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Passports with Purpose is the travel bloggers fundraiser. Raising funds in 2015 to bring digital reading to 5 libraries in western Kenya w/ Worldreader.
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In its first year, Passports with Purpose raised $7,400 for Heifer International. In 2009, Passports with Purpose blew past its initial goal (which was to raise $14,000 to build a school in Cambodia) raising nearly $30,000 to add improvements to the basic school. The school, built through our partnership with American Assistance for Cambodia is now complete. In 2010, with overwhelming support and

assistance from the travel blog community, we raised $64,128, over 25% more than our original goal of $50,000 and built an entire village in India. Construction is also complete. In 2011, through our partnerships with the participating bloggers, we raised $90,000 to build two libraries in Zambia through a partnership with Room to Read. In 2012 raised $112,000 to build 5 wells in Haiti through a partnership with Water.org. We raised $84,000 in 2013 to build two schools in Mali. In 2014 the fundraiser brought in $25,000 to help five families and their communities in Honduras learn to farm sustainably for five years.

10/12/2016

Big announcement: We will not be holding a fundraiser in 2016. Details are in the post, but we want to send a huge thank you to everyone who has supported in the past.

Sustainable farms in Central America. Wells in Haiti. Schools in Mali and Cambodia. A village in India. Libraries in Zambia and e-books in Kenya.

11/23/2015

Have you checked your email? The wait is over! Winners of this year's Passports with Purpose prizes have been notified!
Bloggers, you have been copied on any prize you hosted. Congratulations, everyone, and THANK YOU for helping us raise over $20,000 for Worldreader!

Look at what you did in ten days: Just $10 at a time, you came together from all over the world, and raised over $20,000 so that children in Kenya can have access to the huge and beautiful world brought to them by books.

11/19/2015

From the very bottom our our hearts, thank you.
You have helped us raise over $20,000 for Worldreader.

11/18/2015

Update: We are SO close. Just $375 and we have $20K; but we only have about 2.5 hours.

We've laid it all out there for you last-minute types! http://passportswithpurpose.org/donate/

11/18/2015

Thrilled to announce that as of 11 a.m. ET today we're at $18,000! Thank you to everyone who has given. And if you haven't, you've got just over 12 hours to donate and enter to win prizes.

Welcome to Passports with Purpose. We are the annual travel bloggers’ fundraiser. Since 2008 more than 200 travel bloggers have helped do long-lasting good around the world by building schools, libraries and a village. We’ve also helped communities learn to farm sustainably.

11/18/2015

We are starting our last 15 hours of fundraising with $17,600. We'd like to reach $20K by 11:59 pm on 11/18. You can donate and enter to win some amazing prizes, but more importantly, you can make a difference for kids in Kenya. Can you help? (P.S. Please pass it on!)

We believe that the best answer to ignorance and hatred is education and love – the former being what our fundraiser is about and the latter being what we’ve seen so much of from all of you over the past weeks. That is why we have decided for the moment that Passports with Purpose will continue as p…

11/17/2015

We hope you'll join us and the Mom It Forward team for a Twitter party on Tuesday, November 17 at 9 pm EST.

Passports with Purpose is formed by a group of travel bloggers who have decided to give back to the community with help of donors & sponsors.

11/17/2015

UPDATE: As of 7:00 pm EST on 11/17, we're at $16,500!

We're thrilled to announce that as of noon EST on 11/17 we've reached $15,000!

11/17/2015

We're so grateful for the lovely mention on the Break Into Travel Writing Podcast. Thanks Alexa!

BITW 045: Tbex Fort Lauderdale Conference and Adventure Seekers FAM November 12, 2015 by alexa williams-meisler Today’s show focuses on my week in Fort Lauderdale; three days on the Adventure Seeker FAM and three days at the Tbex conference. In this episode I share my biggest takeaways from the even…

11/16/2015

Mara had fun joining in the Amateur Traveler podcast and talking about our fundraiser.

This Week in Travel – Travel News Podcast. Regular hosts Gary Arndt, Jen Leo and Chris Christensen are joined by this week’s guest: Mara Gorman of MotherOfAllTrips.com and Passports with Purpose Subscribe …

11/16/2015

We just passed the $14K mark! Thanks to everyone for giving. And now, can we make it $15K? :)

11/16/2015

It's an annual tradition for us to share the prizes you have the best odds of winning. Bid on these prizes before 11:59 pm on Wednesday 11/18 and help bring e-readers to Kenya.

The “Best Odds Post” has become something of a tradition in the Passports with Purpose fundraiser. Every year we know that some people wait to donate and bid until we’ve told them just what prizes they have the best chance of winning.

