African Volunteer Adventure
Fundraising campaign by
DKennedy
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CA$980.00raised of CA$6,500.00 goal goal
15% Funded
15 Donors
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Hi! My name is Darnell Kennedy and after accumulating over 8000 volunteer hours in my hometown of Ottawa, Ontario - I've decided to travel over 24,000 Km to volunteer in Eastern Africa for 6 weeks! In order to get there though, I need your help and I would love for you to read below, about my trip!
Who will I be going with?
A great Canadian organization called Operation Groundswell! The organization was founded on the principle that they were going to be different. Unlike most travel volunteer organizations, ethical travel is at the crux of the organization’s philosophy. They do not provide guided tours or vacations. Their trips are intentionally designed to uncover the intricacies and on-the-ground realities of each region we, as volunteers, go to. The volunteers eat local food, use local transport, and survive each day as a temporary local. We do not go into a community with the expectation of being saviors and solving all problems. For six-weeks we are members of the community and as members, we have a duty to serve and contribute.
Unlike many large Western organizations that create strategic development plans and enforce them throughout the developing world, Operation Groundswell seeks partnerships with local NGOs and charities and works with them on community-requested projects.
Don't you create a large carbon footprint by travelling so much?
Round-trip flights and in-country transportation leaves a large carbon footprint. They realize that climate change is a very real threat and is already having drastic effects on communities they work with. For this reason, OG decided to carbon offset flights for all of our programs. Operation Groundswell are partners with PlanetAir, a Canadian organization that offers Gold Standard offsets, adhering to the most widely accepted quality seal for voluntary offsets currently available.
What will I be doing in Africa?
I will have the amazing opportunity to Volunteer in Maragoli, a village in Western Kenya that has seen the best and worst of development, and where I will learn to look at aid in Africa through a whole new lens.
Why Africa?
Kenya often evokes mental images of Masai Mara warriors, exotic wildlife in national parks and acacia trees on the savannah. These images still ring true today, but there is so much more to Kenya than going on a safari.
red-brown dirt roads and aqua blue waters of rivers and lakes. Kigali, especially, is a hip metropolis booming from a successful telecommunications industry.
It only takes a moment to realize that these countries can’t be summed up in a few lines. The lessons I have the chance to learn about would take a lifetime to write. Hopefully though, I will find these truths for myself.
Where is my money going?
Here is a rundown of exactly where the $6500 will be going:
Program Fee - $2650 - 85% in country projects - 10% Carbon off-setting - 5% Admin
Donation to an East African NGO - $1000 - To be decided in country
Flight - $1500
Shots - $500 - Mandatory to enter the countries
Visas - $150 - Mandatory to enter the countries
Pasport renewal - $100
Supplies in Canada - $300 - Backpacking gear
Supplies in Eastern Africa - $300 - Local clothing & Souveniers
In order to achieve my goal of getting to Africa, I need to raise $6500 in exactly 95 days from now when I hop on a plane to Nairobi on May 27th!
If you have any questions at all, please email me at [email protected] or call me at 613.857.1679
If you have any questions at all, please email me at [email protected] or call me at 613.857.1679
I also accept email money transfers & cash donations, just send me an email!
Thank You all for your support! :D
Organizer
- DKennedy
Donors
- Wendy Carroll
- Donated on Apr 08, 2013
CA$50.00
- Guest
- Donated on Mar 20, 2013
CA$100.00
- Molly Ensom
- Donated on Feb 28, 2013
CA$40.00
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Donors & Comments
15 donors
- Wendy Carroll
- Donated on Apr 08, 2013
CA$50.00
- Guest
- Donated on Mar 20, 2013
CA$100.00
- Molly Ensom
- Donated on Feb 28, 2013
CA$40.00
- CNoble
- Posted On Feb 13, 2013
This is an amazing opportunity. I wish you all the best of luck and let me know if there is anything I can do to help out!
- Jason Surgent
- Donated on Jan 29, 2013
CA$20.00
- Annie Falardeau
- Donated on Jan 26, 2013
Have fun, learn some and help a lot!
CA$50.00
- Rebecca Laframboise
- Donated on Jan 23, 2013
WTG Darnell! Proud of you!!! (((HUGS)))
CA$20.00
- Sherry Moran
- Donated on Jan 22, 2013
Great project, Darnell! Best of luck.
CA$50.00
- Marie Arif
- Donated on Jan 21, 2013
CA$25.00
- Shane Holley
- Donated on Jan 19, 2013
CA$25.00
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