Filippo Bozotti: "Crazy Things Happen Every Day In Sierra Leone"

Tribewanted Sierra Leone is a cross-cultural community committed to developing eco-tourism in a country that has been at peace for 10 years.

 Visiting travelers can experience an authentic village community in one of the most beautiful and vibrant destinations in Western Africa all while participating in the local area development.

Filippo Bozotti, Tribewanted Sierra Leone’s founding partner, has been working and visiting the region on-and-off for five years now and will embark on another season living in the John Obey community.

Filippo had a few minutes to talk to us about what he expects this season, the future of Tribewanted and what you can do to help.

Check out our exclusive interview below and on the next few pages!

GlobalGrind: When people hear 'Sierra Leone' they think of diamonds and sadly, kids getting their hands chopped off. What’s the biggest misconception about the work that Tribewanted is doing? 

The biggest challenge for us, but also the biggest opportunity, is to change the narrative of the country from a negative one to a positive one.

I think that was our biggest success last year as we launched Tribewanted and also early on, as we put out a lot of positive media about the country. It’s been at peace for 10 years, it went through a violent civil war, but they are sick of talking about it, they are tired of talking about it and they want to move on.

It’s poor, so they need some kind of sustainable development to help it grow and it also needs tourism, especially a kind of equal tourism that promotes the local culture and the local environment.

It has been untouched as far as tourism goes and so we have the opportunity to do it right.  

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Crazy Things Happen When You're At Tribewanted In Sierra Leone (PHOTOS)