Travel4change certainly
offers something new and
different to anything we
have seen on the Irish travel market
until now. ʻResponsible tourism
ʼ has a positive impact on the
lives of the communities visited.

Travel4change supports community
projects by donating 10%
of its income to the projects it
supports and also gives the visitor
the opportunity to interact in a
sustainable way with the people
of the country being visited.

As a member of a small group
of maximum 25 people, you will
fly to Lusaka, Zambia, where you
will spend three of the 14 days
helping the local artisans to build
a new school for the children of
the Loyando Open Orphanage
Community School (currently
housed in a bar).

Marjorie McHenry, Managing
Director of Travel4change says:
“You wonʼt be asked to do anything
you are not able to do. By
helping with the build, you will
not take work away from the local
population, but just be asked
to help where you can.”

You will meet the teachers and
the children, celebrate laying the
foundation stone of their new
school and continue the bonds
that exist between Ireland and
Zambia since its independence
(more of that around the camp
fire).

Having done your bit to start
the build, which involves more
fun than hard work, according to
Marjorie (who suggests that you
can make the tea or keep the team
watered, if thatʼs what you want),
you then head off to the mighty
Zambezi to a lodge on the shores
of that great river, sleep in a tented
chalet, take a river safari and
watch the wildlife from the boat,
barbeque on an island in the middle
of the river, spend one night
camping in the bush, take a land
safari in the national park, meet
both river and land animals up
close and very personal and wonder
at the beauty of the country
and its people.

Then the trip takes you to the
spectacular Victoria Falls. Described
by the Kololo tribe living
in the area in the 1800ʼs as ʻMosioa-
Tunyaʼ– ʻthe Smoke that
Thundersʼ, the Victoria Falls is a
sight of awe-inspiring beauty and
grandeur on the Zambezi River,
bordering Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Of the surroundings, the
explorer Dr Livingstone wrote in
1857: “No one can imagine the
beauty of the view from anything
witnessed in England. It had never
been seen before by European
eyes, but scenes so lovely must
have been gazed upon by angels
in their flight”.

There are many activities that
can be undertaken close to the
Falls, including walking tours
along the Falls, a sunset cruise
on the Zambezi, an elephant ride
safari, the flight of the angels
over the Falls and for the fearless
few– bungee jumping or abseiling.

For more information, contact
info@travel4change.ie, call 01-
853 0100 or check out the website
on www.travel4change.ie.