Make Your Summer Matter Innovative summer abroad programs for high school students

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1 Make Your Summer Maer Innovaive summer abroad programs for high school sudens

2 The Experimen in Inernaional Living provides summer abroad programs for high school sudens who wan o connec deeply and engage meaningfully wih he richness and complexiies of anoher counry. Paricipans explore he hos counry hrough hands-on experiences in local communiies and hrough he lens of a specific heme. Programs are designed o equip paricipans no only wih essenial culural skills and, in many cases, language skills, bu also wih a deeper awareness of and sensiiviy o criical global issues shaping he diverse communiies and regions we visi. Each year, hundreds of Experimeners come away from heir summer abroad wih invaluable new skills, connecions, awareness, and knowledge ha help hem o hrive and lead in diverse, inerculural environmens. The Experimen in Inernaional Living has been offering immersive experienial learning programs abroad since Today, The Experimen offers summer programs for high school sudens in Europe; he Americas; Africa, souh of he Sahara; Norh Africa and he Middle Eas; and Asia and he Pacific. The Experimen is commied o providing paricipans from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds wih access o The Experimen s immersive crossculural programs hrough is parnerships, scholarships, and oher iniiaives. See pages for deails. The Experimen Difference Hisory and Experience A disinguished 80-plus-year hisory of innovaive leadership in inernaional, cross-culural programs for youh Our Programs A hemaic focus on susainabiliy and he environmen; ars and social change; language and culural discovery; leadership raining; or peace, poliics, and human righs Inerculural Learning and Cross-Culural Communicaion A long radiion of building skills in inerculural learning and cross-culural communicaion hrough immersive aciviies ha promoe language acquisiion as well as cross-culural empahy, flexibiliy, resilience, and efficacy Homesays Homesay experiences designed o provide meaningful and firshand experience living in anoher culure Maximizing Healh and Safey A srong focus on healh, safey, and securiy. Programs follow a comprehensive srucure designed o maximize he well-being of all paricipans while hey engage wih he hos culure and local communiies. Enduring Parnerships wih Organizaions Naionwide Longsanding and deeply rooed relaionships wih Experimen parner organizaions, alumni, and donors who believe in us and wha we do faciliae access o Experimen programs and suppor for a diversiy of paricipans. Small and Diverse Groups Small and diverse paricipan groups ypically composed of wo adul group leaders and 15 paricipans from very differen geographic, racial, ehnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds Our Leaders, Parners, and Saff Ousanding suden suppor from experienced adul group leaders, in-counry parners, and Experimen saff in Vermon, all of whom conribue enormously o he educaional and immersive naure of our programs I is he policy of World Learning o provide equal employmen and educaional opporuniies for all persons regardless of age, ehnic origin, gender, naionaliy, physical or learning abiliy, race, religion, sexual orienaion, gender ideniy, proeced veeran s saus, or any oher legally proeced condiion. Copyrigh 2015 World Learning. All righs reserved. World Learning and is circle design, School for Inernaional Training, SIT, and The Experimen in Inernaional Living and is infiniy design are regisered rademarks of World Learning Inc. The U.S. Experimen in Inernaional Living is a rademark of World Learning Inc.

