From: "Jeffrey E." <[email protected]> To: Subject: Fwd: Suggestions and Specifics Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 22:19:04 +0000 talk about this tomonv Forwarded message From: Date: Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 6:10 PM Subject: Suggestions and Specifics To: "jeevacation®gmail.com" leevacation®gmail.com> Getting visas will take her some work (just apply for tourist visas and list the name of the hotel as the contact) and since most places in Africa require visas, she will need at a minimum 12 days to get the three visas processed paying rush fees and getting passports fedexed back and forth. Starting on August 8th might work out as below. I recommend business class travel (this routing will run about $10K) since she will be alone since you do have to arrive 3 hours early for flights and these airports are not always the safest - business gets her access to the lounges. Remember it is winter south of the equator so it will be chilly in Zim and South Africa. Best airlines in order of good to bad: South African, Ethiopian, Emirates, British, Kenya. Some of the regional ones are pretty good but not for a solo inexperienced traveler. Cape Town, South Africa: Spend a few days watching how an international federation of slumdweller organizations, SDI (www.sdinet.org) operates and uses resources to build common strategies for poverty alleviation across nearly 35 countries. Important to see how things work in the "back office" (either in Stellenbosch or Mowbray) and evolve into projects in the field. There may or may not be opportunities to visit communities or governments but observing the activities in the office will offer a sense for what goes into project planning, execution and management. They are currently building a digital map that includes information on all of the people and structures in thousands of slums all around the world in a project shared with the Santa Fe Institute. Then spend a day with the team at Project Ishizwe (www.miectishizwe.com) tha