical highland lake that would capture a decade of my life with its people…
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