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The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. - Mahatma Gandhi

WorldStrides International Discovery programs are designed to deliver the educational experience of a lifetime. From volunteering at an orphanage to assisting biologists in a tropical rainforest, all of our Service Learning Programs are skillfully designed to enlighten your students and provide unforgettable memories for years to come.

Since 1979, our travelers have enjoyed the quality and ease of working with WorldStrides, and we’d love for you to join us, too! Check out the programs outlined in this catalog so you can get a feel for our educational excellence and our dedication to personalized service. Then, to begin planning your group’s trip of a lifetime, just call us at 1-800-522-2398 or visit our website at www.travelandserve.com.


Service LearningTourS

ContribuTourIntensive Level- one community service or environmental project for entire tour

ContribuTour programs are high-end, intensive service learning and travel tours that stress immersion into one locale, with some touring, but most of the time spent on community service or an environmental project.

Humanitarian Deeds…For Our Global NeedsWorldStrides International Discovery Service Learning programs are based on volunteer travel experiences that define who we are and how we relate to our planet. The goal of all our service learning programs is to facilitate worldwide travel experiences that raise our social consciousness and environmental awareness.

Our trips therefore aim to blend education about science, nature, wildlife, and the environment with meaningful opportunities for humanitarian service and volunteering that can make a real impact on our world.

Our service learning programs support social, emotional, and cognitive growth to prepare your students for life beyond the classroom. They will get all the benefits of a traditional WorldStrides International Discovery educational travel program, while also helping build communities in countries around the world. Service learning programs are also an excellent way for your students to gain class credit for community service, a prerequisite for graduation in many schools.

EcoTourIntroductory Level- 2-3 service or volunteer experiences

EcoTour programs emphasize nature and wildlife as part of a touring culture, and are designed to inspire travelers as they explore a new destination and culture.

VolunTourMid-level- 3-4 service or volunteer experiences

VolunTour programs offer a more in-depth focus into the culture of a country, its people and its natural beauty. These programs are designed to integrate service and volunteering as part of appreciating the culture of a country and its natural beauty.


All service learning itineraries combine experiential travel experiences with a study of the environment and community service or volunteering. You can select from three specific levels of programs which have varying levels of service involvement.

ServiceLearningThemeS

WorldStrides will assist you in choosing or custom-designing a Service Learning Program that is most appropriate for your group’s age range and your specific areas of interest.

As we target your group’s thematic emphasis (Science, Nature, or Community), we will build in service experiences, volunteer programs or charitable visits that will introduce your group to global environmental and humanitarian concerns. Many of our service experiences will offer you a hands-on opportunity to address some of the global issues concerned, or will be directly linked with the broader theme of your program.

Community and ContributionDo you want to share learning with overseas communities or interact with other cultures through involvement in a socially relevant community project? We have over 100 global locations where you can discover another culture by assisting a local community.

Science and the Environment Would you like a better understanding of environmental issues and a deeper awareness of how communities interrelate around the world? Biology or earth sciences programs can include study of the rainforests, volcanoes, migrations, rural land use, and much more. Our destinations feature biodiversity, ecology, and conservation, and introduce students and adults to a wealth of species and ecosystems.

Nature and WildlifeAre you looking for environmental volunteer work, or to get involved in sustainable projects that help repair our fragile planet? Blend travel, immersion in nature, and observations of the planet’s wildlife with practical work on environmental projects and endangered species conservation.


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Earn Credit Our accreditation across the United States allows us to offer students the unique opportunity to earn high school or college credit. Middle school students can earn high school credit and high school students can earn college credit on any international travel program. Students opting for credit will need to complete all of the pre-tour, on-tour, and post-tour coursework. Once the coursework is completed, their work will be evaluated, and upon completion the students will receive an official transcript.

