Our Founding Principles

 The Friendship Caravan seeks to remind all people of our common humanity and the need for mutual respect and caring.

  Friendly people-to-people communication must become an integral component of international relations.

  New models for cross-cultural discourse are needed in which religious, educational, and service organizations, and the mass media, play essential roles.

  Cooperation towards mutual goals helps foster understanding, respect, and peace.

Structure

The Friendship Caravan is a series of events organized under the aegis of The Friendship Caravan, Inc., a 501c3 non-profit tax-exempt organization. A Board of Directors and a board of Advisors will be chosen in the near future from pre-eminent individuals throughout the United States, Europe, and the Arab and Muslim World.

President and Board Member, Michael Kirtley will organize – under the guidance of the Board of Directors – a team of employees and volunteers to promote and manage the various sub-divisions of the overall organization. These will include human resources, fundraising, media coordination, public relations, partner relations, communications, documentary production, events within the event, Caravaneer search, itinerary logistics and authorizations, camel care and transportation, relations with governments, cultural sensitivity, publications, and historical documentation.

Finance

The event will be financed by individuals, corporate sponsors, foundations and other non-profit organizations. Along the trail we will depend on the hospitality of townspeople. CONTRIBUTE

The Friendship Caravan Executive Summary

How to contact us (in the USA)

CV of Michael Kirtley

Caravan logo by Osama Alzain of International Graphics, Inc
Web site design Tim Resch

Current Web Master Tim Resch
Original Web Master Chris Jefferies VP Software Development, Human Resource MicroSystems, SF, CA

Last updated: May 7, 2007