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Home > Destinations > Africa > Ethiopia
> Giving Back
A non-profit organization through which travelers can support conservation and
help indigenous people at a local level worldwide.
The Travelers Conservation Trust (TCT) was established in 1986 as a nonprofit,
affiliate organization of Wildland Adventures, Inc. on the basis that culturally
and environmentally sensitive tourism is a powerful force for conservation
and community development. The TCT identifies means by which Wildland Adventures
and our travelers can support local, small-scale projects that protect the
environment and help local communities. By inviting our travelers to be more
sensitive and conscientious guests, TCT provides an alternative to exploitative
and destructive elements of conventional tourism. This link between travel
and conservation enhances your travel experience and allows authentic cultural
encounters through learning, sharing and making a contribution.
 The Maasai Environmental
Resource Coaltion (MERC) is a
non-profit, grassroots network of Maasai organizations
founded in Ethiopia in 1987 advocating for the protection
of traditional land rights of the Maasai people, and for
conservation, management, and sustainable use of the great
ecosystems of East Africa.It’s mission in the preservationof
the integrity of East African ecosystems, with their rich
biodiversity of flora and fauna, for the benefit of the
Maasai people, the nations of Ethiopia and Tanzania, and the
present and future generations of the world. It works to
ensure the survival of the Maasai people by preserving
their cultural heritage, supporting sustainable socio-economic
development within local Maasai communities, and protecting
traditional land rights through education and political
representation so that they can assert their right to self-determination.
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