Time to Start Planning for GLA’s Summer Service Trips!

Ah, summer. So much free time. How about balancing that epic-level mellowness with an amazing adventure? Mix up your usual summer routine with a GLA summer service trip! You’ll meet amazing people, see exotic landscapes and experience life-changing leadership on a global scale. No offense to ice cream and public pools, but a GLA high school summer program will probably trump your standard summer daze.

Partnering with the Peace Corps, GLA volunteer abroad programs are built around service themes like Environment and Ecology and Poverty Alleviation. GLA service adventures offer opportunities to serve in six regions.

Africa

Want to add “building a village” to your high school resume? GLA African programs feature three program options in Ghana and Tanzania. Get involved with GLA in Africa and you’ll experience:

• A river voyage to the Gulf of Guinea
• Building solutions to improve sanitation for African communities

Asia

Want to combine global leadership with colorful backdrops and mysterious landscapes? An Asian adventure with GLA could be just what you need. GLA service trips to Asia feature four programs in three country destinations. Asia GLA trips let you:

• Bathe elephants in a river and then ride them through the jungle
• Zip line through the rainforest

Central America

With trips to Costa Rica, and Guatemala, GLA Central American service adventures offer themes around Sports, Poverty Alleviation and Spanish. These program highlights will get your inner ambassador moving:

• Hike a volcano
• Volunteer at a village primary school

Latin America

A GLA service adventure in Latin America gives you the chance to get the whole family involved! Here’s what you can expect:

• Improve the education of Mayan children
• Visit a Mayan market

South America

White water rafting through the Andes mountains and exploring Machu Picchu. Sound like fleeting fantasies? Fantasy land just got real. When you volunteer with GLA in South America you can expect to:

• Bike through the Sacred Valley
• Snorkel with sea lions

The Caribbean

GLA’s Caribbean programs offer trips to the Dominican Republic and Guatemala with a variety of themes from Sports to Public Health. Make a difference while you soak up the sunshine with program highlights that include:

• Contribute to reforestation projects
• Hike through 12 waterfalls in the rainforest