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When the Intrepid Foundation<\/a> was established more than 20 years ago, there were very few travel companies giving back to local communities. Since then, the Foundation has worked with over 62,000 individual donors to raise more than AUD $13 million for over 130 community partners around the world. And as far Intrepid co-founder, Geoff Manchester, is concerned, they\u2019re just getting started.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It all began on a road trip through Africa in 1988.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019d modified an ex-council truck, and the plan was to drive it across the continent with some friends. Darrell [that’s Darrell Wade, Intrepid\u2019s co-founder], his wife Anna and I started talking about the concept of Intrepid, what it might become, and we thought: if we\u2019re going to make a living out of taking people to developing countries, we should be giving back<\/em> to those countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Intrepid co-founders Geoff Manchester and Darrell Wade.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Pretty soon, Intrepid Travel was born. In those first three years, we started financially supporting some small projects in South East Asia. This was before the company was making a profit. Darrell and I weren\u2019t even getting paid yet!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2002 we created a separate not-for-profit, the Intrepid Foundation, partly to help our travellers donate, but also so that Intrepid could start supporting these projects in a much bigger way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It might not sound too revolutionary now, but I\u2019m 99 per cent sure there wasn\u2019t any other travel company doing anything like this more than 20 years ago. It was a totally different model of philanthropy. The Intrepid approach was based on travellers, not wealthy benefactors. The income was coming from ordinary people. It was constant and, in theory, perpetual. A brand new way of giving back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Measuring our impact<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For a long time, we measured success purely in dollars and the number of organisations we could support. That\u2019s still a good way to look at things, but over the years we\u2019ve refined our process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We want to make sure the organisations we\u2019re supporting are making a real difference on the ground. Partly this comes down to finding worthy partners \u2013 every organisation is chosen and carefully vetted by our local destination teams \u2013 but we\u2019ve also become more rigorous on reporting. Every one of our partners<\/a> delivers annual statements, so we can measure not just the Foundation\u2019s outcomes, but also its impact<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s an important difference there, between outcomes and impact. It\u2019s not just what your donations do<\/em>, it\u2019s what they represent<\/em>. A good outcome might be training 100 disadvantaged women in a new skill, but the impact could be much greater: better job security, a more prosperous community, a living wage, healthier children, more equal gender equality, higher living standards, and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new world of travel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The future of travel is changing right now, every single day, and the Foundation is a big part of that. There\u2019s still a lot we want to accomplish. We want to broaden the scope of our partners, and engage with the issues that mean most to them, along with our local teams. The Foundation has been doing great work for 20+ years, but we want the next 20 to be even better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Intrepid Foundation working with porters on the Inca Trail.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For that reason, Intrepid dollar-match every post-trip donation made to The Intrepid Foundation by our travellers. We also cover all of the admin costs so that 100% of any donation goes directly to Intrepid Foundation partners on the ground. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We also want to step up the Foundation\u2019s disaster response work. This is something we\u2019ve been doing since the Boxing Day tsunami in 2004, but we\u2019d love to do even more. Over the years our travellers have raised money for the Nepal earthquake, the Australian bushfires, vaccine equity, the Red Cross in Ukraine, Morocco Earthquake and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is one of the real powers of travel: connecting us to people and communities around the world, and empowering us to support those communities. Our internal research shows that travellers really value this. They want to make a contribution and feel more connected to the places they visit. They want their adventures to mean<\/em> something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A community-based tourism project in Myanmar.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We see Intrepid and The Intrepid Foundation as being intertwined. They\u2019re separate organisations, but working towards the same mission. When you book an Intrepid trip, you should be able to see, feel and read about its direct impact. You become part of a community of conscious travellers, ready to create change. You meet people and learn about local issues, and part of you stays connected to those destinations, long after you\u2019ve arrived back home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m proud that the Intrepid Foundation has been able to support so many meaningful partners over the last 20+ years. But mostly, I\u2019m looking ahead for ways we can increase that impact in years to come. And as travellers continue to push for travel experiences that matter, I know the future of travel is in good hands.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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