3 Conens Program Themes 2 Program Componens 4 Communiy Service and Language Cerificaion 5 Experimen Group Leaders 6 Healh, Safey, and Securiy 8 The Homesay Experience 9 Programs AFRICA, SOUTH of he SAHARA Souh Africa: Muliculuralism in an Urban and Rural Sociey 54 Tanzania: Coasal and Maasai Culures 64 Tanzania: Wildlife, Ecology, and Culure 66 ASIA China: Culural Tradiions in he Norh 14 China: Ehnic Minoriies and Conemporary Culure 16 Japan: Japanimaion Anime and Manga 34 Japan: Language and Culural Tradiions 36 Korea: Peace Sudies 40 Mongolia: Nomadic and Urban Culures 44 Thailand: Buddhis Tradiions and Conemporary Culure 68 Vienam: Ecology and Conservaion 70 EUROPE France: French Culure and Regional Ideniy 22 France: French Language and Culinary Tradiions 24 France: Paining and Phoography in Paris and Provence 26 Germany: Conemporary Poliics and he European Union 28 Ireland: Irish Culure and Youh Empowermen 30 Ialy: Language and Local Food Culure 32 Neherlands: Gender Equaliy and Human Righs 48 Spain: Conemporary and Hisoric Culural Diversiy 56 Spain: Language and Culural Tradiions 58 Spain: Regional Culures 60 Spain: Technology and Social Innovaion in Urban Culure 62 LATIN AMERICA and he CARIBBEAN Argenina: Communiy Service and he Grea Oudoors 10 Argenina: Phoojournalism and Social Change 12 Cosa Rica: Biodiversiy, Ecology, and Susainabiliy 18 Ecuador: The Galápagos Islands and he Andes 20 Mexico: Marine Biology on he Baja Peninsula 42 Nicaragua and Cuba: Ars and Social Change 50 Peru: Ancien and Conemporary Culures 52 NORTH AFRICA and he MIDDLE EAST Jordan: Hisory, Poliics, and Arabic Language 38 Morocco: Muliculuralism in he Arab World 46 EXPERIMENT LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE Program Selecion and Applicaion Process 72 India: Public Healh and Communiy Developmen 74 Souh Africa: Youh Leadership in Peace, Poliics, and Human Righs 75 Access and Diversiy 76 Scholarships and Financial Aid 77 Applicaion and Eligibiliy 78 The Experimen s Educaional Philosophy 79 Programs a a Glance 80 World Map On he cover: A paricipan on he India: Public Healh and Communiy Developmen (Leadership Insiue) program, learning a radiional communiy dance during a fesival celebraed in he Uarakhand region. Phoo aken by Leah Varjacques. Oher phoos couresy of Jeff Woodward and Experimen sudens and saff experimen@worldlearning.org 1

4 Program Themes Language and Culural Discovery These programs are ideal for paricipans ineresed in hisory, language, ravel, and culure. Paricipans are immersed in he culural complexiies of a new counry and explore renowned hisorical sies, conemporary realiies, and regional differences hrough a homesay and oher meaningful communiy experiences. Many of hese programs offer formal language raining in and ouside classroom seings. Criical Global Issues These programs provide paricipans wih a focused exploraion of criical issues shaping local communiies around he world. Paricipans can explore he relaionship beween ar, poliics, and sociey in differen hisorical periods, hrough our Ars and Social Change programs. Our Susainabiliy and he Environmen programs expose paricipans o local, regional, and global perspecives on criical environmenal challenges, diverse ecological sysems, and naural resource conservaion. Paricipans ineresed in peace, poliics, and human righs can experience how communiy groups, individuals, and ohers worldwide have buil bridges of peace, olerance, and undersanding o foser more democraic and equiable socieies. Ars and Social Change Susainabiliy and he Environmen Peace, Poliics, and Human Righs Experimen Leadership Insiue These compeiive programs are aimed a paricipans deeply ineresed in inerculural leadership, advocacy, and civic engagemen. These programs are specifically focused on leadership developmen. 2 The Experimen in Inernaional Living 2016 experimen.org

5 China: Culural Tradiions in he Norh China: Ehnic Minoriies and Conemporary Culure France: French Culure and Regional Ideniy France: French Language and Culinary Tradiions Japan: Language and Culural Tradiions Mongolia: Nomadic and Urban Culures Morocco: Muliculuralism in he Arab World Peru: Ancien and Conemporary Culures Souh Africa: Muliculuralism in an Urban and Rural Sociey Spain: Language and Culural Tradiions Spain: Regional Culures Tanzania: Coasal and Maasai Culures Thailand: Buddhis Tradiions and Conemporary Culure Argenina: Phoojournalism and Social Change France: Paining and Phoography in Paris and Provence Japan: Japanimaion Anime and Manga Nicaragua and Cuba: Ars and Social Change Argenina: Communiy Service and he Grea Oudoors Cosa Rica: Biodiversiy, Ecology, and Susainabiliy Ecuador: The Galápagos Islands and he Andes Ialy: Language and Local Food Culure Mexico: Marine Biology on he Baja Peninsula Tanzania: Wildlife, Ecology, and Culure Vienam: Ecology and Conservaion Germany: Conemporary Poliics and he European Union Ireland: Irish Culure and Youh Empowermen Jordan: Hisory, Poliics, and Arabic Language Korea: Peace Sudies Neherlands: Gender Equaliy and Human Righs Spain: Conemporary and Hisoric Culural Diversiy Spain: Technology and Social Innovaion in Urban Culure India: Public Healh and Communiy Developmen Souh Africa: Youh Leadership in Peace, Poliics, and Human Righs

