Responsible Travel Alliance

Fostering Sustainable Tourism Through Social Entrepreneurship

GIVE is steadfast in its commitment to constantly evolve, and to ensure that every element of your travel experience exemplifies our quest to inspire global citizenship while simultaneously enriching the places in which we travel. In order to further propagate this ideology GIVE has created a strategic alliance. Over the years we have empowered and supported talented local entrepreneurs eager to better themselves and their communities. This local engagement fosters a grassroots approach, where local business owners have partnered with GIVE and are committed in executing tourism in the most positive manner possible. This market driven approach to sustained community and environmental enrichment proves that travelers want to invoke a positive wake of change on the places they visit. It is our hope to continue to spread this concept, but we need your support. As a travel consumer you can vote with your dollar and prove there is a demand to travel responsibly. Together we can steer the tourism industry to better preserve our cultures, protect our environments, and uplift humanity.

A commitment to providing all employees with fair, above market wages. In addition, all employees have access to continued education opportunities allowing them to better themselves and pursue their own goals in life. We believe in People Over Profit, which in turn leads to motivated and inspired staff and ultimately a better experience for the traveler.

A commitment to limiting environmental impacts and embracing sustainable practices.

A committed percentage of their proceeds must be directed back to a philanthropic project of their choosing.

A commitment to responsibly and fairly support the economies of the places we visit by spreading our dollars to as many family and community members as possible.

Social Entrepreneurship Case Study

In 2013, after working with GIVE for nearly two years as a climbing guide on Mt. Kilimanjaro, David reached out to GIVE to express his desire to start his own safari company; however his motivations went far beyond just building his own business…

“So far I’m coming from a poor family, I wish to be able to give job opportunities, education and focus to many of the youths. I know this is going to be an inspiration…. I will be able to show them the real ways of any successful life, starting from the bottom.”

In partnership with GIVE, David finally realized his dream in 2016, founding Green Paw Adventures. Green Paw has since taken hundreds of people on safari and to the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Their mission is to provide fair wages and quality job opportunities to local Tanzanians while also directing a percentage of profits towards community development initiatives. Thanks to David’s passion and commitment, Green Paw Adventures now serves as a sustainable model for grassroots tourism and community development in Tanzania.