Service-hour CertificateWhile on tour, the number of service hours completed by your students will be recorded and reported to our educational staff. Once your group returns home from your service learning tour, they will be awarded a service hours certificate indicating the type of work completed, the number of hours completed, and the destination in which the work was performed. Our educational team will be pleased to work with any school counselor or administrator to confirm service hours completed.

cenTraLamerica DAY 1 - Arrive in

San Jose• See local wildlife

at Zoo Ave • Attend a Tiquicia

dinner and show

DAY 2 - San Jose & Sarapiqui• Visit Poas Volcano• Explore La Paz

Waterfall Gardens• Prepare a meal

during an authentic cooking lesson

DAY 3 - Arenal• Explore La Selva Biological Station• Volunteer on a reforestation project

DAY 4 - Arenal• Teach and volunteer at a local school• Experience local Hot Springs for a relaxing dip

DAY 5 - Arenal & Monteverde• Take an aerial tram tour of the Arenal Rainforest Reserve• Experience the hanging bridges of Arenal’s Sky Trek

DAY 6 - Monteverde• Rebuild a local school while engaging with students • Volunteer in the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserves

DAY 7 - Monteverde & Guanacaste• Experience wildlife during a Corobici river float• Visit more local wildlife at Las Pumas Cat Zoo

DAY 8 - Guanacaste• Volunteer in the Rincon de la Vieja National Park• Take a horseback ride and tubing tour

DAY 9 - Depart for North America• Depart from Liberia

Service & Adventure in Costa RicaEcoTour, Environmental

9 Days

Popular Itinerary SelectionsSL CAM 201SL CAM 202SL CAM 301SL CAM 401SL CAM 501

Service, Flora, & Fauna in Costa RicaLos Antos and Manuel Antonio National ParkSea Turtle Conservation ProjectHumahhvvnitarian Deeds on the YucatanService & Adventure in El Salvador

9 Days8 Days10 Days8 Days9 Days

VolunTourVolunTourContrTourEcoTourEcoTour

EnvironmentalNature/WildlifeNature/WildlifeHumanitarianHumanitarian

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SouThamerica DAY 1 - Arrive in Lima

• Arrive late, go directly to hotel

DAY 2 - Cusco• Fly to Cusco• Visit a Llama

farm, Pisac markets, and ruins

• Tonight, cook pizza in a Peruvian firebone

DAY 3 - Machu Picchu• Explore and ascend Machu Picchu on a guided tour

DAY 4 - Ollantaytambo & Cusco• Tour the capital of the Inca dynasty - Cusco• Witness a ritual demonstration and see how the

Andean people interact with the natural world• Volunteer at a local school in the afternoon

DAY 5 - Saqsaywaman• Take a hiking tour in the Saqsaywaman Park and

experience breathtaking views of the Andes• Explore the stonework of the Incas at Sacsayhuaman• Volunteer at a local school in the afternoon

DAY 6 - Moray, Salinas, & Cusco• Visit the unique Incan site of Moray• Volunteer at a local school in the afternoon

DAY 7 - Cusco & Lima• Take a guided walking tour of the Colonial Old

Quarter of Lima• Visit to the Convento y Museo de San Francisco and

the Cloisters Museum of Religious Art• This afternoon discover the Miraflores District

DAY 8 - Depart for North America• Depart from Lima

Service in Cusco & Machu PicchuEcoTour, Humanitarian

8 Days

Popular Itinerary SelectionsSL SAM 201 SL SAM 202SL SAM 301SL SAM 401SL SAM 501

Service & Wildlife on the AmazonCommunity Service in CuscoService & Adventure in EcuadorService Learning on the Galapagos IslandsService and Adventure in Rio de Janiero


VolunTourVolunTourEcoTourVolunTourEcoTour

Nature/WildlifeHumanitarianHumanitarianNature/WildlifeHumanitarian


norThamerica DAY 1 - Arrive in

New Orleans• Take guided

walking tours of the city including the famed French Quarter

DAY 2 - Southern Plantations• Visit the famous

Greek Revival Oak Valley Plantation

• Explore the classic Creole Laura Plantation

DAY 3 - Habitat for Humanity & Presbytère• Begin volunteer work with Habitat for Humanity• Visit the Presbytère, a Mardi Gras museum

DAY 4 - Habitat for Humanity & Garden District• Continue volunteer work with Habitat for Humanity• Take a Garden District walking tour

DAY 5 - Habitat for Humanity & Mardi Gras World• Continue volunteer work with Habitat for Humanity• Visit Blaine Kerne’s unique Mardi Gras floats• Learn to make your own Mardi Gras mask