6 Program Componens Each Experimen program is composed of several of he following componens, which add deph o he program heme. Componen descripions can be used as an overall guide o assis in choosing a program ha bes fis each suden s ineress. The componens associaed wih each program are lised on he individual program pages. A comparaive componen raing guide, which indicaes he level of inensiy of each componen, is provided in he Programs a a Glance able on pages Homesay Paricipans spend a porion of he program living as a member of a local hos family, joining in he family s daily lives and aciviies Ciy Say Time in a large, urban environmen, such as he counry s capial ciy or anoher significan meropolian area Rural Say Time in a rural and/or remoe region; may include a village homesay Communiy Service Opporuniies o work on a projec designed by local organizaions and he individuals hey serve while exploring conceps such as communiy developmen, social service, and voluneerism in an inernaional conex. Some programs offer a communiy service cerificae. See page 5 for deails. Hiking/Trekking Time is spen hiking hrough errain such as mounain passes, naure rails, foress, ropical valleys, or highlands Oudoor Aciviies Program includes aciviies such as snorkeling, biking, swimming, sailing, horseback riding, and/or zip lining Rugged Travel Program incorporaes bus rides and/or oher exended ravel on bumpy roads or oher rugged condiions Camping Program includes oudoor sleeping, ypically in ens Language Classes Formal language classes augh by rained insrucors; classes ypically incorporae experienial learning aciviies inside and ouside a classroom seing. Some programs offer a language insrucion cerificae. See page 5 for deails. Language Immersion Opporuniies o be immersed in he hos language(s) hrough paricipaion in non-english-speaking seings Culinary Training Meaningful exposure o he food, recipes, and culinary echniques of he hos counry hrough hands-on aciviies, ypically led by culinary expers 4 The Experimen in Inernaional Living 2016 experimen.org

7 Communiy Service and Language Cerificaion Many of The Experimen in Inernaional Living s summer abroad programs offer communiy service opporuniies and/or formal language classes for paricipans, wih he number of hours varying by program. Communiy service projecs are designed by local organizaions and he individuals hey serve and explore conceps such as communiy developmen, service learning, and voluneerism in an inernaional conex. Paricipans who successfully complee more han 10 hours of communiy service will receive a communiy service cerificae from The Experimen afer heir reurn o he US. Programs wih Communiy Service Opporuniies High Inensiy (25 hours or more) Argenina: Communiy Service and he Grea Oudoors (30 40 hours) Cosa Rica: Biodiversiy, Ecology, and Susainabiliy (25 30 hours) Souh Africa: Muliculuralism in an Urban and Rural Sociey (20 30 hours) Tanzania: Coasal and Maasai Culures (35 50 hours) Thailand: Buddhis Tradiions and Conemporary Culure (25 30 hours) Paricipans who successfully complee a four-week program including formal language insrucion will earn a cerificae noing how many hours of language classes were compleed. Programs wih Language Cerificaion China: Culural Tradiions in he Norh (12 15 hours) France: French Language and Culinary Tradiions (12 15 hours) Ialy: Language and Local Food Culure (9 10 hours) Japan: Language and Culural Tradiions (40 hours) Jordan: Hisory, Poliics, and Arabic Language (40 hours) Spain: Language and Culural Tradiions (40 hours) Oher programs include less formal language insrucion wihou cerificaion. See program componens on each program page. Medium Inensiy (10 24 hours) Ecuador: The Galápagos Islands and he Andes (10 15 hours) Korea: Peace Sudies (12 15 hours) Mongolia: Nomadic and Urban Culures (20 24 hours) Spain: Conemporary and Hisoric Culural Diversiy (15 20 hours) Low Inensiy (fewer han 10 hours) Argenina: Phoojournalism and Social Change (6 8 hours) Japan: Language and Culural Tradiions (3 7 hours) Jordan: Hisory, Poliics, and Arabic Language (4 6 hours) Morocco: Muliculuralism in he Arab World (3 5 hours) Nicaragua and Cuba: Ars and Social Change (3 5 hours) Peru: Ancien and Conemporary Culures (7 8 hours) experimen@worldlearning.org 5

