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Village Monde was founded in 2010 to encourage wealth-generating initiatives in remote communities. Through the development of economic, social and environmental micro-projects that promote local entrepreneurship, communities acquire the means to improve their living conditions. The resulting prospect of a better future and a sustainable escape from poverty irreversibly reduces the rural exodus.
In 2015, thanks to the discovery of local initiatives in Madagascar and Senegal (Casamance), Village Monde turned to sustainable tourism in remote areas as an inclusive development tool that respects ecosystems and is economically and socially viable. This form of tourism values the authenticity of greetings, encounter and exchanges between communities and travellers while creating positive local spin-offs on a social, economic and environmental level.
Starting in 2017, Village Monde focuses on developing a platform connecting sustainable tourism initiatives to international travelers. This led in 2019 to the launch the collaborative platform Vaolo inc., a social innovation company.
Village Monde aims to become a laboratory for social innovation in the sustainable tourism sector. As such, the organization makes itself available to develop new tools and provide support to communities that wish to undertake. This support takes the form of sharing know-how with communities, assisting with structuring projects, developing complete sustainable tourism ecosystems and local micro-economy circuits, and local micro-economy circuits, and reducing the digital gap.
With Vaolo’s support, Village Monde helps strengthen and promote on an international scale community-based initiatives in more remote areas or areas outside the traditional tourism, economic circuits, and connects these communities to the larger traveler market.
To carry out its interventions, Village Monde relies on civic engagement, which includes raising travelers’ awareness.
Training and Awareness
We are present to build the capacity of local communities, especially women and youth, in micro-entrepreneurship, tourism professions and sustainable tourism.
Certify
We support local communities in structuring their tourism offer, including accommodation and activities, and then certify them in accordance with our sustainability label.
Connect
In collaboration with the platform Vaolo, we network and promote these village-based tourism initiatives to connect local communities with travelers seeking meaningful experiences.
Video extracted from the reportage made by our explorer journalist: Eva Philippe Petit.
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Choose
To be aware that our passage has an impact and take wise decisions to make it positive.
Meet and Respect
To be tolerant of differences, open to new experiences and authentic in our exchanges.
Share
To inspire others to become involved in a movement that supports responsible and sustainable initiatives.
Acting and engaging with others, building relationships that strengthen our capacity of action and the positive impact on the communities with which we collaborate. These are elements that are part of our DNA!
A team of passionate and committed people who share a spirit of discovery and are eager to create positive change for communities and the planet.
“Voyager vous laisse d’abord sans voix, avant de vous transformer en conteur.”
Ibn Battuta
« Le voyage, c’est aller de soi à soi en passant par les autres. »
Proverbe Touareg
« Si vos rêves ne vous font pas peur, c’est qu’ils ne sont pas assez grands. »
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
“Veux tu vivre heureux? Voyage avec deux sacs: un pour donner, un pour recevoir.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Les fous ouvrent des voies qu’empruntent ensuite les sages.”
Carlo Dossi
«Voyager, c’est découvrir que tout le monde a tort à propos d’autres pays.»
Citation d’Aldous Huxley
“La grandeur du voyage réside non seulement dans le fait de parcourir des terres, mais dans la transformation de l’âme.”
Al-Mutanabbi
“Adventure is a journey into the unknown, an exploration of the mind and heart”
Mike Horn
“Sois le changement que tu veux voir dans le monde.”
Gandhi
“The mountains are calling, and I must go” – John Muir
« On ne fait pas un voyage. Le voyage nous fait et nous défait, il nous invente. »
David Le Breton
« Voyager rend modeste. On voit mieux la place minuscule que l’on occupe dans le monde. »
Gustave Flaubert
« Voyager c’est partir à la découverte de l’autre. Et le premier inconnu à découvrir, c’est vous. »
Olivier Föllmi
« Un gagnant est un rêveur qui ne renonce jamais.»
Nelson Mandela
“Je suis le maître de mon destin et le capitaine de mon âme.”
Nelson Mandela
“Voyager sans rencontrer l’autre ce n’est pas voyager, c’est se déplacer.”
Alexandra David Neel
“Notre vie a une valeur tant qu’on attribue de la valeur à la vie d’autrui, au moyen d’amour, d’amitié, de compassion et d’indignation”
Simone de Beauvoir
«Voyager, c’est partir à la découverte de l’autre. Et le premier inconnu à découvrir, c’est vous.»
Oliver Föllmi
«Voyager, c’est aimer découvrir et apprendre, c’est se rendre compte que les cultures sont toutes belles et riches.»
Tahar Ben Jelloun
“L’avenir appartient à ceux qui croient à la beauté de leurs rêves.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
«Un voyage se mesure mieux en amis plutôt qu’en miles.»
Tim Cahill
“Une destination n’est jamais un lieu, mais une nouvelle façon de voir les choses.”
Henry Miller
“Je n’ai pas encore été partout, mais c’est sur ma liste.”
Susan Sontag
“Si vous pensez que vous êtes trop petit pour changer quoi que ce soit, essayez donc de dormir avec un moustique dans votre chambre.”
Dalai Lama
“Si nous prenons la nature pour guide, nous ne nous égarerons jamais.”
Cicéron
“Vous ne pourrez jamais traverser l’océan si vous n’avez pas le courage de perdre de vue le rivage.”
Christophe Colomb
“Voir le monde de ses yeux est mille fois mieux que n’importe quel rêve.”
Ray Bradbury
“La vie a beaucoup plus d’imagination que nous.”
François Truffaut
“Les étoiles sont éclairées pour que chacun puisse un jour retrouver la sienne.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Village Monde is enriched by a board of directors composed of members from various backgrounds, all driven by the same values.
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Village Monde is registered as a charitable organization with the Canada Revenue Agency and Revenu Québec and as an organization of general interest with the French government.
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The use of the masculine gender has been adopted for ease of reading and has no discriminatory intent.
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