We do believe that education is the only way out of poverty. Millions of children globally cannot attend school because their families live below the poverty line. When families have to choose between sending their child to school or providing other basic needs, education is not a priority.

Also, lack of access to education is a major predictor of passing poverty from one generation to the next. In other words, poverty leads to lack of education and lack of education leads to poverty.

By supporting family businesses and locals directly during our trips, we help them break the vicious cycle of poverty. A bunch of bananas from a local grocery, a lunch in a small family restaurant, a stay in a community-run lodge, a bracelet made by a woman in a village can be translated to school fees for the family’s children.

When we travel responsibly, we support directly the local families and their children!

Across sub-Saharan Africa, families are living in poverty. When you are struggling to survive, education is not a priority. School fees are expensive, and so children are forced to drop out of school and earn a living. The vicious cycle continues.

But, to support a family business means that you help parents increase their income.

Thus, they are able to pay school fees and provide vital medicine, food and clean water.