Welcoming medical volunteers in a village in Tibet
Conscious Journeys offers a balanced blend of cultural immersion, sustainable travel and volunteerism excursions to Tibet for professional volunteers such as doctors, nurses, dentists, adventurists, and students. Volunteer activities include things like building greenhouses and working on community-based tourism projects such as building hiking trails, constructing waste bins, offering site clean ups and ‘Leave No Trace’ environmental ethics training. Volunteers can join with one of the featured journeys or create a customized journey to suit their own interests. Our program offers living and breathing Tibetan cultural experiences, and we give 30% of the profit from the trips back to local communities. In short, we don’t organize tourist trips to tourist places.
2012 Featured Trips
- April 2012: A group of dentists from the Free to Smile Foundation will be returning to Kham, eastern Tibet to conduct dental hygiene check-ups and perform basic dental work on school children and community members. For trip registration please contact Byron Henry through this website and for trip logistics please contact Conscious Journeys.
- June 4th – 18th 2012: We are looking for 8-12 participants to join us for a Photovoltaic (PV) installation at a new medical clinic in Sihurong, a spectacular and remote village on the eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau. The trip is open to all, and is organized as a class through San Juan College working in conjunction with the Tibetan Village Project. You will learn about a range of topics including: solar design and theory, PV installation basics, Buddhism, and the history & culture of the Tibetan people. Empowered with this knowledge you’ll be able to directly participate in the solar installation. Learn more
- Sept. 8th to Sept. 22nd (14 days): This September, a group of adventurous travellers from Telluride, Colorado will embark on a conscious journey to Tibet with Tibetan Village Project (TVP) to celebrate mountain-to-mountain culture, visit monasteries and communities, go on hikes and treks, and engage in service work in the Minyak Region of Kham. Please contact Elisabeth Gick who is working with local staff to lead this trip for more information at egick1@gmail.com.
Customized Trips: If featured trips do not fit your schedule or interests, Conscious Journeys can also customize 2-week trips for groups with at least four participants. Current projects include building composting toilets and installing a solar shower for a school. There are also projects available that focus on developing community based tourism, such as training local hosts, guesthouse owners, homestay families, cooks and drivers and developing unique itineraries. Please contact us.
