Dreamflight has teamed up with Different Travel - a company which offers fundraisers exciting new expeditions which combine the usual 'challenge' activities (climbing, trekking or cycling), with work on much needed development projects in the host country.



Charity challenges have, for the past 20 years or so, been popular ways for charities to raise funds through challenging their supporters to achieve 'goals'. At its simplest, a fundraising challenge works by setting an individual or a group of people a physical and challenging task – such as climbing a mountain or cycling a certain route – and those who accept the challenge then raise funds through sponsorship to cover the operating costs of the challenge, as well as also raising funds for the organising charity as well. Therefore, challenges are both rewarding for the charity, but also for the participant – as they get to see some amazing places, a sense of having achieved something arduous, and knowing that they have supported a good cause all at the same time.

With Different challenges, you not only get the sense of achievement which comes from (1)achieving the task set before you and (2) supporting your charity, with Different Challenge there is a third very important element - you also get involved with a community project in the host country, supporting the development objectives of local people. So, for example, you might ‘get handy in the Andes’ by trekking the Inca Trail and seeing the amazing sights of Machu Picchu, but instead of just heading home afterwards, you then get set to work helping with essential refurbishments on a local school. Further to this, as we always try to work with local people, the porters we use on our Inca Trail trek are likely to be amongst the parents of the children whose school you will be re-furbishing. So, with our challenges, you get to see amazing places, do amazing things, and help amazing people – at home and abroad. With a Different Challenge’  – everyone’s a winner!

If you want to participate in one of Different's challenges, the first thing to do is decide which one. Every challenge has a different project, but many of them involve refurbishing buildings used by schools, hospitals and orphanages. However, some of the challenges involve environmental work. The important thing to remember is, whatever the project, it is something which local people have identified as being important to them, and therefore, we are helping those who show us hospitality in their country to help build better futures for themselves.To view the current listed open challenges click here

For more information on Different Challenges, vsit the Different Travel website:
www.different-travel.com