DAY 6 - Habitat for Humanity, WWII Museum, & Ghost Walk• Continue volunteer work with Habitat for Humanity• Visit the National WWII Museum• Experience the supernatural on a city ghost walk

DAY 7 - Habitat for Humanity & Jazz Cruise• Conclude volunteer work with Habitat for Humanity• Take a steamboat jazz dinner cruise

DAY 8 - Depart for Home• Depart from New Orleans

Rebuilding New OrleansContribuTour, Humanitarian

8 Days

Popular Itinerary SelectionsSL NAM 201SL NAM 202 SL NAM 301 SL NAM 401 SL NAM 801

Volunteering in America’s National ParksVolunteering in the Navajo NationService in the Pacific NorthwestService & History in Virginia & DCService & History in Eastern Canada


EcoTourEcoTourEcoTourEcoTourEcoTour

EnvironmentalHumanitarianEnvironmentalEnvironmentalHumanitarian


DAY 1 - Depart from North America

DAY 2 - Arrive in Beijing• Arrive late, go

directly to hotel

DAY 3 - Beijing• Visit Tian’an Men

Square, the Forbidden City, and other notable sites in Beijing

• Volunteer at the Dandelion School

DAY 4 - Beijing• Explore the Hutong on a rickshaw and experience

residential Chinese life• Visit the Temple of Heaven• Volunteer at the Migrant Children’s Foundation

DAY 5 - Great Wall of China• Climb the Great Wall of China• Volunteer at the Great Wall of China

DAY 6 - Mutianyu Village• Volunteer at a Mutianyu Village to gain insight into

rural communities in China• Visit grand imperial Summer Palace

DAY 7 - Beijing• Learn Mandarin in a private language lesson• Take a traditional art class at the Gift of Hope

DAY 8 - Beijing• Participate in a service activity at The Huiling School• Visit Yonghe Gong, Falun Dian, and Wanfu Ge• Stroll through Wangfujing Dajie shopping center

DAY 9 - Depart for North America• Depart from Beijing

Popular Itinerary Selections

A Service Adventure in BeijingEcoTour, Humanitarian

9 Days

SL EAS 201 SL EAS 301SL EAS 401SL EAS 501SL EAS 601

Volunteer at the Panda Breeding CenterService & Adventure in TaiwanService & Culture in CambodiaService & Culture in MalaysiaService & Culture in Thailand


VolunTourEcoTourEcoTourEcoTourEcoTour

Nature/WildlifeHumanitarianHumanitarianHumanitarianHumanitarian

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DAY 2 - Arrive in Delhi• Arrive late, go

directly to hotel

DAY 3 - Delhi• Explore Old Delhi

including a visit to the Red Fort

• Visit the sites of New Delhi in the afternoon

DAY 4 - Delhi• Participate in a full-day volunteer experience

DAY 5 - Delhi & Agra• Visit the world-famous Taj Mahal• Tour the red sandstone Agra Fort

DAY 6 - Agra• Participate in a full-day volunteer experience

DAY 7 - Agra & Jaipur• Visit the deserted sandstone city of Fatehpur Sikri• Tour the city of Jaipur on a camel

DAY 8 - Jaipur• Take an elephant ride to the ramparts of Amber Fort• Explore City Palace in the center of Jaipur• Visit the Jantar Mantar Observatory

DAY 9 - Jaipur & Delhi• Participate in a half-day volunteer experience

DAY 10 - Depart for North America• Depart from Delhi


Humanitarian Deeds in the Golden TriangleEcoTour, Humanitarian

10 Days

SL WAS 102SL WAS 201SL WAS 301SL WAS 401SL WAS 501

Red Panda Conservation ProjectVolunteering in Southern IndiaService & History in IsraelService & Adventure in TurkeyService & History in Russia


EcoTourVolunTourEcoTourEcoTourEcoTour

Nature/WildlifeHumanitarianHumanitarianHumanitarianHumanitarian

WeSTernaSia



DAY 2 - Arrive in Dakar• Take a ferry to

Goree Island to take an in depth look at slave trade

DAY 3 - Dakar• Assist the nursery and

orphanage center of la Pouponnière de Medina

• Help disabled children from the Talibour Dabo Center

DAY 4 - Saly• Volunteer for the day at M’bour Orphanage

DAY 5 - Saly & Simenti• Tour local villages and spend time with indigenous

people and learn about their way of life

DAY 6 - Simenti & Bedik Lodge• Take a wildlife boat tour and explore the natural

habitat of Niokolo-Koba Park

DAY 7 - Bedik Lodge• Volunteer at Maciré High School• Discover traditional life in the Kedougou region

