Make a Difference in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America & the Caribbean
- Have a life-changing experience in places most mission trips for youth never go, like the Taj Mahal in India or the Forbidden City in China
- Make a lasting impact in a developing community through meaningful volunteer work, such as tutoring children in Ghana who have few educational opportunities, or constructing a bottle building in the Dominican Republic
- Embrace the traditions of new cultures with the guidance of experienced mentors
- Explore exciting new locales and have a real adventure in-between your community service projects
- Make new friends with like-minded teens in a non-Christian, secular setting
Volunteering internationally is gaining popularity with teenagers, but many opportunities to travel are with religious organizations. For teens that aren’t religious or prefer an experience without a religious affiliation, but want to make a difference, many youth mission trips can be awkward. Fortunately, Global Leadership Adventures offers non-religious summer mission trips for teens without any religious affiliation. GLA programs focus on meaningful service work and pair cultural activities and excursions alongside volunteering. High school students who travel with GLA experience what life is like in another country, and unlike more traditional teen missions, they are open to students of all faiths & backgrounds.
A GLA adventure to fuel your passions, or find a new one.
Children & Education • Language Immersion • Ocean & Environment Conservation • Animal & Wildlife Conservation • Sports Leadership • Medicine & Public Health • Social Entrepreneurship • Photography & Journalism • Children & Community Development • Building from Start to Finish • Middle School
Tuition is all-inclusive
$2,099 to $6,299 for 1 to 3 week teen volunteer camps, Spring Break & Summer sessions*
*Tuition includes all in-country expenses including: Educational materials, lodging, 3 meals per day, all in-country transportation, airport pick-up, professional full-time staff and experts from the US/Europe, travel medical insurance, cultural activities, lectures, weekend excursions, and pre-departure materials and support.
Where Will You Travel As A GLA Volunteer?
Africa • Ghana • South Africa • Tanzania • Asia & The Pacific • Bali • China • Fiji • India • Thailand • Central America & The Caribbean • Costa Rica • Belize • Cuba • Dominican Republic • Guatemala • Guadaloupe • Haiti • Europe • Spain • South America • Brazil • Galapagos • Peru
Our 21-day Flagship programs provide the ideal amount of time to satisfy every dimension of the GLA Experience.