8 Experimen Group Leaders Each Experimen group is accompanied by wo rained adul leaders. Maximizing he safey and healh of all paricipans is each group leader s op prioriy. Ongoing Suppor From Program Sar o Finish Experimeners are me by heir wo group leaders a a specific meeing locaion in he designaed por of deparure in he US. Group leaders immediaely sar engaging paricipans in conversaions and ice-breaker aciviies. Righ away and coninuing hroughou he in-counry orienaion leaders work wih Experimeners o increase heir knowledge of he hos counry and culure, develop communicaion skills, and culivae new aiudes and awareness. During he course of he program, group leaders keep in close conac wih homesay families, conduc group excursions, and guide paricipans hrough discussions of and reflecions on heir experiences. A he end of he program, leaders help paricipans evaluae heir experiences and assis hem in considering how hey can inegrae wha hey learned abou hemselves and he world ino heir lives moving forward. Group Leader Qualificaions Experimen group leaders are chosen for heir leadership skills, paricularly in working wih young people, and heir cross-culural experience and language compeence. The Experimen selecs group leaders who have he following qualiies: A bachelor s degree or equivalen experience Leadership experience working wih high school sudens Experience sudying and living overseas Compeence in he language of he hos counry Group leaders are responsible aduls who suppor Experimeners in a number of ways. Learn more abou Experimen group leaders a experimen.org/group-leaders. 6 The Experimen in Inernaional Living 2016 experimen.org

9 Saria Upadhyay Cosa Rica, Vienam A naive of upsae New York, Saria graduaed from Cornell wih a BS in naural and environmenal sysems and is currenly a graduae suden a he Universiy of California, San Francisco. She has coordinaed a eaching program in he Amazon in Ecuador, managed logisics and ours for a ravel company in Peru, and worked in Chicago a an urban susainabiliy-hemed hink ank. Saria has raveled exensively in Asia and is a PADI-cerified Advanced Open Waer Diver. Ryan Rockmore Spain, The Neherlands Ryan was an Experimener o Spain in 2005 and is reurning for he hird ime as a leader for The Experimen. Originally from Albany, New York, he holds a degree in Spanish educaion from New York Universiy. Afer college, Ryan was awarded a one-year Fulbrigh research gran o Sevilla, Spain, and hen compleed an MA in dance anhropology a he Universiy of Roehampon, London. He currenly eaches high school Spanish in Brooklyn and serves as he faculy co-advisor for he school s Gay-Sraigh Alliance. Corez Alexander Jordan Born and raised in Chicago, Corez graduaed from DePaul Universiy wih a major in inernaional sudies and a minor in Arabic sudies. He sudied inensive Arabic as a summer U.S. Sae Deparmen Criical Language Scholar in Morocco and spen an academic year a Koç Universiy in Isanbul. Corez has worked as a program assisan wih WorldChicago and as a peer leader for World Learning s Iraqi Youh Leadership Exchange and has served on he board of direcors of he Chicago nonprofi Dreams for Kids. Allie Barnes Japan, Thailand Allie is a veeran Experimen leader, wice co-leading he Japan: Language and Culural Tradiions program. A naive of Indiana, she graduaed from Earlham College wih a BA in ar and minors in Japanese sudies and heaer ars. She lived in Sika, Alaska, serving as an AmeriCorps voluneer a a high school. Since fall 2014, Allie has been working oward her MA in inernaional educaion a SIT Graduae Insiue in Vermon, where she has also served as a program assisan for The Experimen. Daniel Morales-Armsrong Morocco Daniel was born and raised in New York Ciy. He holds a BA in psychology and criminal jusice from he Universiy of Albany SUNY, a professional cerificae in English language eaching from SIT Graduae Insiue, and an MA in educaion from Harvard. He has worked as he lead adminisraor and advisor for college preparaory programs supporing high-achieving sudens of color in he Bronx and for he pas year has been living in Raba, Morocco, eaching high school and college sudens. Daniel was an Experimener o Cosa Rica in Emily Robbins Spain, Morocco, Jordan Emily lives in Chicago, where she is a wrier and ranslaor of Arabic, Spanish, and Poruguese. She holds a BA from Swarhmore College, a cerificae of educaion from he Universiy of Pennsylvania, and an MFA from Washingon Universiy in S. Louis. She augh wih Teach for America and served as a 2008 Fulbrigh fellow in Syria which inspired her firs novel, A Word for Love, forhcoming in Emily was an Experimener o France in 2001, and has led four Experimen programs in Morocco and Spain.

