BLOG 5: Circle of Life The group is deep into the community immersion with just 5 days to go before transitioning into final travel. They are cruising on the Ob/Gyn clinic construction, working long and rewarding days and spending the evening with their families. This week, as a secondary projects, some students chose to spend
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BLOG 4: Life in the Host Community Homestay and Project The greatest highlight for many of our students is the family homestay that runs parallel to the service-learning project. You come home after a solid day’s work to smiles, curiosity, excitement, and best of all – homemade food. Students prepare dinner with their host mother,
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BLOG 3: 13,550ft View from the Top WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE CHALLENGE OURSELVES? Global Routes programs are designed to maximize the opportunities for students to experience new environments and ways of seeing the world around them. Our philosophical approach to experiential education utilizes learning discovered during ‘challenge,’ and growth uncovered after ‘challenge,’ as a vehicle
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BLOG 2: Six days into trekking the Annapurna Himalaya and spirits are high! The Nepal group is currently located in the stunning Annapurna region in the heart of the Himalaya. They are six days into the trek, and have made it to Deurali (3230m), which means they are more than half-way finished with their 9-day
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Blog 1: Orientation & Introductions Students have a lot of options for how they could spend their summer. It takes a driven, adventurous, curious, and self-motivated student to choose a program that takes you to the other side of the world, to step into a completely new culture, and to become deeply immersed. We are
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