11/14/2015

A message to our entire community: We believe that the best answer to ignorance and hatred is education and love - the former being what our fundraiser is about and the latter being what we've seen so much of from all of you over the past weeks. That is why we have decided for the moment that Passports with Purpose will continue as planned, ending on November 18, 2015.

Out of respect for what has happened, we will not be sharing on social media today. But as of now we intend that our efforts to raise money will continue Sunday through Wednesday evening. Our message is simple: Books are part of a valid response to what has happened. Books simultaneously make the world bigger and smaller. Books connect us and our minds and hearts.

We will answer guns and bombs with books for children.

For now, we will remember Paris, and we will cry. And then we'll roll up our sleeves and get back to work.

11/13/2015

At the halfway mark, we've made $10K to bring digital reading to Kenya for Worldreader. A huge Thank You to everyone who has donated.

11/13/2015

It's Friends & Family Friday - how many people can you tell about our fundraiser before the weekend starts?

We’re just about at the halfway mark in our fundraiser, and are definitely feeling the online love. Our fantastic bloggers have been out tweeting up a storm, sharing their prizes on Facebook, and filling the online travel airspace with all kinds of goodness on our hashtag. We love to see it, an…

11/12/2015

It's time to show our sponsors some LOVE. Who's with us?

Luxury hotel stays from New York to California, a week in a Yosemite yurt (now those are two words it’s very fun to say together), a high-performance GoPro camera, a pickpocket-proof wardrobe of travel clothes, the trip of a lifetime hiking in Burkina Faso – and that’s just a sampling of some of the…

11/10/2015

Our fundraising goal, by the numbers. Can you help?

11/10/2015

We've got some Twitter chats coming up this week and next - check out the full schedule.

Now that our 8th annual fundraiser has kicked off, we hope you will join us for one or more Twitter parties/chats in the next 10 days to learn more about Passports with Purpose and Worldreader and to help us spread the word about the fundraiser!

11/10/2015

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! On our first full day, we reached the $5000 mark - that means e-books for 200 Kenyan children. Let's keep it going, shall we?

11/10/2015

Won't you join us on Twitter on Tuesday 11/10 to talk about bringing e-books to Kenya with Worldreader? We'd love to have you: 9:30 a.m. PST/12:30 p.m. EST.

KIDS N TRIPS is proud to support the 8th annual Passports with Purpose fundraiser by hosting a Twitter party Tuesday, November 10, 2015. We will be giving away one $100 American Express gift card and one $50 American Express gift card.

11/09/2015

Our 2015 fundraiser has started! Donate to bring digital reading to Kenya with Worldreader and enter to win travel prizes. www.passportswithpurpose.org

11/08/2015

We're getting ready to launch our fundraiser, but in the meantime, we hope you'll put this Twitter chat on your calendar - Tuesday, November 10 at 9:30am PT/12:30pm ET.

Passports with Purpose is an annual travel blogger-supported fundraiser that raises money to support various causes around the world.

11/08/2015

Come and see the prizes we have on offer. Every $10 you donate helps bring e-readers to Kenya and gives you a chance to win.

Welcome to Passports with Purpose. We are the annual travel bloggers’ fundraiser. Since 2008 more than 200 travel bloggers have helped do long-lasting good around the world by building schools, libraries, and a village. We’ve also helped communities learn to farm sustainably.

11/07/2015

Our fundraiser for Worldreader starts 11/8.

11/06/2015

What are you up to this weekend? We'll be raising money to bring e-readers to Kenya with Worldreader - and we couldn't be more excited about it.

11/06/2015

Next week we will be sharing lots of posts from the wonderful bloggers who are helping make our fundraiser for Worldreader possible. We can't thank them enough.

11/05/2015

Just a few days until the fun starts - hope you'll join us!

11/05/2015

Are you a blogger planning to join us for the 2015 fundraiser? Got questions? Let us know. You can post here or reach out to info [at] passportsiwthpurpose.org. We can't wait to hear from you.

11/04/2015

Now that it's November, we've started to think about what we're thankful for. Books are certainly close to the top of the list. That's why we can't wait to help bring them to Kenya. Won't you join us?

It’s been pretty clear over the years how much the travel blogging community values literacy – we’ve raised over $200,000 to build libraries and schools in Asia and Africa. Here at Passports with Purpose headquarters we like to think that’s because bloggers are in love with the written word and see…

11/04/2015

We are so proud to be raising money to help people like Margaret.

Until very recently, Margret was illiterate. Margret went back to school just a few years ago, at an adult education center and even though she had never lea...

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