{"id":1623,"date":"2013-05-31T15:00:44","date_gmt":"2013-05-31T13:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/?p=1623"},"modified":"2013-05-31T15:00:44","modified_gmt":"2013-05-31T13:00:44","slug":"adventure-philanthropist-african-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/31\/adventure-philanthropist-african-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Adventure Philanthropist: African Style!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Erin and I\u2019m Adventure Philanthropist.\u00a0\u00a0I\u2019m writing a book about my recent 2-year around-the-world trip. During this adventure, I visited all 7 continents and 62 countries, including spending nearly five months in Africa. I traveled solo and mostly overland, taking local buses and boats.<\/p>\n<p>At the heart of my travels was my volunteer work. By volunteering with more than 20 local humanitarian organizations, I gained an inside perspective on how people truly live, getting to know cultures and communities on a much deeper level.<\/p>\n<p>Volunteering also helped me get off the beaten path and venture to small towns on the borders of Kenya &amp; Uganda and Zambia &amp; Malawi. In short, volunteering gives me a more authentic travel experience, bringing to light the full spectrum of beauty and harshness within our world. Global volunteering delivers moments that are both raw and rewarding.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Volunteering in Africa<\/b><\/p>\n<p>During my global 2-year \u201cliving and giving\u201d adventure, I volunteered with many organizations based in sub-Saharan Africa including the Lion Encounter, as part of my <strong><a title=\"Desert Tracker DTR19\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acacia-africa.com\/acacia_overland\/desert_tracker_19_days_2013.php\" target=\"_blank\">19-day Desert Tracker<\/a><\/strong> tour.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1624\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/blog\/?attachment_id=1624\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1624\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1624\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1624\" alt=\"Image by: Erin Michelson\" src=\"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/AA-Tropic-of-Capricorn-1-Go-Erin-Go-19-day-Desert-Tracker_resize.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"298\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1624\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by: Erin Michelson<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0Lion Encounter \u2013 Livingstone, Zambia<\/b>: During my time I learned all about large cat conservation by doing a snare sweep with national park rangers and participating in lion pride research. I even got to pet a pair of lion cubs! For more information, check out this <strong><a title=\"Lion alert post\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lionalert.org.\" target=\"_blank\">post<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a title=\"Video - Lion Encounter\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goeringo.com\/2011\/11\/26\/my-lion-encounter-videos\/\" target=\"_blank\">video<\/a><\/strong> about my Lion Encounter experience:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1625\" style=\"width: 402px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/blog\/?attachment_id=1625\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1625\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1625\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1625\" alt=\"Image by: Erin Michelsen\" src=\"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/GEG-Lion-ecounter-Zambia-Resize.jpg\" width=\"392\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1625\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by: Erin Michelsen<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>Join the Journey!<\/b><\/p>\n<p>I recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to help raise funds for the self-publishing of a book about my global volunteer travels called\u00a0<i>Adventure Philanthropist<\/i>. You too can join the journey and help spread these important stories by participating in the campaign before June 16, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Join the fun by making a <strong><a title=\"Donation\" href=\"http:\/\/kck.st\/1114cgW\" target=\"_blank\">donation<\/a><\/strong> today!\u00a0\u00a0THANK YOU!<\/p>\n<p><b><i>About the author Erin<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Erin Michelson is a former banker who decided to ditch it all in order to dedicate her life to helping nonprofit organizations work more effectively toward a better world. She runs a consulting firm that focuses on the business side of philanthropy and writes the Adventure Philanthropist blog\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goeringo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>www.GoErinGo.com<\/i><\/a><i>. She is writing a book about her 2-year global \u201cliving and giving\u201d adventure called Adventure Philanthropist: Great Adventure Volunteering Abroad, due out in October 2013.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Erin and I\u2019m Adventure Philanthropist.\u00a0\u00a0I\u2019m writing a book about my recent 2-year around-the-world trip. 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