Like everyone, we’ve been working to adapt and reprioritize lately. With unprecedented global travel restrictions in place and most of our annual fundraisers cancelled, we’ve developed new– but still ambitious– summer plans. In short: the COVID-19 pandemic has made it impossible to run our international summer programs this year, but we’re not going to let […]
Are you curious about the data that feeds your navigation apps? Want to contribute to an open-source mapping project improving the data on remote regions for the public good? Have way too much time to fill on your couch right now? Come join the TCT team on Saturday, May 16 for an introduction to virtual […]
Well, now that it’s the start of May, it’s clear that the COVID-19 pandemic will require us to dramatically change our plans for the summer. But even though the current situation has made our programs involving international travel and exchange impossible, we aren’t going to let that stop us from working to create real-life connections […]
Thick sunlight is dripping through the tree canopy, illuminating mossy branches of ancient hornbeam trees. We cross one gurgling stream, winding its way through a carpet of green, then another, and the forest itself seems to glow in the moist rising heat after a rain shower. It’s early November — and still green, still glowing […]
Hello from the TCTeam! Wherever you are, we hope you’re doing okay. The world is changing quickly and in the Caucasus, like most places, it’s a tumultuous time. We’re thinking of our communities– here in Georgia and Armenia as well as globally– and sending our hearts to those most affected by the current public health […]
For the past four years, we’ve run volunteer trail building camps in Georgia and Armenia. And each summer, a diverse group of passionate, hardworking, fun individuals has descended on the growing hiking hubs of the Caucasus. They’ve worked on hundreds of kilometers of trail. They’ve learned how to swing Pulaskis, whacked through overgrown fields with […]
