Seeing is Believing
Trips to Zambia
One week to change your life, to alter
your perspective. Make an impact...
Friends of Zambia leads groups of 20-30 participants (leaders in business,
media, non-profit and government) to Zambia for week-long intensive trips.
Over the week, a deep and broad survey of the challenges Zambia faces--from
the HIV/AIDS crisis, to infrastructure gaps, to education and employment to
hunger and poverty--are cross-sectioned with the perspectives of policy-makers,
youth, Zambian citizens, businessmen, and NGO leaders.The result is a deep
appreciation not only of the challenges, but of the untapped potential of
these
communities.
Focused on action, the days are intense, rich, and revealing, and are partnered
with opportunities for group brainstorming and personal reflection.
In partnership with the ImagineNations
Group, Friends of Zambia has led four successful trips
to Zambia, on which over 60 leaders in business, civil society, and philanthropy
from the United States and Europe have participated. The goal of these trips
is to promote business and charitable investment by connecting corporations
and individuals to opportunities and needs in Zambia.
On the November 2005 trip to Zambia, Friends of Zambia and ImagineNations
joined with the Center
for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College. The Center
works with global corporations to help them define, plan and operationalize
their corporate citizenship.
