Sierra Leonean health workers based in the UK formed an organisation that organises annual visits – at their own expense – back home; bringing back skills, knowledge and equipment for the schools and hospitals where they trained or had their initial deployments.
It organises group visits, offers regular free tours and film nights, puts on music events and talks, and has a superb resources room with a superlative view.
Shah Chowdhury, the director of the London-based travel agency Islam Freedom, which organises hajj visits, said he had spoken to five partner agencies which had confirmed that none of their more than 1,000 customers had been harmed.
Speaking to my local homeless charity here in Exeter, it was pleasing to know that the centre organises GP visits, which are scheduled on a regular basis – an encouraging fact, yet you can't help but wonder why this can't be a given regardless of where you are living.
This art was facilitated by SHINE for Kids, a charity that organises these visits and offers art and craft programs as a way for kids and parents to interact somewhat normally under what can be very bleak circumstances.
Getting there Himalayan Kingdoms (0845 3308579, himalayankingdoms.com) organises a visit to Qoyllurit'i, with a 16-day itinerary departing on May 9 2008, including a period of acclimatisation and a visit to Machu Picchu before two nights at the festival including the night trek.
The university has forged strong links with employers and organises several campus visits by prospective employers during the year.
A Dutch government-funded organisation, the Trimbos Institute, organises over twenty pill testing facilities all-over the Netherlands.
Agriturismo Mantua organises farmers' markets and encourages tourists to visit farms, cheese- and winemakers.
The Nellim Wilderness Lodge (00 358 400 41; nellim.fi) organises arctic activities that include reindeer and Santa visits.
