Sierra Leone cultural exchange holiday: Tribewanted
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Location: John Obey Beach, Sierra Leone
Departures: October 2011 - March 2012
Duration: 7 days +
Group size: 1+ people
Price: From £295 (7 days) including community-based accommodation at John Obey Beach, ALL meals and a donation to development fund of project.
Not including: international flights to Sierra Leone, speedboat transfer from airport to beach (£65 rtn), visa on arrival (£50), travel Insurance and local spending, i.e. drinks, meals out, souvenirs.
Associated activities: Be part of a tribe! Sunbath, build, swim, cook, canoe up river, trek, fish, play beach football, share skills, teach, drum round bonfires, and eat great seafood.
Departures: October 2011 - March 2012
Duration: 7 days +
Group size: 1+ people
Price: From £295 (7 days) including community-based accommodation at John Obey Beach, ALL meals and a donation to development fund of project.
Not including: international flights to Sierra Leone, speedboat transfer from airport to beach (£65 rtn), visa on arrival (£50), travel Insurance and local spending, i.e. drinks, meals out, souvenirs.
Associated activities: Be part of a tribe! Sunbath, build, swim, cook, canoe up river, trek, fish, play beach football, share skills, teach, drum round bonfires, and eat great seafood.
“I’ve been visiting and working in Sierra Leone for five years. It’s not only one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever been to, it is also one of the most relaxed. The negative perception of the country is very different to the reality. It’s an addictive place - tourists don’t often come to Salone, as the locals call it, but we are looking to change that.” - Co-founder Tribewanted Sierra Leone
The project...
Tribewanted Sierra Leone has formed a partnership with the government, landowners and the local John Obey community in Sierra Leone to create an eco village community over the coming years to support sustainable development in the area.
For the visiting tribe members it will be a unique opportunity to experience a peaceful, beautiful and vibrant country seeking a new beginning a decade after being ravaged by civil war. This projects non profit partner, Shine On Sierra Leone, has been working in the region successfully for five years, sponsoring 6 schools and computer centres around the country as well as providing microfinance to over 5.700 women across the country. Tribe members will have the opportunity of joining in with the development of the new village alongside the local team and community. The project will be pioneering a new building technique called ‘Superadobe' developed at Cal Earth, a technique that uses only local earth and material. All profits generated from the project will be re-invested in the local John Obey community, in education and microfinance through Shine On Sierra Leone. A maximum of 30 tribe members will spend a minimum of 1 week at a time living alongside a local team and the community immersed in the day to day running and development of the village. The project will run from October to June annually, closing for the rainy season. This evolving cross-cultural community will tell the story of a new beginning on a beach in a beautiful and peaceful country, aiming to challenge the perspective of Sierra Leone as dangerous destination. |      |
“We want people from all walks of life with all kinds of skills and interests to join the tribe; from gap year students, career breakers and adventurous travellers to those with specific building, design and environmental skills to help develop the community. Tribewanted Sierra Leone is your chance to play a part in kick-starting the right kind of tourism in a country that needs it. It will be an amazing adventure, so don’t miss this opportunity to be one of the pioneering visitors.” - Co-founder of Tribewanted Sierra Leone
The difference...
Tribewanted Sierra Leone is created in order to provide sustainable CSR. All the revenues generated, after a booking fee, will be used for local employment and development. All the profits will be reinvested into the John Obey community, as well as in microfinance and education through Shine On Sierra Leone and the Knadira Group. The project looks to provide above market rate wages, after extensive research in the region, the full time wage will range between $60 and $100/month for the local staff at launch.
The financial model accounts for a 10% increase in salary yearly. The project also will provide a goodwill to the John Obey community of $6.000/year. Upon commencement of the development, composting toilets will be provided as well as a fresh water well to the John Obey village.
The financial model accounts for a 10% increase in salary yearly. The project also will provide a goodwill to the John Obey community of $6.000/year. Upon commencement of the development, composting toilets will be provided as well as a fresh water well to the John Obey village.
    | Environmentally, Tribewanted’s goal is to leave as small of a carbon footprint as possible, and to improve bio-diversity in the eco-system. These will begin development with an EIA (environmental impact assessment), and will minimize the use of energy and only use solar and wind power; they will build all the “eco-domes” using cutting edge, environmentally friendly practises and will use sustainable permaculture methods to grown all crops, on the farm, to harvest water, for composting toilets and grey water showers, and for sustainable fishing.
Local employees will benefit from all the same benefits that foreign employees and “tribemembers” will receive. This includes food, and health related issues. It is the mantra of Tribewanted that while everyone works together on all projects, the only ones cleaning the toilets will be the Tribewanted managers. We will not employ any child labour and we look to train the local workforce to take over crucial positions within one or two years. This includes permaculture, earth-bag building, clean energy management and managing the Tribewanted village as a whole. Local corruption has also never been a problem, Tribewanted have spent weeks working on local sensitisation with the local community. This includes corruption practices, health standards, safety standards, and environmental standards.
A program will also be created where incentives will be given to every “tribemember” to sponsor a child at the local school or sponsor a mother’s microcredit. |
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