Backstreet Academy: A peer-to-peer impact travel platform for developing countries
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Founding Story
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Founder & CEO
No Poverty, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Responsible Consumption and Production.
- Gazaab Social Ventures - A micro social venture capital fund that conducts village based business plan competitions to seed and create social entrepreneurs in order to help create leaders who will bring their community out of poverty: www.gazaab.org
- Project Gazaab - The charity based predecessor of Gazaab social ventures, doing the same thing but instead of investments, gives out grants to winners of the village based business plan competitions. It is now the largest community expedition group in Singapore Management University with over 200 members and over 15 projects, helping to create over 200 micro entrepreneurs in Nepal, India, Thailand, Indonesia & Cambodia.
- Little Voice Games - A social game company building meaningful games with real world context. The first product is a city building game with real world buildings and information, functioning like a travel guide.
- Organised sky-diving trips in University
NGOs & Associations: Angkor Handicraft Association, Tlaitno Dance association, Khmer Life NGO, Khmer independent life team NGO, Lao disable women's association, Sovannaphum Arts Association, Sabah Nepal, Hamro Products, Changefusion Nepal, Umbrella Foundation, Women's Skill development Organisation, Rainbow Children house, TAEC, Alternatives Nepal and many more.
Travel Distributors: Expedia, Diethelm Travel, STA Travel, Stray Travel, Laos Mood, Journeys Within, EAsia Travel, Unique boutique Cambodia