Travel for Impact, in collaboration with Impact Fund, is dedicated to inspiring positive, lasting, circular social change.

We are committed to creating a circular economy where tourism industry dollars are harnessed to incubate local community businesses and support vetted civil society organizations. Those businesses then supply high quality goods and services to the tourism industry while sustaining resilient livelihoods that lift up business owners, their families and the wider community. Since our founding in Maun, Botswana in 2014, we’ve been on a mission to transform lives on the ground. Our strength is in our extensive, long-term relationships with all three constituencies – engaging them in the journey toward mutually beneficial, sustainable development and empowering each to succeed together.

The People's Path

Our Economic Empowerment work supports livelihood development through collaborative strategizing, capacity building, training and marketing authentic community-led travel experiences. This has led us to develop “The People’s Path”, the first cultural tourism circuit in Northwest Botswana.

Crafted Botswana

Crafts play a significant role in our journey. Many of the small business entrepreneurs we work with are artisans, drawing on traditional skills handed down through generations. They include basket-weavers, ostrich egg-shell jewelers, textile workers, and more. Our Crafted Botswana e-commerce site, co-funded by Unesco, showcases their crafts and their impact on our communities.

Together we change lives

Impact Fund was established through the generosity and commitment of the travel industry to ‘give-back’. This is still the foundation of our corporate social responsibility platform.

1 USD Per BedNight

1 USD per BedNight

Travel partners contribute 1 USD per night that a guest books through their company.
Read More

The BedNight Bank

The BedNight Bank

A travel partnership with Safari Destinations. BedNight Bank partners donate a number of bednights or flights to Safari Destinations which are managed and incorporated into clients’ itineraries. Impact Fund receives the full amount paid for those bednights/flights.
Read More

CSR Consulting

CSR Consulting

These partners support us through financial and other means to forward our mission and support our work on the ground.
Read More

Donors

Donors

Impact Fund partners with traditional donors to further support needs on the ground.  Currently we work with the European Union, the SADC Challenge Fund and UNESCO International Fund for Cultural Diversity.
Read More

Sign up for our newsletter