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Make a Difference Have you 'made a difference' while travelling, by fundraising or donating time and energy to a worthwhile cause? Are you a non-profit organisation or individual who knows of an opportunity for travellers to help out in a less developed country? Tell us about it and provide contact details.
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Idea-RTW Anti-Tobacco Tour
I am planning a RTW trip starting from my home town of San Francisco, heading East, this summer on my 1200 GSA.

Last year I had 10% of my lung removed, (cancer scare) have moderate emphesema as well as pulmonary fibrosis. (Father and GF both passed with same lung problems) I'm still strong for my 54 years, for now anyway, despite my conditions. I've been smoke free nearly 3 years now.

My IDEA? You already get it. Ride for some, yet to be determined, Charity- non-profit that wants to have an effect on people related to the harms of tobacco, encouraging them to stop and/or helping them to stop. This could be locally but preferred globally.

Planning such a RTW trip is a seemingly overwhelming task as it is. Including this "making a difference" part of it even adds more. But I want to do it.

What suggestions might those of you with experience, have to help me make this happen in a streamline manner, yet be seriously effective.

Website -Fund gathering site that works best? How to do that.
How to include the media?
How to get support-have a team to support me in doing this...?
What works?

Thanks Kent aka Hi Ho Silver!!
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I would never do an "Anti" tour but always "Pro".
People you meet will be more understanding if you try to raise money for a charity that is doing cancer research education then when you doing the same thing for an "anti-smoke" charity.
You basicly doing the same thing but you have a better chance to make friends and on a RTW tour it may be better to make friends then enemies.

Just my two cents.
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I would never do an "Anti" tour but always "Pro".
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Put me down for a "Pro" smoking tour
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As a smoker maybe I shouldn't reply to this thread.

But, good luck with a non smoking tour of Africa, the Middle East, Russia, South America, or most of SE Asia.

Well done on beating your illness and your addiction, it is great to hear positive stories like yours, but the attitudes towards this problem outside of 'The West,' are very different in my experience.

By all means keep travelling, take life, live it, love it, have a great time, take what's been given to you, but don't expect too much support or returns from the anti smoking angle - do it for yourself and enjoy yourself.

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Thanks for the feedback
Yes that is what I needed to hear. Part of the delimma in how to approach this. I've been thinking about the COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Foundation. Or something like that. This is more generalized and includes things like TB as well as all the others I've mentioned. Not as specific as tobacco only.

Gosh I loved smoking...
Do not wish to make anyone uncomfortable. Wish I still could. Guess I could but i don't...

IT is just the cause of 443,000 unnecessary and preventable deaths in the US and Millions around the world yearly. IT will likely be the cause of mine.

I really don't want to rant. This is personal and important. The question here really, is how to "make a difference" ... and how to KISS (keep it simple stupid)
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2nd thoughts Taking a stand
I've thought about my earlier reply and reconsidering. There will be some resistance, primarily from smokers it seems. I was always uncomfortable when anyone was suggesting I should quit. To be honest, I always knew I should and was hurting myself and possibly others.

I will stand firm and continue with finding a way to carry the message that smoking is hurtful to ourselves and others. It will kill us and maybe even others.

Nicotine is VERY powerful and HIGHLY addictive.

Making friends or not is really not my main concern here.

This message can be carried and supported without personally offending anyone. That is not my interest.

Does anyone else think there would be support for such an endeavor?

How to narrow this down remains a challenge.

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I really don't want to rant. This is personal and important.
I think the quote from one of your postings says it all - it is personal to you.

By all means have a go but I think you will have a hard time of it especially when a lot of folks you meet have very little in their livesand smoking is one of their pleasures. They will not want you ramming an anti smoking education down their throats.

For the record I am an ex smoker.
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It's a fine idea to raise money for any charity as a part of a long-distance trip, and to engage in some awareness-building as well.

First, you need to get permission from a charity to fundraise on their behalf, and you need a way that people donate directly to that charity - they shouldn't do it through you (as in, they donate money to you and you promise to pass it on). What you want is for people to click on a link and donate, and it not only goes directly to the charity, but also, the charity knows that the donation is coming because of your efforts. The charity may even have a system for this to happen already.

Secondly, in the course of those conversations with a charity, you need to talk about what kind of messaging you should and shouldn't deliver as you travel. Public health awareness campaigns are tricky, even for seasoned professionals. A good idea is to start educating yourself on what's being said in various communities and cultures regarding the dangers of tobacco. A good place to start is with the World Health Organization's anti-tobacco campaigns.

This kind of fundraising was recently the subject of a thread on TechSoup, a nonprofit organization that helps other nonprofits re: tech use. Have a look for even more info.
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