Guest Post – Willem Niemeijer, Founder and chief executive officer of Khiri Travel
The travel and business business accounts for one in eleven jobs globally. per analysis commissioned by WTTC (Travel & business Economic Impact 2014), it's the highest job creator when education and directly employs over one hundred million folks worldwide, and as several as 265 million folks indirectly. It’s additionally a novel business, wherever stakeholders ar a lot of usually than not in direct personal contact. This people-oriented business is more increased by the facility of social media. All stakeholders – public and personal sector business players and travellers alike – have tremendous prospects to attach on all levels.
This opens a good chance for of these stakeholders to hitch hands and confront head on the problem of exploitation and abuse of kids.
A roadmap has already been ready by the groundbreaking work of NGO’s like Friends-International, ChildSafe Network and World Vision. they need years of expertise with the on-the-ground realities that kids and their families face. They shrewdness onerous it's to interrupt the positive feedback of economic condition that condemns kids to figure commerce garlands at busy intersections, as memento sellers, or mendicancy on the road. It’s profitable and sadly usually a necessary different to kids planning to college and having a carefree childhood.
As is commonly the case, the beginning lies in raising awareness. coaching and data is essential. At Khiri Travel, partnering with World Vision has been enlightening and provoking. we have a tendency to else modules to periodic guide and staff coaching sessions, co-created data leaflets that we have a tendency to distribute to guests and facilitate unfold the word at business conferences and forums.
This is simply a begin in our commitment to kid Safe business. we have a tendency to aim to grow support for social enterprise organisations that supply alternatives to vulnerable kids, like education and promise of jobs within the travel and business sector. There are NGO’s we have a tendency to invite you to assist support, either directly, or through our charity arm, Khiri Reach (where 100% of your donations are going to be hand-delivered). especially, firms doing business, likewise as those travellers visiting in at-risk areas will do over simply being a witness. kid protection is everyone’s business.
