Chi-chi Ekweozor

Do you reckon it’s possible to visit the UK, Italy, India, China, Brazil and Mexico in one week? How about if you stop off at a world-class landmark in each country on the way? You’d have to be mad to try, right? Well Chi-chi Ekweozor is obviously insane. The Manchester-based Social Media Consultant is taking the skills she uses in her day job to help her crowdsource help with her epic voyage.

Taking her cue from Paul Smith’s Twitchhiker project in which he traveled around the world relying solely on the goodwill of Twitter users, Chi-chi aims to travel to see The 7 New Wonders of the World in 7 days in September, raising £777,000 for 7 charities.

Social Media is at the heart of Chi-chi’s project. So far she’s been getting help with her itinerary and planning from the followers of her dedicated Twitter account. The next stage is to get an official T-shirt designed. Aspiring designers upload their idea to Flickr and there’s money in it for the winner. Chi-chi will also be setting up a number of gigs with lineups crowdsourced through Myspace. A number of Youtube video diaries will chart the project’s progress.

Chi-chi sets off on her brief but epic journey on the 9th of September this year. She’s very much open to suggestions to improve the project so get in touch with her through the project’s website if you want to help. I just hope she’s using social media on the trip – I want a live video stream from each Wonder or I’m not donating!

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