Bhutan Local Guide and Staff Fundraiser
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We've always believed travel can be a force for good, but with international travel put on hold by the coronavirus pandemic, the impact on local communities dependent on tourism has been devastating.
In the meantime, we've put our heads together and come up with a way to tackle an urgent need in the Bhutanese tourism community—the welfare of our local guides and drivers.
This staff and their families rely heavily on the income they receive from assisting travelers and sharing their boundless enthusiasm and expertise. The salary and tips they receive help them feed their families, send their children to school, and pay rent. Without tourists, they have no income stream—September through December is typically the busiest season for tourism, but COVID–19 has abruptly cut off their means of income this year.
Wilderness Travel and our partners on the ground are organizing a food delivery to send food staples such as rice, lentils, milk powder, cooking oil, and soap to our guides and drivers. We are hoping our past guests who visited Bhutan will consider assisting us in these efforts and we're asking your help with donations to purchase these food staples. Our goal is to raise US$7,500.
WT is not an NGO, nor do we have a non-profit arm, so these donations will not be tax-deductible.
In the meantime, we've put our heads together and come up with a way to tackle an urgent need in the Bhutanese tourism community—the welfare of our local guides and drivers.
This staff and their families rely heavily on the income they receive from assisting travelers and sharing their boundless enthusiasm and expertise. The salary and tips they receive help them feed their families, send their children to school, and pay rent. Without tourists, they have no income stream—September through December is typically the busiest season for tourism, but COVID–19 has abruptly cut off their means of income this year.
Wilderness Travel and our partners on the ground are organizing a food delivery to send food staples such as rice, lentils, milk powder, cooking oil, and soap to our guides and drivers. We are hoping our past guests who visited Bhutan will consider assisting us in these efforts and we're asking your help with donations to purchase these food staples. Our goal is to raise US$7,500.
WT is not an NGO, nor do we have a non-profit arm, so these donations will not be tax-deductible.
Organizer
Wilderness Travel
Organizer
Berkeley, CA
