Program Offerings:

Costa Rica: Global Works offers several programs ranging in duration, dates, language learning, adventures and service opportunities. Travel adventures include hiking 12,000 + foot peaks, lush cloud forests, rafting the Pacuare, volcano tours, environmental projects, rain forest excursions and surfing at pristine beach locations. Valuable community service alongside villagers improves language skills and cultural exchanges.  Homestay explores customs, traditions and typical foods.

Fiji Islands: Teen adventure and environmental community service work in the South Pacific Islands lends itself to scuba diving and snorkeling through reefs, hiking, swimming and dancing in island time with a beautiful cultural exchange.

Puerto Rico: This summer travel program highlights service, adventure and language. Hiking in the El Yunque rain forest, sea kayaking in the Bio Luminescent Bay and snorkeling in the Caribbean, and visiting old San Juan and it’s fortresses in combination restoration and conservation projects highlight this travel opportunity.

France: Students visit three different regions that focus on service, language and adventure.  Incorporating a homestay, experience, castle and archeological restoration and reforestation projects, hiking on glaciers in the Alps, biking and museums and exploring Paris are all par for this cultural program.

Ireland: The warm hospitality of the Irish culture opens its doors to students through community service projects that include reforestation projects, painting playgrounds and working with peace and reconciliation centers. Celtic music, dramatic landscapes, city tours, seaside cliffs, lush farms and mountains allow students to experience the Emerald Isle.

Ecuador: Few countries compare to Ecuador’s geographic and cultural diversity. The Andean highlands, mountain villages, dormant volcanoes, thermal baths, Galapagos Islands, National Parks, rafting adventures and cloud forest biospheres provide cultural exchange, community service and language immersion opportunities.

Nicaragua: Working alongside villagers on community initiated endeavors, renovation work, teaching English and water projects and more provide 80 – 100 hours of meaningful service work for teens on this cultural adventure. Arts, architecture, historical introductions to this land of revolution, volcanoes, mountains and lakes create outdoor adventures and cultural experiences for students throughout the program.

New Zealand / Fiji: Combining community service projects with the ecological center and local schools with exciting adventure excursions of scuba diving on the Great Barrier reefs and hiking – Both countries lend themselves to exploring the jewels and cultures of the South Pacific. 

China: Rich cultural history of accomplishment and conflict, matched by grandeur and contrasts of landscape provides opportunities to explore ancient villages, view the Great Wall, stunning architecture and lush mountains via hiking and biking. Volunteer in orphanages and work alongside the endangered giant Panda; and gain hands-on cultural insights while learning the Chinese language.

Australia / New Zealand: Skiing in the Southern Alps, experiencing massive dunes, sharing adventures scuba diving at the Great Barrier Reef, completing service projects alongside many cultures and working amongst kangaroos and koala bears make this the travel of a lifetime!

Spain: Spend your teen summer adventure visiting Spain’s old-world charm with visits to Madrid and Barcelona, earning valuable community service at Amayuelas (sustainable-living community), explore day adventures to the mountains, sea kayaking and biking, and improve your language skills and cultural exchanges through your host family!

Argentina: Exploring the Andean culture, adventuring through Iguazu Falls and skiing in the Central Andes, improving language skills with your homestay family, and community service opportunities (50 – 70 hours) are all in store on this Argentina Summer Program!

Peru / Ecuador: Adventure and cultural travel to Peru’s Inca Trail at Machu Picchu, explore in Lima and Cusco and Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands. Earn 50 – 70 hours of community service working on reforestation projects, teaching English and restoration work. Your summer travel will encompass cultural exchange, rafting adventures and language immersion opportunities in two Latin American countries!

Panama: Cultural exchange travel where students earn 50 – 70 hours of Community Service and participate in snorkeling, surfing and rafting adventures throughout the San Blas Islands, Boquete, Panama City and in Chiriqui province on the Pacific Coast.