Comments on: Contact Me / Messageboard http://philippajacks.co.uk Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:23:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pippa Jacks http://philippajacks.co.uk/contact-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1928 Pippa Jacks Tue, 05 Apr 2011 22:33:38 +0000 http://philippajacks.co.uk/?page_id=125#comment-1928 Hi Therese, thanks for getting in touch - the First Hand Experiences sound fantastic. Do you have any further info you can send me? There aren't many other charities offering holidays of this nature, are there? For greentraveller, we do focus on non-flying holidays which makes it tricker to cover this there (unless volunteers have travelled by rail?). I'm on philippa AT philippajacks.co.uk Hi Therese, thanks for getting in touch – the First Hand Experiences sound fantastic. Do you have any further info you can send me? There aren’t many other charities offering holidays of this nature, are there? For greentraveller, we do focus on non-flying holidays which makes it tricker to cover this there (unless volunteers have travelled by rail?). I’m on philippa AT philippajacks.co.uk

]]> By: Therese Bjorn http://philippajacks.co.uk/contact-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1920 Therese Bjorn Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:29:41 +0000 http://philippajacks.co.uk/?page_id=125#comment-1920 Hi Philippa, Took the liberty to send you a message via your blog. Hope this is okay. I see that you both cover volunteering on Greentraveller and your own site here. I was wondering if you would consider covering ActionAid's First Hand Experiences, which is an active volunteering holiday. ActionAid used to take participants on treks such as walking along the Great Wall of China, but we found that the one day of visiting an ActionAid project was by far the most rewarding part of the trip. We now offer people wanting a holiday with a difference to take part in our First Hand Experiences – trips where participants get stuck in working with the local community. For instance, in Nepal participants sign up to help former slaves build their own homes. As well as the moral rewards and exotic setting away from mass tourism it is an active vacation, as participants work alongside the Kamaiya people bricklaying. Unbelievably, the former slaves, some 39,000, were released in 2000 from a centuries-old bonded labour system and given plots of land from the government, but no other help to kick-start their news lives in freedom. It was not unusual for the bonded labourers to toil for 19 hours a day with insufficient food for themselves and their families. We also have a trip to India coming up in November that gives participants a mixed view of India by first taking on a trip in the Himalayas followed by the very difference experience of renovating a shelter for homeless adults and street kids in Delhi. Let me know your thoughts Best, Therese Hi Philippa,

Took the liberty to send you a message via your blog. Hope this is okay.

I see that you both cover volunteering on Greentraveller and your own site here.

I was wondering if you would consider covering ActionAid’s First Hand Experiences, which is an active volunteering holiday. ActionAid used to take participants on treks such as walking along the Great Wall of China, but we found that the one day of visiting an ActionAid project was by far the most rewarding part of the trip. We now offer people wanting a holiday with a difference to take part in our First Hand Experiences – trips where participants get stuck in working with the local community. For instance, in Nepal participants sign up to help former slaves build their own homes. As well as the moral rewards and exotic setting away from mass tourism it is an active vacation, as participants work alongside the Kamaiya people bricklaying. Unbelievably, the former slaves, some
39,000, were released in 2000 from a centuries-old bonded labour system and given plots of land from the government, but no other help to kick-start their news lives in freedom. It was not unusual for the bonded labourers to toil for 19 hours a day with insufficient food for themselves and their families.
We also have a trip to India coming up in November that gives participants a mixed view of India by first taking on a trip in the Himalayas followed by the very difference experience of renovating a shelter for homeless adults and street kids in Delhi.

Let me know your thoughts

Best,

Therese

]]> By: Pippa Jacks http://philippajacks.co.uk/contact-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1519 Pippa Jacks Mon, 31 Jan 2011 20:45:45 +0000 http://philippajacks.co.uk/?page_id=125#comment-1519 Hi Andrew I certainly didn't omit you intentionally - it's just that I was with representatives of the other three organisations when I visited Bluefields Bay last week! I've added a mention of Bluefields Bay Villas into my blog post. Thanks for getting in touch - I wish the project every success. Hi Andrew
I certainly didn’t omit you intentionally – it’s just that I was with representatives of the other three organisations when I visited Bluefields Bay last week! I’ve added a mention of Bluefields Bay Villas into my blog post. Thanks for getting in touch – I wish the project every success.

]]> By: Andrew Moncure http://philippajacks.co.uk/contact-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1518 Andrew Moncure Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:53:43 +0000 http://philippajacks.co.uk/?page_id=125#comment-1518 I believe that it is not fair to mention sponsors of the wonderful fish sanctuary in Bluefields Bay without mentioning that Bluefields Bay Villas has also been a large financial supporter. We have funded the patrols since the programs inception. We would like to be included in being mentioned. Wolde can confirm our active role in this project. I believe that it is not fair to mention sponsors of the wonderful fish sanctuary in Bluefields Bay without mentioning that Bluefields Bay Villas has also been a large financial supporter. We have funded the patrols since the programs inception. We would like to be included in being mentioned. Wolde can confirm our active role in this project.

]]> By: Naomi Cornelius-Reid http://philippajacks.co.uk/contact-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1050 Naomi Cornelius-Reid Wed, 27 Oct 2010 19:00:06 +0000 http://philippajacks.co.uk/?page_id=125#comment-1050 Hi Pippa, Hope you are well. A couple of things... I have an ethical accessories co., NV London Calcutta, which I wondered if you might be interested in. Please take a look at the site (address above) and do let me know if you'd like to learn more. I also have another, non profit company I set up with 2 other women in the ethical fashion sector called Ethical Just Got Fabulous. We are the first ever pop up ethical department store and are about to make our West End debut in December. Please do take a look at our website www.ethicaljustgotfabulous.com and do let me know if you'd like the press release, or indeed like to come along to the private preview evening on the 3rd. Look forward to hearing from you. Best wishes, Naomi (07796 837 575) Hi Pippa,

Hope you are well. A couple of things…

I have an ethical accessories co., NV London Calcutta, which I wondered if you might be interested in. Please take a look at the site (address above) and do let me know if you’d like to learn more.

I also have another, non profit company I set up with 2 other women in the ethical fashion sector called Ethical Just Got Fabulous. We are the first ever pop up ethical department store and are about to make our West End debut in December. Please do take a look at our website http://www.ethicaljustgotfabulous.com and do let me know if you’d like the press release, or indeed like to come along to the private preview evening on the 3rd.

Look forward to hearing from you.

Best wishes,

Naomi (07796 837 575)

]]> By: Chris http://philippajacks.co.uk/contact-me/comment-page-1/#comment-627 Chris Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:08:04 +0000 http://philippajacks.co.uk/?page_id=125#comment-627 Hello, We have created an infographic based on the World's Carbon Dioxide emissions which we think will be of interest to yourself and your visitors: http://www.fly.co.uk/co2-emissions.html If you do enjoy the infographic and feel that it will be useful to your readership then a link to the site, a mention on Facebook or Twitter would be greatly appreciated. Kind Regards, Chris Hello,

We have created an infographic based on the World’s Carbon Dioxide emissions which we think will be of interest to yourself and your visitors:

http://www.fly.co.uk/co2-emissions.html

If you do enjoy the infographic and feel that it will be useful to your readership then a link to the site, a mention on Facebook or Twitter would

be greatly appreciated.

Kind Regards,

Chris

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