WE DREAM IT, YOU DO IT.

ANIMALS

• Work alongside field guides and national park rangers as a member of a wildlife monitoring team in Marakele National Park in South Africa.

• Partner with a sea turtle conservation organization on an island in Costa Rica.

• Conserve our oceans through marine conservation in Thailand, Cambodia, Australia, and other regions through education, SCUBA, and volunteering.

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OUTDOOR/WILDERNESS/ADVENTURE

• Learn outdoor leadership skills, wilderness medicine, risk management and leave no trace ethics in one of many countries around the world.

• Lend your hand in trail building and rehabilitation in the US.

•  Live on a boat while learning to sail, visiting different cultures and countries, and gaining new skills.

COMMUNITY SERVICE

• Teach English to Buddhist monks in asia.
• Volunteer on an organic farm while learning principles of permaculture and biodynamics.
• Support refugees domestically and/or internationally.

ART/MUSIC/MEDIA

• Learn art history while traveling with a group throughout Europe
• Intern as a photography or film assistant with accomplished artists
• Take a music course and produce your own album

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INTEREST

PAID WORK

• Get certified to teach English abroad and work anywhere in the world

• Do a paid internship in line with your interests
• Become a snowboard/ski instructor and work all season long.
• Be an au pair or nanny for a family anywhere in the world

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WORK TRADE (work in exchange for room/board)

• Work as a teacher in high-need cities in the US with other like-minded gappers, while earning a stipend, health care, and more.
• Work in reception at a hostel, hotel, or B&B.
• Teach yoga at a yoga retreat center.
• Work at a farm learning about winemaking, sheep raising, permaculture, and all the things in between.

SCHOLARSHIPS/FUNDING

• Receive a scholarship to study abroad, intern, or do a group program.
• Do a kickstarter campaign to raise money to implement a grassroots project for an NGO that needs it.

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BUDGET

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EUROPE

• Learn Spanish while living with a family in Spain and working at their local B&B.
• Immerse in studying art at a local studio in Italy.
• Volunteer with endangered sea turtles on a remote island in Greece.

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ASIA

• Volunteer at an intentional community in Southern India with building maintenance, renewable energy, primary and secondary education, village outreach, architecture, organic farming, animal care, and more.
• Work with special-needs education in Cambodia
• Travel through multiple countries with a small group doing cultural exchange, language learning, adventure travel, and community service.

NORTH AMERICA

• Work in world-renowned national parks to restore forests and trails.
• Intern in an art therapy unit of a public hospital
• Become certified as a Wilderness Emergency Response Technician and learn backcountry survival skills

AFRICA

• Volunteer with penguins and great white sharks doing marine conservation and education in South Africa.
• Learn and practice journalism in several mediums including newspaper, TV, and radio in Accra, Ghana.
• Participate in women's empowerment programs in Morocco

and more​....

LATIN AMERICA

• Volunteer teaching art to girls in a low-income community in Guatemala.
• Study Spanish and live with a family in Argentina while interning at the zoo.
• Backpack through the Andes mountains with a small group while learning about the outdoors and yourself. 

OCEANIA

• Work on an organic farm in New Zealand while living the kiwi lifestyle
• Intern along the Great Barrier Reef in Australia doing admin, writing, social media, and multi-media projects to conserve the reef.
• Take a group semester through Fiji, New Zealand, and Australia.

REGION

2-3 MONTHS

• Join a group of students on a travel program throughout multiple countries to get a taste of the world, language, culture, and yourself
• Work as a camp counselor in Europe over the summer
• Volunteer educating people on wild bottlenose dolphins in Western Australia during their summer 

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4-6 MONTHS

• Take a photography or filmmaking course in an urban city
• Learn a foreign language studying at a local university in the city of your choice 
• Do a combination of a group semester and a month to two month long internship or travel post program

7-12 MONTHS

• Participate in an immersive program that combines right of passage with international travel, internships, and personal and group retreats in between.
• Do a group program, paid work, internships and/or volunteer placements, and personal travel 
• Develop real-world skills as a citizen-artist during a year of service for a low-income school

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LENGTH OF TIME

COLLEGE CREDIT OPTIONS

• Take a group semester and keep a daily journal along the way while learning experientially and earning college credits
• Enroll in a study program focusing on art, language, or conservation and get a semester worth of credit
• Do a global gap year and earn credits for a the US-based part of your program.

CERTIFICATIONS

• Get certified to be a SCUBA Divemaster and work all over the world
• Get TEFL certified to teach English anywhere
• Receive your Wilderness First Responder or Emergency Medical Technician certification to support wilderness programs
• Become a certified yoga instructor and teach all over the world
• Become a ski or snowboard instructor and work in Switzerland, Canada, the US, or Patagonia
• Take a permaculture design course and become certified to practice permaculture and even teach it

and more​....

COLLEGE CREDIT & CERTIFICATIONS