Well hello everyone!
This is the first part of a five part series about my INDEV placement to give you a little more insight into my life.
As some of you may or may not know I will be heading to Maun, Botswana this September. So, this is an 8 month un-paid internship that marks the end of my undergraduate degree. It right above South Africa. It has been long awaited but at this point it looks like I will be headed to work with NCONGO. This is an NGO that focuses on capacity building.
More specifically I want to work with one of their partners Travel For Impact. This really excites me. They focus on sustainable and ethical impact. It is a perfect mix of my development studies with my love for travel.
I kind of cover it in my bio, but I got into this program mostly as a result of my travel. I’m excited by the opportunity to be a part of giving people an ethical option while traveling. Something I have wondered a lot about is, when I traveled, did I do it ethically or sustainably?
The main answer I come to is…probably not.
The main reason is that over a 6 month trip in Asia I invariably exploited numerous people, resources and 1000 other things under the sun. Also, I have just learned a lot over my studies.
But mostly because other option were rarely presented to us. Although, there were a couple great instances of truly innovative ways of building up the communities that we visited. At least on the surface.
I will be talking tomorrow in my next blog. My personal experience with sustainable and capacity building tourism!
Update: Check out the following blog here
Too Close To Home 