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Africa - Sustainable tourism that benefits both locals and tourists.

While governments and institutions look for solutions to Africa’s poverty,one way to help meet this challenge is within my grasp - to bring tourists into African homes and communities. By staying in these communities, tourists provide income that improves the standards of living.
My model offers a sustainable pro-poor tourism alternative to mass packaged holidays with travel ethos that co-operate with the local hosts to improve their economy and protect their local environments. Accommodation is provided by the hosts in their homes or homesteads. In return the visitors are required to respect and absorb their culture as they provide some immediate economic and social benefits to these communities. Guests help their host families with their daily chores and tasks such…

by Peter Ongera on 28/10/08 | Read More

When Africa rises there will be a new world order

Mon opinion sur la nouvelle loi sur l’immigration adoptée il y a quelques semaines par le parlement européen.

Last week the EU parliament enforced a new law on illegal immigration. According to that law, each illegal immigrant arrested in EU countries, if he refuses to return in his country, will be imprisoned for eighteen months before his expulsion. It was also said that the illegal immigrants will be prevented from staying in EU countries for 5 years. When I’d received the news, I was horrified and disgusted. I felt like that because that law is against nature. Not only it makes me think a lot about the slogan of the cop9 ” one world, one nature, our future”, but also…

by Constant Sotima BERATE on 17/07/08 | Read More