A sobering loss for P1T
It has been almost a year since People-First Tourism (P1T) was in Brazil working with the NGO Humana Povo Para Povo to recruit local entrepreneurs for the first P1T network outside of the United States – Humana Sisal, Bahia, Brazil . From that intense week we clearly remember the barrenness of the land, the incredible hardships of everyday life, and, most strikingly, the kindness of the people we met and their paradoxical “joie de vivre” in the face of it all. The complexity of our experience is illustrated in a short video on P1T’s Youtube channel; particularly in the genuine communion we felt while we danced with a group of sisal harvesters one night after a long and hard day’s work (an extraordinary day for us, just another day for them). Among the aspiring and inspiring entrepreneurs we worked with that week, Felipe dos Santos Almeida stood out due to his charisma, his authenticity and his desire to make more of his life. Felipe was an engaged community member, a youth