1. Lending a Hand to
AIDS-impacted Children in China via
Responsible Travel
Rui WANG
Voluntourism Manager – Chi Heng Foundation

2. TRAVEL

3. Tourism effects
-Economic
-Social
-Environmental

4. Tourism effects
-Economic
-Social
-Environmental

5. RESPONSIBLE TRAVEL

6. “Making better places for people to live in, and better places to visit.”
- The International Centre for Responsible Tourism

7. AIDS IN CHINA

8. Reasons
Two epidemics happening in China
– Southwest China (drug users)
– Central China (blood sellers)
Henan population: 95 Milliion
(most populous province in China)
GDP per Capita (Rural): RMB1,986
Heilongjiang
Beijing
Jilin
Xinjiang
Liaoning
Inner Mongolia
Gansu
Hebei
Ningxia
Qinghai
Shanxi
Tianjin
Shandong
Shaanxi Henan
Tibet
Hubei
Sichuan
Chongqing
Hunan
Guizhou
Yunnan
Jiangsu
Anhui
Shanghai
Zhejiang
Jiangxi
Fujian
Guangxi
Guangdong
Hainan
In 1998, a total of 6,280 bags of blood were
confiscated in a crackdown of an illegal blood
collection business in Nanyang, Henan. A random
sample of 101 of these bags were screened for HIV
and the stunning result was that 99 bags
contained HIV positive blood (Source: U.N. Report
on HIV/AIDS in China)

9. Results:
- Middle generation dying of AIDS
- Grandparents losing their children
- Children becoming orphans

10. RESPONSIBLE TRAVEL
CHI HENG VOLUNTOURISM

11. CHF Voluntourism
CHF Voluntourism program is designed to
- Promote awareness of the plight of AIDS-impacted children
- Facilitate interactivity between people from different backgrounds
- Generate funds to support local supplemental education
- Contribute to the local communities

12. CHF Voluntourism
What We Do
Ø Trip Schedule Sample
12:00 - 17:00
Arrival & Trip brief
Fri 18:00
da Welcome dinner
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Ac
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ty
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07:30
Departure from Hotel
08:30
Mural Painting Activity
12:00
Lunch in the village
14:00
Home Visits
18:00
Gala dinner with children
Where We Go
Ø
Trip Destinations
What We Spend
Ø
Our Contribution
What We Get
Ø
The Outcome
Total Trip Cost
─ Transportation cost
─ Accommodation cost
─ Meal cost
─ Activity cost
─Children's insurance cost
─ Administration cost
Understanding
Interacting
= Balance
Contribution to the Local
Communities
Inspiring
Giving
Exchanging
Contributing
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par
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08:00
Visiting Eco-bag factory
12:00
Lunch with children
14:00-18:00
Departure
Witness

13. CHF Voluntourism
Challenges
-Resources: How to convince the participants to go to the AIDS villages
-Results: How to provide consistent supplemental education to the children
-Concerns: keep the environmental impact low: transportation, accommodation, energy,
rubbish…

14. How to become a responsible traveler?
Some links for you:
•www.icrtourism.org
•www.responsibletravel.com
•www.lonelyplanet.com/about/responsible-travel/
•www.green.hotelscombined.com

15. How to become a responsible traveler?
Some links for you:
•www.icrtourism.org
•www.responsibletravel.com
•www.lonelyplanet.com/about/responsible-travel/
•www.green.hotelscombined.com
Volunteer with Chi Heng Foundation during your
next trip!
ruiwang@chiheng.org