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Join us for a custom-designed heli-ski/snowboard experience just for you within the wilds of the European Alps and we will donate a prosthetic limb per traveler to a Burmese Landmine Survivor in partnership with Jolkona.org and ClearPath International.
Snow Safaris benefit for Burma Landmine Survivors
We take you on a journey by ski or snowboard from country to country, on untouched descents via ancient passes over the borders of Switzerland, France and Italy; we combine the essentials of refined European hospitality, with breathtaking ski descents in a wilderness that seems to go on forever.
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Every summit landing offers more than 3000 meters of vertical descent to the valley floor, through stunningly beautiful landscape.
In the evenings be enchanted by Europe's old world traditions and the understated elegance of the best alpine hotels and restaurants.
Let us take care of the details with a team of experts who will introduce you to the essentials of heli-skiing in a relaxed and safe manner. Or for the experienced heli-skier, enjoy the company of our expert guides on steeper and more challenging runs.
The breathtaking feeling of heli-skiing surrounded by towering summits and glaciers in the heart of the European Alps is the backdrop to experience more. Mark a milestone in your life or reunite old friends with a ski experience tailored to your level.
Travel as a couple or with family and friends. We are able to provide a personalized high level of service for small groups and corporate outings.
We can take you to glaciers and peaks between France, Switzerland and Italy. Every landing offers a variety of runs ranging from 1300 to 3000 meters of vertical descent and suitable for every skier.
Ski or snowboard from country to country across the oldest and most spectacular alpine pass routes. Endless runs from open alpine glaciers, down through enchanted forests to the valley floor.
Our best addresses for charming European ski villages and hidden alpine hotels are a haven between forests and glistening mountain tops.
Our ski guides and co-coordinators take you in hand to introduce you to the fundamentals of helicopter skiing in a safe and comfortable manner.
If you are already an experienced heli-skier, we can provide a more challenging off-piste adventure with summit filled days skiing through virgin snow and more vertical decent.
We brings together the essential qualities of refined hospitable European skiing, charming villages with a rich historical past and fine dinning for your next heli-ski adventure.
The Beneficiaries: Burmese citizens who have lost a limb to land mines.
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Reported cases of land mine accidents in Burma have skyrocketed, increasing 80% over prior years. The death rate has doubled.
Civilians account for the majority of those injured or killed by land mines with more than half being injured while foraging for forest and jungle produce, collecting wood, or traveling. Access to medical services and prosthetics fabrication is problematic.
Since the International Committee of the Red Cross suspended its physical mobility and rehabilitation programs in Burma in 2007, land mine accident survivors must seek services across the border in Thailand or at refugee camps scattered along the Thai-Myanmar border.
Time is always a major concern for the beneficiaries as they wait for their prosthetics - precious time worrying that their family might be in danger from army or rebel forces.
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For every limb provided, you will receive a before-and-after photo of the recipient along with some personal data about the recipient.
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Travel Philanthropy is our passion. Exquisite Safaris Philanthropic Travel has raised over 1 million dollars since 2008; 100% has been donated to our high impact NGO partners in destinations in the USA and around the world.
Best Practice Consulting in Travel Philanthropy for the Global Travel Industry Exquisite Safaris Travel Philanthropy is grateful to have been recognized as a travel industry leader in Travel Philanthropy by the 2008 World Travel Market: The Global Event for the Travel Industry.
An effectively executed Travel Philanthropy CSR program is now a key purchase decision for premium travelers and evaluation criteria for high quality employees.
Important reasons to successfully implement a Travel Philanthropy program in 2010:
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We can help you understand, implement and manage an effective, corporate social responsibility travel philanthropy initiative creating high impact economic, social and environmental responsibility.
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United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) states that if responsible practices are in place, Philanthropic Travel is the natural interlocutor between the wealth and desires of the global traveler and the socio-economic needs of some of the world's most remote, but heritage-rich communities, natural and cultural sites.
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There are times in our lives when all the signs seem to be pointing us in a particular direction. Our thoughts and dreams are echoed in the songs and stories we hear and the media we see.
Maybe the message we are getting from the universe doesn't even make sense in the "real" world, but somewhere inside, these urges feel right. Perhaps you feel you should move to a new city although your life where you are is just fine. Or maybe you feel the desire to pursue a new direction in your career when it never really interested you before.
When we spend time getting in touch with our higher selves, our intuition sends us directives to lead us to become our best and most fulfilled selves.Instead of deterring us from our goal, these questions only serve to clarify our focus to move us forward.
And when we are open and listening, the next step is to take action and go for it.
Once we make the decision to pursue our inner urgings, the universe sets into motion the means for all sorts of details to fall into place.
A sense of peace will come over us, because we know that any questions will no longer make us wonder if our dreams are possible, but how to make them happen.
We need not throw caution to the wind to follow our dream. The positive shift in our energy affects everything around us. Like a rush of water, it goes ahead to clear debris from our path so that we can go forward. Our new attitude also attracts likeminded people. Sometimes even the most unlikely angels arrive to help us along our way with the information and support we need. Wherever your dreams are pointing you today, take a step.
