Where does your money go?
If you're wondering why a 3 month expedition seems to be more expensive than a 3 month volunteering project then here's an explanation to help you understand why.
On an expedition we are working with teams of people, often up to 120 people at one time, and transporting them into remote regions to a variety of project sites, ensuring their safety as well as being in constant communicaiton with them at all times.
We also run expeditions year round and invest in a permanent field base and in full-time staff in each country in order to develop genuine partnerships to ensure that projects are worthwhile and sustainable.
Here's a more detailed breakdown of where your money goes:
76% of the money you raise goes towards the cost of running the expeditions, including insurance.
This includes:
- Staff, accommodation and support costs in each country
- Host Country Venturer programme - while extra funds are raised in country for the HCV programme, this only covers about 15% of the full cost of involving HCVs on expedition
- All transportation in country, including vehicles, fuel, hire costs when needed
- All safety equipment, including radios, satellite phones, medical equipment etc
- All accommodation and food costs while on expedition
- Transport and collection from airport in country
- Training workshops in the UK in preparation
- Insurance costs for health and medical care and/or repatriation
12% is the cost of recruiting the volunteers, which includes visiting schools, exhibitions, universities and marketing activity such as websites, advertising etc
11% is the cost of head office overheads including finance, HR, IT etc
1% is the cost of the governance for running a charity
