Organizations

Illinois’ first public university

Haut-Lac International Centre is a language and leisure school in Switzerland. They offer ESL courses as well as a variety of other activities.

The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is Canada's leading national land conservation organization. A private, non-profit organization, we partner with individuals, corporations, other non-profit organizations and governments at all levels to protect our most important natural treasures — the natural areas that sustain Canada’s plants and wildlife. We secure properties...

The Centro Boliviano Americano is language school based in Bolivia.

El Porvenir provide clean water for Nicaraguan villages. The mission of El Porvenir is to improve the standard of living of poor people in Nicaragua through sustainable self-help water, sanitation and reforestation projects. El Porvenir provide a number of travel options including work vacations, as well as cultural and educational...

The International Trade Centre (ITC) is the joint technical cooperation agency of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the World Trade Organization (WTO). It provides trade development programmes focusing on business in developing countries.

Peace Brigades International (PBI) is a non-governmental organization which protects human rights and promotes nonviolent transformation of conflicts. When invited, they send teams of volunteers into areas of repression and conflict; these volunteers accompany human rights defenders, their organizations and others threatened by political violence.

The Arctic Institute of North America's mandate is to advance the study of the North American and circumpolar Arctic through the natural and social sciences, the arts and humanities and to acquire, preserve and disseminate information on physical, environmental and social conditions in the North.

FSD achieves community-driven goals through asset-based development and international exchange in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

On a Geckos Adventures trip, you’ll hang out with people your own age, see stuff the coach-loads of tourists never knew existed and have plenty of time to do your own thing along the way. We tread lightly, think locally and make sure all our trips are helping not hindering...