Travel with Purpose

Juanfe is an incredible Foundation, named after the Founder’s son Juan Felipe. In an effort to help address high infant mortality, Catalina Escobar realized a root cause was low-income teenage mothers. Juanfe is a comprehensive foundation working to break the cycle of poverty for these moms with a comprehensive 2 year program. Juanfe provides psycho-social support for emotional stability, as well...

The Sierra Artist Residency was founded by Nina Arias, as part of her retreat center’ ( Gitana del Mar) ’s way of giving back to the community. The goal is to provide a cultural exchange between artists and youth in their community.  Working with over 20 local, rural, low-resourced schools,  Visitors can donate school supplies and participate in school programs. They collaboratively created a colo...

ACTUAR is a nonprofit Foundation in Cartagena, Colombia, providing micro-loans for entrepreneurs to start small family businesses. They provide on-going training and childcare for women. You can volunteer in the preschool program or offer your expertise in the areas of financial literacy and microloan development.  You can support this great work in Colombia and in the U.S. through Friends for Col...

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Berit & Dan Friends of Colombia http://www.friendsforcolombia.org/who-we-are/

Martha Elena Mogollón, executive director Granitos De Paz https://granitosdepaz.org.co

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The Fundación Bahía y Ecosistemas de Colombia is a non-profit NGO created to conserve the Bay of Cartagena and its surrounding ecosystems, work with its eco-dependent communities, fight against plastic pollution in the sea and promote adaptation and/or mitigation to climate change in the city. https://fundacionbahia.org/

Bladimir started Salvemos Varadero in 2016 to bring awareness to the preservation needs of the ecosystem of the Coral Reef near Cartagena, Colombia. Varadero is the 1st “Hope Spot” in the Caribbean.  If you love diving or snorkeling, you’ll want to support this movement. Discover ways you can support reef preservation and restoration, as you listen to the work of this platform.  Mission Blue (Napa...

Come hear Theresa Grant, the Founder and Executive Director share about the work of her non-profit organization: Go Make a Difference Now, in Africa and Guatemala. The focus of this interview is on their most recent projects in Guatemala, empowering young women through 3 life-changing programs - focused on education. Listen to how women are trained in marketing and taught to ‘pay it forward’ passi...

Jason Allen, a Board member with First-Hand Aid, shares how this nonprofit works efficiently alongside local churches with community doctors, bringing aid directly to those most in need. Focusing in Havana and Vinales, he describes how impactful is was distributing food to shut-ins, unable to support themselves. The expense of basic, staple foods like beans are rice exorbitant costs and prohibitiv...

https://www.firsthandaid.org Join us to hear Bradley Gordon, a Board member of First-Hand Aid, share about his recent trip to Cuba. He and his team brought medical supplies, financial support and more to support the people of Cuba. In case you missed it, last week Marc Bohland shared the background of founding this nonprofit organization. You can participate in a trip, bringing much needed medical...

For over 20 years, Marc Bohland, the Founder and Executive Director of First-Hand Aid, has been supporting the Cuban people for years. Listen to opportunities for how you may engage in projects “behind the scenes”, while seeing the beauty of Cuba.  First-Hand Aid has a structure to distribute much needed, over-the-counter medical supplies. They also support families financially with a monthly stip...

Dylan Brown was introduced to Waves of Love through our last interviewee- Chad Starkey, with Surf-Fish-Serve, both nonprofits supporting Nicaragua . Dylan is a 3-time participant of service & surf trips to Nicaragua. As an avid surfer himself, he loves to teach the local kids to surf, as well as engage in other sports, games, and learning activities. He also has participated in food distributi...

Chad Starkey, the Founder of  Surf-Fish-Serve (SFS) shares ways of combining your passions with community service, while traveling globally. SFS works in Nicaragua, engaging in amazing surfing, while also participating in food distributions, building homes, and supporting school children. They come alongside local partners, like Waves of Love, to build continuity of projects and relationships. Dis...

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If you missed last week’s interview, I encourage you to listen to it, for the background of this week’s interview with Jecelyn Garcia. Jecelyn had the experience of working at Purple Passion as a mentee from a nonprofit island high school, Ocean Academy.  As part of Ocean  Academy’s mentorship program, students shadow a business owner,  related to their field of interest.  This business mentorship...