What is My Travel Bug, Inc.?
MISSION STATEMENT
Founded in August 2001, My Travel Bug, Inc. is a non-profit orga­ni­za­tion pro­mot­ing the edu­ca­tional ben­e­fits of inter­na­tional travel. We believe inter­na­tional travel teaches tol­er­ance, cross-cultural aware­ness and com­mu­ni­ca­tion skills, wis­dom which can­not be learned in a class­room. Inter­na­tional travel is indis­pens­able as the world’s economies merge and the inter­net brings us closer together.

PROGRAMS

www.MyTravelBug.org
My Travel Bug, Inc. pub­lishes this web­site free and open to the pub­lic. This web­site has trav­el­ogues, pho­tographs, a travel grant direc­tory and travel links infor­ma­tion. By col­lect­ing and pub­lish­ing sto­ries, pic­tures and audio of people’s trav­els as they occur, we edu­cate and engage our read­ers in their quest to learn more about our planet, the cul­tures of its peo­ples and the crea­tures that inhabit it.

My Travel Bug Fel­low­ships
My Travel Bug, Inc. offers travel Fel­low­ships for U.S. cit­i­zens finan­cially unable to travel. These Fel­low­ships pro­vide stipends to top qual­ity writ­ers for trips over­seas for 1, 2 or 3 months. All U.S. cit­i­zens over the age of 16, regard­less of race, gen­der or reli­gion, may apply for a Travel Bug Fel­low­ship. Win­ning Fel­lows are required to write trav­el­ogues and take pic­tures of their trips. These sto­ries, pic­tures and video are pub­lished on our web­site for the ben­e­fit of our read­ers. The num­ber of Fel­low­ships offered varies accord­ing to annual fundrais­ing efforts. To donate, please click Pay­pal or Face­book.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Amanda O’Neil founded My Travel Bug, Inc. in August 2001. The Board of Direc­tors appointed her as Exec­u­tive Direc­tor soon there­after. My Travel Bug, Inc. was started in reponse to Ms. O’Neil’s expe­ri­ence in col­lege and beyond as she saw many col­leagues unable to study abroad due to finan­cial stress and/or lack of vaca­tion time.

After sev­eral years in polit­i­cal cam­paigns, Ms. O’Neil escaped the Wash­ing­ton belt­way and the U.S. bor­der. She has back­packed through­out Aus­trala­sia and Europe. For three years she lived and worked in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet­nam. Return­ing to Wash­ing­ton, DC, Ms. O’Neil cur­rently works in the inter­na­tional devel­op­ment arena.

Ms. O’Neil has a Bach­e­lors degree in Pol­i­tics, Phi­los­o­phy and Eco­nom­ics from Pomona Col­lege in Clare­mont, CA and a Mas­ters in Devel­op­ment Finance from the Uni­ver­sity of Read­ing in England.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Finan­cial Reports are avail­able upon request. My Travel Bug, Inc. is a non-profit 501c3 organization.

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