In 2024, the Intrepid Foundation donated more than AU$260,000 in impact grants, largely due to thousands of Intrepid travelers choosing to make small donations.
When you book travel Fearless Travel Networkyou’ll see an option to donate 1% of your trip cost to Intrepid’s nonprofit, Fearless Foundation. In 2024, nearly 10% of bookers, or more than 5,300 travelers, checked the box.
While one percent of most things may not seem like much, the collective impact all these The one percent situation is completely different. These donations, totaling AU$250,000, make up the largest share of the Fearless Foundation’s latest round of impact grants, which will help deliver important (and impactful) projects in eight different countries.
These small but meaningful donations are now providing solar lights to classrooms in rural Cambodia, helping women attend cooking schools in Morocco, helping save endangered species in Vietnam, and more.
Grants support great ideas
The jury evaluated funding applications from 28 Fearless Foundation Partners There are great ideas all over the world that are bringing change to their regions. Through a voting process open to all Intrepid employees, they narrowed the field to eight beneficiaries who will take full advantage of their grants in 2025.
1. Support Honduran women entrepreneurs
Adelante Foundation Providing small loans to women in rural areas Honduras So that they can start their own businesses and become self-sufficient.
They plan to use the $20,000 impact grant to expand two types of small loans: home improvement loans and water and sanitation loans. They will issue an additional 100 loans and provide financial literacy training to at least 500 women.
2. Start a culinary career in Morocco
amal association for women Morocco and skills training and education. They work towards gender equality by helping women gain the confidence and skills to enter the job market and build financial independence.
Their A$50,000 Fearless Foundation grant will help them help 12 women complete culinary school by 2025. After graduation, students will participate in a three-month internship program at one of Amal Society’s partner hotels to further develop their skills and gain support in finding work in the local restaurant industry.
3. Create more opportunities for rural women in Kenya
Patina Osim Providing training and employment opportunities for the Maasai people Kenyan rural women.
A $50,000 impact grant from their Intrepid Foundation will see them expand their training center in Kajiado County, Kenya. They have outgrown their existing space, so this expansion will create more space to train more women and change more lives. They will train women in tailoring and sewing, as well as climate and sustainability initiatives, giving women the opportunity to contribute to environmental protection while earning a stable income.
4. Peru uses plastic-free crafts to generate income
bubble roll Working with female artisans in remote Quechua communities Peru Help them create and run their own small businesses. They coach women to transform their craft skills into marketable products – meaning they can earn an income without leaving their rural communities.
Awamaki recently discovered a more environmentally friendly way to produce one of their most popular hand-stuffed toys – using leftover textiles that would otherwise go to landfill to replace the plastic filling inside. They will use the $8184 grant to teach women the new technology in projects and create marketing materials for an improved version of their best-selling book.
5. Light up Cambodian classrooms
Cambodia Rural Students Trust (CRST) For rural students Cambodia Have high school and college education.
They will use a $33,000 Intrepid Foundation grant to install solar panels and solar outdoor lights on the Siem Reap campus. These solar panels and luminaires will complete the transformation of CRST’s Siem Reap campus, making it a leading example of environmental education in the city.
6. Promote low-carbon tourism initiatives in Thailand
Eco Thailand Educate and inspire schoolchildren in tourist destinations and their wider communities Thailand Protect and care for the local environment.
Paruai is home to a small fishing community with limited infrastructure and transportation networks. Tourism is expected to quickly surge into this quiet community as a new concrete pier will provide car ferry service to the island. Therefore, EcoThailand intends to support communities through grants of AUD 5,000 and help develop sustainable low-carbon tourism plans that help local people achieve economic and environmental success.
7. Help save endangered species in Vietnam
Save Vietnam’s wildlife rescue, recovery and Freeing trafficked wildlife and protect critical habitat. Vietnam.
With the help of a $50,000 impact grant, they will set up a breeding program for the endangered species, the Ouston’s civet, in Cuc Phuong National Park in 2025. They plan to build a fully functional breeding center with facilities to rescue, rehabilitate, breed and raise up to 50 animals, bringing them back from the brink of extinction.
8. Produce plastic-free alternatives in Sri Lanka
zero plastic movement On a mission to change the way Sri Lanka Dispose of plastics through recycling initiatives and organize clean-ups across the country.
Exceed Remove plastic from the environmentThe team also supports local artisans to produce plastic-free alternatives to reduce plastic production. In 2025, they plan to increase their investment in this part of the organization. They will use the $50,000 grant to establish a ZeroPlastic Impact center to provide critical capacity building for artisans to improve the craftsmanship and quality of plastic-free canes and bamboo alternatives.
Next time you think you’re too small to have a big impact on the world, think again. The collective impact of travelers like you makes a difference in the world through donations that power these impact grants.
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