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High School Educational Adventure Tour in Costa Rica!

Location: Costa Rica

Program Duration: 1-2 weeks, 2-4 weeks

Dates: June 24, June 30

http://www.isvolunteers.org/

4848 Lakeview Ave Suite 100a Yorba Linda, CA 92886 United States

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Phone: (714) 779-7392

Fax: Fax: (714) 777-4647

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Description

The ISV High School Program Costa Rica

Discover Costa Rica, one of the most bio-diverse places in the world; ISV volunteer projects demonstrate how people and nature are inextricably linked.

ISV offers High School Students aged 15 - 18 the opportunity to travel with a purpose on a life-changing cultural experience like no other. The ISV program combines conservation, recreation, education and community development into the experience of a lifetime. Since 2002, over 19,000 students have travelled abroad with ISV to volunteer and make a difference during their summer break. As a high school student, you can join ISV and help us reach two million hours of incredible volunteer work!.

As a high school leader, you will be responsible for gathering a group of at least 10 students and co-leading them on your tailored program alongside our experienced ISV staff. ISV will provide you with materials to promote the program to students and parents.

Highlights

Volunteer Project

As part of a project team of approximately 10 students, a High School Leader and an ISV Project Leader, you will volunteer for one week in either conservation (Australia and Costa Rica) or community development (Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic). ISV's volunteer projects are run in conjunction with local communities and host organisations and focus on making a difference in communities and natural environments. Groups may be completing a range of tasks including children's education, building school playgrounds, constructing houses and community facilities in developing nations, caring for endangered species (such as sea turtles, and other wildlife), data collection and ecosystem regeneration.

Conservation

ISV Conservation Projects are designed to broaden awareness of environmental issues worldwide and to introduce students to the challenges of balancing human needs with the need to conserve biological diversity. The projects provide a framework for students from various backgrounds to address topics in conservation and management of natural resources through supervised field experiences in habitat restoration, public education, data collection, scientific investigation and endangered species conservation.

Community Development

ISV Community Development Projects are coordinated directly with local communities and organisations and offer students a challenging hands-on experience where they learn what it's like to teach basic English, take part in recreational and social programs with children, and help build a home for a needy family side by side with the people who will live in it. Being immersed within local communities allows you to see life from a different perspective, where the culture, values and priorities of the hosts may differ considerably from your own. You will also learn the importance of working co-operatively within a community in order to maximize results.

Educational Adventure Tour

ISV's one-week educational Adventure Tour will allow you keep learning about your host country. Here, guided by an amazing ISV Tour Leader and a High School Leader, you will continue learning about your host country by experiencing a variety of locations, environments and the best adventure and cultural activities possible. It is a great way for you to discover more of your host country with like-minded students after spending a week making a difference through volunteering.

Check out why this program is for you!

Travel Types
  • Camping
  • Nature Tours
  • Student Tours
  • Tours
  • Volunteering
Minimum Education

High School

Type of Programs
  • Adventure Travel
  • Community Service / Volunteerism
  • High School Study Abroad

Languages
  • English

Cost in US$:

Programs vary in cost, see website for details.

Cost Includes:

Cost Include Description:

* All accommodations during the ISV High School Program
* Support for host organizations
* All program ground transportation in host country including airport transfers
* All meals during the one-week Volunteer Project and more than half the meals in the one-week Adventure Tour.
* Adventure activities which may include white water rafting, snorkelling, rappelling, kayaking and caving, to name a few.
* ISV Project Leader
* ISV Tour Leader
* High School Leader (and associated program costs)
* Program set-up and project materials
* All administration costs and pre-departure support
* Participant Travel Manual and other materials provided by ISV
* ISV T-shirt

Credit Available

no

This Program is open to

Worldwide Participant.

Participants Travel to Costa Rica

in Groups

Application Process Involves
  • Other
  • Written Application
Typically The Application Process Time is
1 Week
Post Services Include
  • Alumni Network
  • Exit Debriefing Abroad
International Student Volunteers's Mission Statement

To create an environment that combines conservation, community development, education and recreation into the ultimate adventure travel program for anyone who desires to make a difference by volunteering in local communities abroad.

Year Founded

1981

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