DAY 8 - Toubakouta• Enjoy a Serere Folkore Show and Dinner, featuring

traditional costume, music, and dance

DAY 9 - Toubakouta & Dakar• Visit a Serere village along the way and learn about

their customs, costumes, and ornamentation• Depart Dakar

DAY 10 - Arrive in North America


Service & Adventure in SenegalEcoTour, Humanitarian

10 Days

SL AFR 201SL AFR 301SL AFR 401SL AFR 501 SL AFR 601

Service & Adventure in GhanaService & Safari in KenyaService & Safari in South AfricaCommunity Project in Tanzania & ZanzibarServing in Morocco


EcoTourEcoTourEcoTourVolunTourEcoTour

HumanitarianNature/WildlifeNature/WildlifeHumanitarianHumanitarian

africa



DAY 2 - Arrive in London• Transfer to

Windsor and visit Windsor Castle

DAY 3 - Bath• Explore the

ancient Roman city of Bath

• Visit Wells Cathedral

DAY 4 - Cornwall • Tour the Eden Project and participate in a

volunteer experience

DAY 5 - Cornwall & Wessex• Participate in a volunteer experience

DAY 6 - Stonehenge & London• Visit mysterious Stonehenge• Volunteer at Spitalfields City Farm• Take a walking tour of Westminster and Whitehall in

London

DAY 7 - London• Visit Westminster Abbey• Take a Thames River Cruise• View the Crown Jewel exhibit at the Tower of London

DAY 8 - London• Visit the collection at the British Museum• Attend a West End theatre performance

DAY 9 - Depart for North America• Depart from London


Service & History in EnglandEcoTour, Environmental

9 Days

SL EUR 201SL EUR 301SL EUR 401SL EUR 501SL EUR 601

Service & Adventure in ItalyService & Culture in FranceService & Culture in SpainService & Adventure in GermanyService & Adventure in Ireland


EcoTourEcoTourEcoTourEcoTourEcoTour

EnvironmentalEnvironmentalEnvironmentalEnvironmentalEnvironmental

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All of our Service Learning programs can be customized to meet your exact requirements. You can add or reduce days on tour; add, replace or remove activities; or increase or decrease the amount of volunteer work included in the program. In addition, you can include a service or volunteer experience on most of our travel programs. Our service activities are available at destinations on six continents.

Customize Your TripAt WorldStrides International Discovery programs, we greatly appreciate the effort you make in planning a tour and recruiting your group. That’s why we feel it is both appropriate and important that you be rewarded for your efforts. We offer great teacher rewards or cash donations for organizing a service learning tour with WorldStrides International Discovery programs.

In addition to always traveling for free on your group’s trip, you can earn a spot on one of our all-inclusive International Conventions, or you can earn cash bonuses to use as you like, or as a cash donation to groups or organizations you will be assisting on your service trip. On tour, your group will have the opportunity to present an organization with a donation check on behalf of your group.

Let Us Give Back To You

I can’t put this program in any kind of a box. How do I describe watching our students meet and play with kids at the Mahabodhi School in Ladakh or the Tibetan Children’s Village, with its 2000 resident exiled kids? How do I explain sitting for thirty minutes inches from the nuns at the remote, mountainous Chulichan-Rizong monastery as they sang Buddhist mantras? How do I capture the distinguished Dr. Navina Jafa, who has accolades from Condi Rice, Henry Kissinger, and Benazir Bhutto, in a private session with our group for two hours, educating us, helping us to tie it all together somehow, making us laugh, leaving us with so much of depth to consider? Thank you, India. Thank you.

Racquel Yerbury, Teacher, MD


Enjoy Our Travel Guarantees• Always a private tour exclusively for your group• Customize your itinerary to meet your exact

requirements• Guaranteed dates at the time of booking • We offer all-inclusive programs with no hidden

extras• Every group has a Tour Director to accompany the

group 24 hours per day


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