GAP YEAR PROGRAM

FIND YOUR PASSIONS, CHART YOUR PATH

Join us for one semester or two. Visit two countries or four. This once-in-a-lifetime experience will include three key components: Service, Cultural Immersion and Adventure Travel.

Not Gap Year? Looking to join a  shorter-term summer or school break trip? Click here to register for service trips.

Additionally, each segment will have a specific learning concentration. In Latin America, there will be language instruction and development (no Spanish prerequisite). In South Asia, there will be a focus on self-discovery and personal growth.

Our Gap Year volunteers spend their service hours working with children, on environmental management and supporting community development. There is an emphasis on deep cultural immersion through meaningful travel, home visits, cultural activities, language classes and group discussions.

Perhaps most important is the time they spend with our local Young Dreamers. These local teens are scholarship students in our global service and leadership program called Young Dreamer Network. Together, the local Young Dreamers and the Gap Year participants will develop friendships, exchange ideas and work to develop solutions for community challenges. It is an opportunity not just to collaborate, but to truly understand what life is like for a young person in rural Guatemala or central India. It is a lens into another culture that will fundamentally impact your perspective on the world!