Lavender Jeep was founded to create employment opportunites for women and fund educational programming primarily benefiting young women and mothers. We are unique in that it is the only tour company in Siem Reap structured as a cooperative. Our staff members are shareholders in the company, earning a base salary and 30% of the profits on the tour. The remaining profits are transferred to Bridge of
Life School, a not-for-profit organization providing free educational programming in the countryside, to pay it forward and educate the next generation of women. We participate in socially responsible travel by making womenβs rights and empowerment a core part of our mission. We do this by choosing to train and employ women from backgrounds that are traditionally stigmatized in Cambodia. This may include single mothers, women who did not finish school, families with large debt loads, and other issues. Our tour company does not discriminate based on color, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age or marital status β we welcome all and, in doing, encourage society to do the same.
