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With this Senegal holiday we are deeply committed to Responsible Travel practices: that is why all of the guides and hosts employed in this trip belong to the local Community. Mr. Mansour and Mr Massiré will guide you through the discovery of the Diola Villages, and Mr. Samba will unveil to you some secrets and tales of the Casamance River. The well-known artist and griot Keba Rumba will introduce you to the entrancing Mandingue and Diolas Rhythms, together with its drums and percussion workshop group. We trust these persons as they are the best ambassadors for their own communities; wages and salaries are distributed among their families and relatives.
As part of our responsibility towards local communities, our association reinvests 20% of its incomes into a local aid and assistance program: monthly food provisions, baby kits, anti-mosquito nets and help to local students are part of the actions assured by this fund.
We will have the time and possibility to discover different ‘Campements Intégrés’ accommodation-style, for meals and visit their nearby villages; these types of structures, very common in the area, are owned by the villagers: their revenues are directed towards community development projects for the village itself. Therefore, our Guests contribute to local economy and at the same time integrate with the populations.
We aim to assure a fair distribution of the revenues:
All of the food and beverages are bought locally.
All of the furniture, paintings and materials in the association’s guesthouse are locally made, employing local workers, carvers, painters and carpenters.
We bring participants to local markets and factories for the purchasing of souvenirs and art objects.
We support groups of local artists, by organizing events and performances that will take place during the trip; a chance to exchange and to enjoy unique musical and dancing skills.
Water is the most precious resource here in Africa, and everywhere in our Planet:
Guests are informed about the necessity of local population to walk for miles in order to provide water for their community, and brought to villages where this practice is one of the main daily duties.
Guests are instructed on water consumption at our Guesthouse for showers and baths: we encourage our travellers to use water sparingly for showering and washing.
As for energy saving: reducing unnecessary lighting, by switching off all electrical equipment when not required. We are well aware of the impact that tourism can have in remote places and on small isolated villages and communities, where ancient and therefore precious cultures are still alive and nurtured: that is why all group sizes for our trips are between 2 and a maximum of 7 persons. That leads to a reduction of impacts both on the environment and the people that we visit as well as allowing for more supervision, advice and explanations, alongside an effective chance of understanding and integration with a different culture. We believe that an authentic travel experience can surely be a life changing experience in terms of environmental awareness, and that guests can continue these conducts once they are back home, and instruct others to do so.
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