Aoka provides benefits not only for travelers, but for our local community and NGO partners. Community members are able to support their families by directly generating supplementary income from the services and products they provide to Aoka’s travel itineraries. We collaborate with our partners to ensure constant income that is properly applied to initiatives for the common good of the community.

We thus created the Aoka Fund as a way to concretely channel financial support to community development projects at the sites where Aoka works.

Aoka identifies the projects to be funded by directly asking the community members what their needs are through a survey. For instance, the project may relate to building the capacity of the community’s infrastructure or its hospitality services.

Through the Aoka Fund, you can help these communities in two ways:

1) Travel with Aoka

A percentage of what travelers like you pay for each Aoka trip is designated to the Aoka Fund. When enough funds are accumulated to begin a community project, it is then implemented.

2) Donate directly to the projects

You may choose to make an individual contribution or sponsor a specific project. If you or your company wish to sponsor the full value of a project, you are entitled site visits to monitor the project’s progress and a detailed final report of its implementation.

All resources allocated to the Aoka Fund are completely invested in the implementation of projects, with deductions only made for taxes.

You can make a difference in people’s lives. See our list of community projects that need resources and donate now!