The World Hope Tour
Christian de Boisredon was born in 1974. When he was 24, he travelled around the world, looking for men and women who were moving the world forward. After this “World Hope Tour”, the book written by Christian and his two travel companions (L’Espérance Autour du Monde, ed Pocket at Vivendi Universal Publisher) became a bestseller and was translated into several languages. The preface was signed by Dominique Lapierre (City of Joy, O Jerusalem!, Freedom at Midnight…) and Céline Dion. This project was the first socially responsible world tour and was the catalyst for a wave of socially engaged travel.
The launch of the book organised by Christian brought together 3500 people who each paid 10 euros to be at the launch conference: a first in the world of publishing in France. This confirmed the public’s deep interest in the subject. The book quickly became the third biggest seller on Amazon and appeared on several bestseller lists.
It is interesting to note that the book initiated an important wave of engagement: a lot of readers who were touched by the story left to work on the projects described in the book, especially for microcredit banks.
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