1-4-1: Take a Safari, Educate a Child
This morning I realized I hadn't shared a huge, as in life-changing, initiative begun by our friends, Micato Safaris. They call it 1-4-1, which means when we help you plan a Micato Safari, Micato will send a child of the slums to school. Let me say it in the WIIFM mindset (what's in it for me): You take a safari, experience the animals, the vistas, the people of Africa, perhaps experience a "defining moment" in your life AND a child, often orphaned at a young age and without hope, is given the opportunity to attend school, his or her own "defining moment." Bottom line, cut to the chase, the end product, yada, yada, yada: you take the safari you've always dreamed of and this action becomes a gift to a child in need, to you, and to our world. Mother Teresa said, "If you can't feed a hundred people, feed just one." If I can't educate 100 children, I CAN educate just one.
The African Children's Choir sang to us today, their sweet voices filling our hearts. Seeing them reminded me how important it is for us to invest in the most precious resource in our world, our children. Now you have a way to give AND get. How cool is that?
In 2012, as part of our celebration of 20 years of creating life-changing experiences, Michael and Barbara King are planning to take a few people on a safari to East Africa. Options will include additional experiences such as Gorilla Tracking, relaxing in the Seychelles, or visiting Victoria Falls. If you want to join the Kings of Travel, the Kings of African Travel, email michael@greatgetaway.com or call us 800 546 TRIP (8747). For each traveler, Micato Safaris will send a child to school-now that's what we call a true Win-Win!
Below is a video we made from a trip to South Africa in September, 2009. The voices you hear are the same ones we heard today, the African Children's Choir:
