Guwahati Mail

Anthro on Foot, an innovative audio walking tour project founded in 2018 by Raizel Pauline Albano, an applied anthropologist from the Philippines, has been honored with UNESCO’s prestigious Global Awards for World Heritage Education Innovative Cases (AWHEIC) for its ‘exemplary practice in inclusivity.’

The award was presented at the 46th session of UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee in New Delhi, India, and the award was received in person at the World Heritage x Creative Forum in Hangzhou, China, presented by the World Heritage Institute for Training and Research for the Asia and the Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO (WHITRAP).

Anthro on Foot was recognized among the top ten exceptional heritage education projects selected from over 300 entries from around the world. Albano, a consultant for UNICEF Philippines, is the first Filipino to receive this award. Prior to this, she was also recognized as the first Southeast Asian winner of the UNESCO Silk Roads Youth Research Grant for her research entitled, “Trade, Credit, and Documentation: The Legacy of the Silk Roads on Maritime Southeast Asia,” which paved the way for her to complete the first 44 tours for her first launch.

Now a growing collection of over 60 tours covering all 17 regions in the Philippines, Anthro on Foot not only covers popular tourist destinations, but also places that have never been promoted for tourism, such as areas that have been ravaged by natural hazards, war, civil anarchy, and generational poverty.

The project has been featured in major media outlets, such as ABS-CBN, CNN, GMA, Inquirer, Philippine Star, Smile Magazine for Cebu Pacific Airlines, Spot.PH, and Tatler Asia, and has been the Philippine Star’s top story for over two weeks.

All tours are available on YouTube and the izi.TRAVEL app. Currently, the team is re-producing all 60-plus tours in Filipino, which will all be offered for free, in keeping with its advocacy of breaking social barriers to travel, education, and access to heritage commentaries.

“We are incredibly grateful for WHITRAP’s support and confidence in our abilities to amplify the powerful and colorful stories of the Philippines and (… coming soon) the Asia-Pacific region!” Albano said in a Facebook post about the award.

“Above all, thank YOU – our family, friends, team, listeners, sponsors, and media outlets – for supporting us along this exciting journey and helping us to get to where we are today.”

For more information on Anthro on Foot and to support the project, visit the official website or its Patreon page.

Media Contact:

Raizel Albano, [email protected]

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anthroonfoot/

izi.TRAVEL app: https://izi.travel/en/9373-anthro-foot-c/en/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@anthroonfoot/

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Company Name: Anthro on Foot Audio Walking Tours
Contact Person: Raizel Pauline Albano
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City: Metro Manila and Pampanga
Country: Philippines
Website: https://www.anthroonfoot.com/