Globe Aware Adventures in Service

- Multi-Country

Various cities in each country

  Brazil

• Rio de Janeiro: 
Rio de Janeiro
• Salvador: 
Salvador

  Cambodia

Siem Reap

  Costa Rica

• Central Pacific Coast: 
San Pedro

  Laos

• Luang Prabang: 
Luang Prabang

  Nepal

• Pokhara: 
Pokhara

  Peru

• Cusco: 
Cusco
• All Other Areas in Peru: 
Ollantaytambo,  Sacred Valley of the Incas,  Machu Picchu,  Incan ruins

  Thailand

• Bangkok: 
Bangkok
• All Other Areas in Thailand: 
Ayutthaya

  Vietnam

• All Other Areas in Vietnam: 
Da nang

Duration of Program: 1-2 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 1-2 weeks

Description: Program sites include: Costa Rica, Brazil, Peru, Cuba, Thailand, Nepal, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and India.

Globe Aware expeditions provide volunteers the opportunity to live and work side by side with a host community. The hosts provide a safe and interesting setting in which to learn, help, and have fun. The volunteers help to empower the host communities in creating renewable, self-sufficient programs. While Globe Aware's financial assistance benefits the community economically, it is actually the involvement and collaboration between the volunteers and community that is the greatest mutual benefit. The work is varied (public health, education, hygiene, light infrastructure projects) and can encompass everything from helping a rural Samba School in Brazil prepare their floats and costumes for Carnival, playing English word games with Peruvian children, planting trees in India, to painting a community center in Costa Rica, amongst many other activities. Work projects are chosen based on meeting 3 criteria: safe, interesting, and of genuine benefit to the community. No special skills are required of the volunteers, other than a willingness to help. The weekly itinerary is a highly organized balance of work and recreation activities, all designed to promote cross-cultural awareness.

Highlights: Immersing yourself in a new culture in a unique way, learning how to cook local cuisine, exploring the natural environmental wonders of the host community, and most especially befriending the wonderful people and fellow volunteers.

Qualifications: Willingness to learn and to teach.

Cost in US$: about USD 1000

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: The typical Globe Aware volunteer is a busy, working professional between the ages of 25 and 45, who has very limited vacation time throughout the year, but has a real desire to contribute, give back, and make a positive difference in the world. Typically they have no particular specialised skills, nor do they usually speak other languages, but they have a willingness to learn and to teach, and are open to the culture around them.

Age Range: 10 and above

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants. This Program is also open to Families, Couples and Individuals

Participants Travel Independently

Typically Participants Work in Groups of 10

Application Process Involves:

• Other
• Phone Interview
• Written Application

Post Services Include:

• Exit Debriefing Abroad

Globe Aware's Mission Statement: Globe Aware seeks to promote lifelong advocates for a better world and to sustain the world's cultural and natural resources. The organization, together with the local community hosts, develops effective local solutions to global problems in non-religious, non-political, multi-international environments. The aim is to expand and foster cross-cultural peace and understanding between Americans and the rest of the world, to preserve culture and promote sustainability. Globe Aware expeditions provide volunteers the opportunity to live and work side by side with a host community. The hosts provide a safe and interesting setting in which to learn, help, and have fun. The volunteers help to empower the host communities in creating renewable, self-sufficient programs. While Globe Aware's financial assistance benefits the community economically, it is actually the involvement and collaboration between the volunteers and community that is the greatest mutual benefit.

Year Founded: 2001