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The two week Passports with Purpose fundraiser raised more than $80,000 for two schools and literacy programs to be provided by buildOn.org for communities in Mali, West Africa. This is 70% of the $115,000 goal to raise construction and instructional funds for three schools in the Sikasso region of Mali. Thank you to all the…
“Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela July 11, 1918 – December 5, 2013. Passports with Purpose is in its final 24 hours of a two week fund drive to raise money within the travel blogger community to build three schools in Mali. There are dozens…
by Ric Garrido
“When you educate a man you educate one person, when you educate a woman you educate an entire family.” – African Proverb Passports with Purpose is an annual travel blogger fundraiser to raise funds for a specific project in the developing world. The 2013 fundraiser has a goal of raising $115,000 to build three schools…
Hyatt Gold Passport has sponsored Loyalty Traveler since 2009 in the annual Passports with Purpose travel blogger fundraiser. Hyatt Gold Passport stepped up another year with a donation of 110,000 points for a raffle prize in the 2013 Passports with Purpose fundraiser. You can buy tickets for $10 each from November 26 – December 9,…
Passports with Purpose is an annual travel blogger fundraiser to finance an international humanitarian aid project. Haiti water wells is the project for 2012. The goal to raise $100,000 in two weeks is within sight. The prize raffle ends at midnight tonight eastern time and the fundraiser meter is at $90,000. Each $10 donation gives…
Passports with Purpose (PwP) is a non-profit organization created by travel bloggers for travel bloggers as a way to improve the world we see and write about as an expression of our lives. Since 2008 Passports with Purpose has run an annual fundraiser to finance a specific, tangible project for international infrastructure improvements. This year…
Passports with Purpose (PwP) is an organization founded by four Seattle travel bloggers in 2008 to engage the travel blogger community in fundraising and finance international humanitarian projects. This is totally grassroots organizing among travel bloggers for social good through focused direct action projects like building a school in Cambodia (2009), building houses for villagers…
Yesterday I was in Seattle visiting with the inspiring women who founded Passports with Purpose. Many of you reading this blog participated in the PwP 2011 fundraiser this past December to build two libraries in Zambia by contributing $10 for the chance to win a travel prize. Perhaps you even entered for the chance to…
Last week the winner of 110,000 points prize donated by Hyatt Gold Passport for the Passports with Purpose raffle was selected. Hyatt Gold Passport sponsored Loyalty Traveler for the PwP fundraiser to raise $80,000 for building libraries in Zambia. Passports with Purpose 2011 Statistics Fundraising Goal was $80,000. Actual funds raised = $89,699. 137 bloggers signed up for 2011…
Passports with Purpose is currently running its last week of fundraising to raise $80,000 for building two libraries in Zambia. After 9 full days of raffle ticket sales the donation mark is only $25,000 or 31% of the way to this year’s goal. Please contribute $10 if you can. Hyatt Gold Passport sponsored Loyalty Traveler this…
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