Travel With Purpose

Following the exciting launch of the Uplift Travel Foundation and our inaugural Kenya trip this year, we’ve never been more ready to turn your donations into real actions that will impact people for generations to come.

As a teacher and conservation advocate, I felt a personal calling to start gardens so we could grow food, build skills and empower young people to care for the environment.

It was an especially momentous week, as we only recently launched as a foundation. With your help, we raised more than $25,000 to support our shared vision to end period poverty and uplift the people of the Mara.

We specialize in custom itineraries that connect our visitors as travelers, not tourists, offering access to local friends, experts and projects that give back to local communities and conservation needs.

May 2026 Kenya Trip This trip will take students and faculty from Northwestern Michigan College (NMC) to local villages and conservancies across Kenya and in the Maasai Mara, on one of three experience tracks: 1) communications, use of journalism and photography skills to help capture voices of those most often unheard; 2) social work, learning firsthand about cultural stigma and work to address period poverty; and 3) biology, as we witness and discuss creative solutions to h

November 2025 Kenya Trip This group journey will go beyond the traditional definition of safari (in Swahili, translated as journey) within the Maasai Mara National Reserve, a UNESCO world heritage site, and local conservancies. We'll experience the culture and ingenuity of locals as we learn their songs, dances and even trademark jumps; learn about elephant and other endangered species conservation from talented keepers; and hold fireside discussions with young girls and wome