CR, Dominica, Ecuador, Fiji, Iceland, Israel, Italy and Utah Community Service Trips

  Costa Rica

• San Jose: 
San Jose
• Central Pacific Coast: 
San Isidro del General

  Dominica

Roseau

  Ecuador

• Quito: 
Quito
• All Other Regions of Ecuador: 
Otavalo,  Cayambe

  Fiji

Rural Areas

  Iceland

Reykjavik

  Israel

  Italy

• Rome: 
Roma (Rome)

  Peru

• Cusco: 
Cusco

Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Dates: Summer 3-4 weeks, June-August

Description: Each program differs slightly. We have volunteer programs in Costa Rica, Dominica, Ecuador, Fiji, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Peru and Utah as well as a photography and community service program in the UK and Iceland. In Costa Rica students run day camps for children and do small projects, i.e painting, etc. In Dominica they work with government day care centers and a small orphanage as well as doing small projects. In Ecuador they will volunteer with native Ecuadorian children in the schools up in the Andes Mountains and do small projects. In Fiji students live in the home of the village chief and go into local schools to assist teachers in the classroom. In Iceland we do and environmental project with the government and also volunteer at a camp for handicapped youth. In Israel students volunteer at the Emunah Center in Afula, working with "at risk" youth, doing activities and taking them on field trips. In Italy we assist with a therapeutic riding program in Rome. In Peru we volunteer at an orphanage. In Utah students volunteer at the largest animal sanctuary in the United States and then on our photography trip to the UK and Iceland we learn environmental portraiture as well as scenic photography and we also do some community service in both the UK and Iceland.

Highlights: The highlights of all the community service programs that World Horizons does is the rewarding feeling our participants get after doing a volunteer trip and learning how wonderful it is to help others in need.

Qualifications: Students wanting to travel and do community service with World Horizons just have to have the desire to tarvel and help others.

Cost in US$: USD 3,900 - USD 5,300

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: High school students looking to travel and do community service.

Age Range: 14-18

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel in Groups

Typically Participants Work in Groups of Total of no more than 12

Scholarships are Available. Some financial aid is available. Contact the director for more information.

Application Process Involves:

• Letters of Reference
• Physical Exam/Health Records
• Written Application

World Horizons International, LLC's Mission Statement: To provide teenagers with the opportunity to travel and do community service both domestically and internationally. To promote cultural immersion and language immersion as well as give students the ability to live and understand people from different cultures.

Year Founded: 1987