The 'Charity Travel' book got published in Korea!

Remember that Yeon went back to Korea last October to work on her book publication? It's finally out in Korea!

The title of the book is 'Good Travel Design' and it contains the basic concept of Charity Travel, how we started to do Charity Travel project together, lots of episodes on volunteering and Yeon's general views on travel, love, family and life. 

Now it's time to move on to the English version and we hope that one will be out there soon, too. 

If you are Korean or can read Korean, you can find the book in every major book shop under the name of '착한여행 디자인'. Or order it online here.

We hope you enjoy it, and if you did, please spread the word! 

Preparing for East Africa

Preparing for East Africa

11. January 2012. Istanbul, Turkey.

We have been living in Istanbul for six weeks and love this city a lot. But if all goes well, we will move south to Nairobi soon. We are, after all, on a mission. Istanbul has treated us very well and we were able to get ourselves more or less organized for the upcoming journey. In this article I present a tentative plan and our readers are very welcome to comment and suggest alternative itineraries or activities.

Xoslu Vision

Xoslu Vision

16-23 November 2011. Dakar, Senegal.

Xoslu Vision is a spirited hip hop and artist collective spreading the mindset of positive thinking and self-reliance among the youths of the poorest part of greater Dakar. Xoslu's take their destiny into their own hands, and hip hop turns out to be the perfect tool to advocate this spirit.

Green Senegal

Green Senegal

October 2011. St. Louis, Senegal.

Kamiel visits the small NGO Green Senegal during a brief stay in St. Louis. The organisation works with local communities on sustainable agriculture and has several projects in rural areas around the old colonial town of St. Louis in the north of the country. Kamiel visits the NGO together with a friend from Spanish NGO Conemund, and visits some well-managed projects on the ground. He supports by doing a few translations, and of course a little promotion for this NGO.

ADAN Street Cat Shelter, RabatO

ADAN - Cat Shelter

September 2011. Rabat, Maroc.

A small stray cat shelter located in the center of Rabat takes care of the animals, gives them vaccinations and antibiotics, and accommodates them on several locations. We visit the shelter and help with painting the logo, repairing a website, and making a small documentary.

Joining Forces across the Globe

Joining Forces across the Globe

8 October 2011. Seoul / Dakar

We have joined forces with Brazilian freelance photographer and documentary film maker Marcos Piani. Together, we will produce multilingual articles and documentaries focusing on pure grass roots initiatives. We are looking forward to bring captivating stories of change that would otherwise remain below the radar of established news agencies.
As a group of experienced global travelers who are well-connected we have access to incredible stories beyond the ones already wired. We are ready to show you the beauty of it. Stay tuned.

Book Publishing - Traversing Africa

Book Publishing - Traversing Africa

29. September 2011. Rabat / Seoul

Yeon and Kamiel have decided to work from different locations for a little while. Yeon will be promoting her book about Charity Travel in South Korea the coming month, while Kamiel will try to travel from Morocco to Kenya overland on a budget. If internet is available, he'll post on www.kindmankind.org; you can follow Yeon by looking closely at the nr. 1 position of your local best seller list.

Tangiers

Getting organized in northern Morocco

August 12-14. Tanger

We have safely arrived in Morocco and found a clean hotel room in a slanted backstreet just a stone's throw away from the new avenue Mohamed VI. Having been welcomed by the kingdom of Morocco, we now enjoy this hotel's wifi to start the planning of our Moroccan charity travel adventure. We are looking for a place to be based for the coming two months, a place from where we can undertake charitable journeys into rural communities in need and further develop our theatrical approach to development. We will keep you posted as we start riding our donkey cart over the Atlas mountains.

On our way to Morocco

On our way to Morocco

August 12. Algeciras

We have arrived in the seaport of Algeciras, Spain. After a long and wild journey with a lightweight transporter that took us through beautiful places like Lyon, Arles, Alméria and the Sierra Nevada, we will take a ferry to Morocco. That country will be willing to host us for about ninety days, and we will use these days to prepare our theatre project, get some writing done, and sensitively promote this thing we do. Stay tuned on www.kindmankind.org!

West Africa Journey starts on August 1st.

West Africa Journey from August 1st.

July 22, 2011. Berlin

This year 2011 we have launched our new platform kindmankind, the web's largest open resource for independent volunteers and creative changemakers. We have built up our online fb-tw-li-yt "empire" and Yeon is finishing her book on Charity Travel (in Korean). The Schengen-zone now gently forces us to head South - a journey which we delightfully undertake and to which you are invited! We will work at the grassroots to inspire sustainability and kindness through theatre. The journey starts in Berlin on August 1st.