RETHINKING TRAVEL
Changing the meaning of the word “travel” – this is what we do.
Creating a more understanding and deeper connected world – free of historical and cultural biases and full of genuine curiosity and open minds – give & grow strives to shape a global and sustainable community.
Together – With you.
Travel of Tomorrow
MISSION
give & grow enables people to engage in an immersive cultural travel experience through modern online education and personal exchange.
We strives to reshape the industry of travel, tourism and volunteering to a responsible system – focusing on genuine connections and longterm experiences, rather than capital and short term entertainment.
NON-PROFIT
Economic stability and social impact are not an ambiguity
– quite the opposite.
give & grow is currently funded by volunteer work and government funding. In the long-term financially sustainability will be achieved by the online course platform itself, workshops and consulting services.
Values
OPEN MINDED
SELF-AWARE
TOMORROW LOVERS
EXLORING EQUALITY
HUMAN CONNECTION
TEAM
Wojtek Plichta
Communications
Kathrin David
Founder and CEO
Steffi Schwarz
Website Support
You want to join the team and support the mission?
We are keen to hear from you!
OUR STORY
Kathrin started to travel the world in 2018, intending to learn from people and cultures around the globe. Her idea was, to find local projects and rather than portraying the problem, spread the ideas and solutions they have.
Eventually Kathrin started asking herself:
Why have we never heard of these grassroots projects?
Why are so many things going wrong in the travel industry?
give & grow, is trying to answer this questions. Among many different learnings, one realisation stands out for Kathrin:
Once we open ourselves for different perspectives and encounter each other on equal terms, we can always learn something from one another.
PARTNER PROJECTS
We enable travellers to find sustainable and ethical organisations themselves.
Nevertheless, we found grassroots organisations on our travels, we wholeheartedly support. The projects you can find here, are projects we visited ourselves, someone we trust and organisations suggested by the give & grow community.
Let’s give more attention to local grassroots projects.









