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Name: Youth International (Experience the World)
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The world becomes your classroom, and experience your greatest teacher! Youth International is an experiential learning program that combines international travel and inter-cultural exchange, adventure, volunteer community service work, and homestays. Teams of up to 14 people between the ages of 18 and 25, along with two group leaders, travel together to different regions of the world for a 12 week semester. |
US $8500. This fee covers all program expenses, including the group flight overseas from orientation, all travel, food, lodging, scheduled program activities, and educational materials. Only personal items and individual free time activities are not covered. Personal items include health insurance, tourist visas, medical expenses, and transportation between your home and the orientation in the USA. |
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Help build an orphanage in Bolivia, live with a tribal family in Thailand, meditate with Tibetan monks in the Himalayan mountains, work on a rainforest conservation project in the Amazon Basin, teach English to children in a remote Indian village, help build clean drinking water tanks for African tribal families, hike the Inca trail through the Peruvian Andes to Machu Picchu, visit the Taj Mahal, search for wild animals on safari in the Kenyan savanna or while sailing through the Galapagos Islands, and much more! |
The Asia team travels to Thailand , India , and Vietnam . The South America team travels to Bolivia , Peru , and Ecuador , including the Galapagos Islands . The Africa team travels to Kenya , Tanzania , Namibia , and Botswana. |
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Each program is offered twice a year: The fall semester runs Sept.-Dec, and the spring semester runs Feb.-May. For complete itineraries, please visit our website. |
Through a balanced combination of experiences, each Youth International team member is set up for an intense and dynamic first hand education about the region in which they are traveling. At the same time, they are presented with a unique environment and opportunity for self-discovery. Developing more personally and socially aware future leaders, Youth International hopes to make small steps toward bridging the gap between people and nations, and making the world a better, more peaceful place in which to live. |
