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Why Do We Do This?
X-Trekkers’ founders and many of its adventure leaders have been involved in community work for many years as volunteers in other NGOs. While it is clearly and easily more profitable to focus just on adventure travel, X-Trekkers has evolved a company philosophy of social responsibility. Each year, the company tries to have a series of programmes that balances community service & adventure travel. Besides hoping to contribute a little something to an overseas community, we also hope to introduce the concept of community service to our clients, many of whom are busy working adults. The focus is very much on a proactive partnership, i.e. the overseas community or an NGO works with us closely so that the work we do is needed and necessary.
Partners
X-Trekkers’ series of projects will be collaborating with various organizations to help the targeted communities through a series of trips.
Mode of Operation
Each trip will consist of a community phase and an adventure phase. The group will spend some days at the project site before embarking on a guided adventure travel. At times, the adventure travel will happen first. Every cent raised goes to the charity or cause for which it's given. The accounts for the community phases shall be open for auditing.
Selection Criteria
We believe you are the best judge of your suitability for the project. Once you are on the projects, we will assign an appropriate task as close to your capabilities as possible.
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Community Aid Programmes
Since 2002, X-Trekkers has organised a series of unique community service & adventure travel programmes. We first started with Operation Shangri-La (China) in 2002, Operation Snow Lotus (India) in 2003 and a series of Operation Shangri-La 2004 in Northern Yunnan where some 30 working adults worked with Tibetan villagers to build up an eco-tourism centre to help them develop a sustainable source of income.
Why Do We Do This?
X-Trekkers’ founders and many of its adventure leaders have been involved in community work for many years as volunteers in other NGOs. While it is clearly and easily more profitable to focus just on adventure travel, X-Trekkers has evolved a company philosophy of social responsibility. Each year, the company tries to have a series of programmes that balances community service & adventure travel. Besides hoping to contribute a little something to an overseas community, we also hope to introduce the concept of community service to our clients, many of whom are busy working adults. The focus is very much on a proactive partnership, i.e. the overseas community or an NGO works with us closely so that the work we do is needed and necessary.
Partners
X-Trekkers’ series of projects will be collaborating with various organizations to help the targeted communities through a series of trips.
Mode of Operation
Each trip will consist of a community phase and an adventure phase. The group will spend some days at the project site before embarking on a guided adventure travel. At times, the adventure travel will happen first. Every cent raised goes to the charity or cause for which it's given. The accounts for the community phases shall be open for auditing.
Selection Criteria
Operation Shangri-la 2008
Operation Shangri-la is an extraordinary experience incorporating elements of adventure travel with community service.
The expedition is carried out to provide further enrichment to a traveller?s experience.
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