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Pangea Travel Program |
| Nearly every year, a team of Pangea members visits some of our projects to monitor their progress, build personal connections with our grantees, learn more about their problems, share knowledge and technology, and improve our grants process. Travel with us to Mexico and Guatemala In 2009, a Pangea team will visit , Mexico and Guatemala. We will be making site visits, meeting with in-country experts, seeing potential new partners. If you are interested in joining us on this trip or would like more details about the planned itinerary, please contact us at info@pangeagiving.org. These trips are an incredible way to learn more about the challenges of the developing world. Previous site visits, which included visiting our project sites as well as potential new partners, are catalogued below. Asia, October 2008: Two teams from Pangea's Asia "pod" traveled to Cambodia and Nepal, with a short stop in Thailand. Africa, July 2007: Five Pangea members visited all six projects we funded in 2006, along with five other community-based projects. For more details on the projects we funded, see our 2006 Grants page. Africa, June 2006: Four Pangea members visited the five projects we funded in East Africa in 2005, all helping communities educate their children and cope with the impact of AIDS. For more details on the projects, see our 2005 Grants pages. Mexico, February 2005: Pangea's president visited our two-time grantee, CEDICAM, working in the villages outside Oaxaca, Mexico. Nicaragua, May 2004: Pangea completed its first study trip, a 9-day introduction to Nicaragua and its problems of water access and economic development. A small group of Pangea members were briefed on the political and economic situation, visited the job sites where Pangea projects funded in 2003 were recently completed, met with several organizations doing economic development work in the country, and had a little fun along the way. Follow the links below for descriptions and photos from the trip. Site Visit Photos Interested in going on Pangea’s next trip? Trips currently being considered are a trip to Guatemala in mid-May, and another trip to Africa in late June. Contact info@pangeagiving.org for more information or to be put on our mailing list. |
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