Take action and manifest your inner urges and soul whisperings.
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"I think that's the biggest shift any person can make ...that is the coolest thing that you can do -the most fun thing that you can do -the most sexy thing that you can do -right now or ever is to help people!!" -Robin Baker Leacock
"Always remember this it's nice to be nice. And it don't hurt to be nice!! You can't always receive you have to give too ...Everybody have to give!!" - Mr. Smiley
A PASSION FOR GIVING, by Robin Baker Leacock is about philanthropy and giving and is meant to inspire people to help others...
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A Philanthropic Journey into Ethiopia
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"Governments from around the world and international financial institutions such as the World Bank have poured hundreds of billions of dollars into Africa over the past half century.
Meanwhile, improvement in the standard of living across the continent has been negligible, and impact measurement of aid projects is rare, preventing agencies from identifying best practices.
In contrast, A Glimmer of Hope Foundation is deploying new methods of disbursement.==========
They have so far invested $35 million in 4,000+ projects in Ethiopia from 2001 through 2009 in the areas of health, education, water and sanitation, veterinary service, and micro-loans." -Laurance Allen
A Glimmer of Hope is a compassionate social enterprise making a sustainable difference in the lives of some of the poorest people in the world.
Since 2000, A Glimmer of Hope has helped more than two million people improve their quality of life. The foundation believes justice, equality, and dignity are everyone's birthright and where you are born should not determine whether you live or die.
A Glimmer of Hope has developed an innovative and entrepreneurial approach to Humanitarian Aid and Development.
It starts at the village level as we listen to community leaders about what they need. Then, using a bottom up instead of a top down approach, we work with those communities to develop a plan and identify projects that truly reflect the true necessities of those communities.
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"There is ZERO correlation between IQ and emotional empathy, they are controlled by different parts of the brain." -Daniel Goleman
"The Life you Live is the Legacy you Leave." -Lynne Twist
"Everyone has the perfect gift to give the world -and if each of us is freed up to give the gift that is uniquely ours to give, the world will be in total harmony." -Buckminster Fuller
When we see a person in need, we may want to give them something as a way of helping them, but if we give without taking the time to see who they really are -honoring that most of all, our gift is nowhere near as powerful as it could be.
We may want to give a homeless person a sandwich, for example, but if we give it without also taking a moment to look the person in the eye, making authentic contact, we rob them of the experience of being human.
Being in a position of need leaves a lot of people feeling vulnerable and full of self-doubt.
The greatest gift we can give is to meet people in need without judgment and with the awareness that we are not superior to them simply because we are not currently in their position.It's important to be aware of our own tendency to give from a desire to feel good about ourselves, rather than from an acknowledgment of our connection to all people.
If we take the long view, we can see that we all began life in need of a lot of care and attention, and many of us end life in the same way.
Giving and receiving are companion energies that take turns throughout our lives, and we all get a chance to be on both sides of the exchange from time to time.
Letting go of our self-importance allows us to see that, regardless of appearances, we are all givers and receivers.``
When we are in the position of the giver, we honor those we are helping when we remember the many people who have helped us.
Then we can look the person we are helping in the eye, aware that we are making contact with a human being who is our equal.
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Philanthropic Travel Tibet
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We're playing those mind games together
Pushing the barriers planting seeds
Playing the mind guerrilla
Chanting the Mantra peace on earth
We all been playing those mind games forever
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Some kinda druid dudes lifting the veil
Doing the mind guerrilla
Some call it magic the search for the grail
Love is the answer and you know that for sure
Love is a flower you got to let it grow
So keep on playing those mind games together
Faith in the future out of the now
You just can't beat on those mind guerrillas
Absolute elsewhere in the stones of your mind
Yeah we're playing those mind games together
Projecting our images in space and in time
Yes is the answer and you know that for sure
Yes is surrender you got to let it go
So keep on playing those mind games together
Doing the ritual dance in the sun
Millions of mind guerrillas
Putting their soul power to the karmic wheel
Keep on playing those mind games together
Raising the spirit of peace and love
I want you to make love, not war
I know you've heard it before
-John Lennon
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Vietnam, is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea to the east. With a population of over 86 million, Vietnam is the 13th most populous country in the world.
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The people of Vietnam regained independence and broke away from China in AD 938 after their victory at the battle of Bach Dang River.
Successive dynasties flourished along with geographic and political expansion deeper into Southeast Asia, until it was colonized by the French in the mid-19th century. Efforts to resist the French eventually led to their expulsion from the country in the mid-20th century, leaving a nation divided politically into two countries. Fighting between the two sides continued during the Vietnam War, ending with a North Vietnamese victory in 1975.
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Emerging from this prolonged military engagement, the war-ravaged nation was politically isolated. The government's centrally planned economic decisions hindered post-war reconstruction and its treatment of the losing side engendered more resentment than reconciliation.
In 1986, it instituted economic and political reforms and began a path towards international reintegration. By 2000, it had established diplomatic relations with most nations. Its economic growth had been among the highest in the world in the past decade. These efforts culminated in Vietnam joining the World Trade Organization in 2007 and its successful bid to become a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council in 2008.
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