Power A Project
Support Vetted Projects with Your Travel Business
Each year, The Conscious Travel Foundation’s Community Impact Fund supports two community-led projects—but many more incredible initiatives apply to receive our grants than we can fund. Through our new ‘Power a Project’ initiative, our members and industry partners have the opportunity to step in and directly support these brilliant projects, ensuring they can still move forward.
Every project profiled has been carefully vetted, having already been nominated by our community and reviewed by our team, Philanthropy Committee members, and impact experts for viability, success potential, and long-term impact. By adopting a project, you are investing in meaningful, community-led change that aligns with our values and mission.
Meet The Projects
Movimento ReFloresta
Brazil
Movimento ReFloresta is a regenerative tourism movement connecting young people across Brazil with the Amazon, through the Amazon. The threats to the survival of the Amazon are usually too distant from the realities of the people who do not live there. Funding would be used to support the immersive learning journeys, forging links between youth and Amazonian communities, building a network of young activists and strengthening the communities of the Amazon through community-based tourism.
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Frente Insular de la Reserva Marina de Galapagos
Ecuador
Frente Insular is a volunteer group who work on projects to support the regeneration of the environment and its community in the Galapagos. It strengthens social and environmental responsibility in the Galapagos by engaging kids, teenagers, and adults through its hands-on programme. Funding would help them grow their educational workshops, beach cleanups, science events, and fund the broadcast of a weekly radio show with environmental advocacy. This community-driven project exists to build a culture of environmental stewardship, empowering the community to protect their fragile ecosystem.
Naifaru Juvenile
Maldives
Atoll Marine Centre is a sea turtle rescue and rehabilitation centre in the Maldives, it aims to lead marine conservation efforts by employing and empowering local Maldivians in the field of marine biology, with a focus on training female marine biologists. Funding would support the implementation of Atoll Marine Conservation Centre’s five year strategic plan, including expanding their local intern programme to nurture the marine biologists of the future, as well as capital projects like installing new turtle tanks and solar panels.
Chandmana Erdene
Mongolia
Chandmana Erdene is a pioneering project providing a community-based tourism training programme for Mongolian women, helping them gain skills in the tourism industry by training as tour guides. The project addresses interconnected challenges including unemployment, financial insecurity, gender inequality and the uneven distribution of tourism benefits across Mongolia.
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Oceans Alive
Kenya
Oceans Alive is a community conservation enterprise, having established Kenya's first community-run marine sanctuary, a 30-hectare, no-take zone that has resulted in a 400% increase in fish biomass and significant ecosystem recovery since 2006. This self-financed eco-tourism model offers snorkelling, reef walks and glass-bottom boat tours, generating income for conservation and community. The project is seeking funding to expand ecotourism along the Kenyan coast.
Floreana Eco-Rangers Youth Program
Ecuador
The project aims to educate and empower youth on the remote island of Floreana in the Galapagos Islands. Rooted in community collaboration, the project focuses on conservation, eco-tourism, and guiding skills, training young people to combat invasive species, restore native ecosystems, and foster a long term connection between the youth and their natural environment. With an impressive leadership team, and a strong track record from supporters Tropic Eco in community-based tourism, this project provides hands-on guide training and real-world experience to create opportunities for Floreana’s youth, and in turn, the community.
How to Support These Projects
There are several ways to contribute:
Direct funding – A one-time donation to fully or partially fund a project.
Collaborative fundraising – Engage your clients, customers, or partners, with TCTF projects
Matching contributions – Pledge to match funds raised by your community, doubling the impact.
Strategic partnerships – Work with partners in your value chain to co-fund projects that align with shared sustainability goals.
If you’re interested in powering a project, we’d love to hear from you. To explore available projects or discuss your approach, please get in touch.