10 Healh, Safey, and Securiy The Experimen places he highes prioriy on healh, safey, and securiy. Each program follows a comprehensive srucure designed o maximize he well-being of all paricipans while hey engage in dynamic cross-culural experiences. We have implemened specific risk managemen sraegies ha include a 24-hour emergency on-call service and regular safey reviews. We hire and rain experienced adul group leaders and mainain longsanding parnerships wih in-counry offices o suppor each of our programs. Because socioeconomic, poliical, environmenal, and medical condiions vary widely across he more han 20 counries in which The Experimen operaes, healh, safey, and securiy measures are specifically ailored o each locaion and o curren circumsances. Suppor in he areas of healh, safey, and securiy includes: Pre-deparure preparaion. The Experimen helps paricipans prepare for heir program hroughou he pre-deparure process by providing sample iineraries, a suden handbook, packing liss, ravel logisics, and healh guidelines ha include recommendaions relaed o immunizaions and medicaions. In-counry parners. Each Experimen group is suppored by an exensive professional nework of in-counry resources such as parner offices, inernaional educaors, homesay coordinaors, in-counry co-leaders, and program guides. Our parner offices help us design each program and suppor our groups hroughou he program period. These in-counry professionals have access o communicaions, healhcare, and ransporaion infrasrucure o make sure each suden receives he highes qualiy aenion and suppor. Two group leaders. Each Experimen group is accompanied by wo rained adul leaders. Group leaders mainain ongoing conac wih all paricipans hroughou he program and work collaboraively wih our in-counry parners and The Experimen office in Vermon. For more informaion on Experimen group leaders, please see page 6. Comprehensive in-counry orienaion. Each program begins wih an in-counry orienaion. The orienaion focuses on increasing culural knowledge e.g., survival language skills and in-counry norms as well as developing paricipans cross-culural communicaion skills and self-awareness, specifically wihin he conex of he hos counry. Medical insurance. Each suden is covered by he World Learning medical insurance policy, which provides acciden and sickness coverage and emergency evacuaion coverage. Please noe ha his insurance is inended o ac as a secondary policy for paricipans who are already insured. Ongoing monioring. The Experimen moniors US governmen advisories, considering hose issued boh by in-counry embassies and consulaes and by he U.S. Deparmen of Sae in Washingon, DC. The Experimen also consuls wih academic and nongovernmenal organizaions hrough he global neworks of World Learning The Experimen s paren organizaion and receives srong suppor hrough World Learning s insiuional risk managemen commiee. Tweny-four-hour on-call suppor. The Experimen in Inernaional Living is suppored by professional saff based a The Experimen s headquarers in Braleboro, Vermon. Our saff mainains a 24-hour on-call safey and emergency response sysem for any healh, safey, or securiy concerns ha migh arise hroughou he program. The Experimen can be reached oll-free wihin he US a The Experimen in Inernaional Living 2016 experimen.org

11 The Homesay Experience The homesay has been he cornersone of Experimen programs for more han 80 years. Living wih a hos family faciliaes culural immersion in a deeply meaningful way and provides a unique vanage poin from which o beer undersand and experience he hos counry. I is hrough he homesay ha Experimeners ruly go from being a visior of he hos counry o a fully immersed paricipan. Homesay Placemens Our in-counry parners work year round o mach paricipans wih he bes possible families. Saff faciliae an exensive recruimen and veing process ha includes home visis and, where permissible, background checks. Hos families aend orienaion and pre-arrival sessions prior o meeing heir homesay suden. The Experimen also considers, as much as possible, he ineress of boh he suden and he local hos families when idenifying homesay placemens. Experimeners are placed wih families in he same region or own, which allows for group ge-ogehers, meeings, and culural aciviies, and for paricipans o easily reach heir group leaders. The homesay experience is beween one and hree weeks, depending on he program. Oher Accommodaions When no living wih a homesay family, paricipans say in appropriae accommodaions wih heir group and group leaders. These accommodaions may include gues houses, educaional insiuions, hosels, small hoels, or camps. See individual program pages in his caalog or on he websie for program-specific deails. The srong bond I creaed wih my hos family was he bes par of my summer abroad wih The Experimen. My hos moher and I would wake up early in he morning for my Spanish language classes and communiy service. Over ea, we alked a lo abou our relaives, he obsacles we have overcome, and he culure of Sala. My dad, despie working early in he day and lae a nigh, was always home for lunch. He would gree me wih a hug as he asked, Cómo esás m ija? My hos parens reaed me as if I was one of heir own children: hey made me feel comforable and a home. Rachel Galano, Experimener o Argenina Warren Township High School experimen@worldlearning.org 9

12 Argenina: Communiy Service and he Grea Oudoors Explore he landscapes of Argenina and engage in communiy service. 10 The Experimen in Inernaional Living

13 Experience he naural beauy of Argenina hrough a monh of culural immersion, oudoor aciviies, and communiy service. Begin your Experimen in Argenina s capial, where you and your group will explore he ciy s ar galleries, heaers, and boulevards and sar pracicing your Spanish. Sail by caamaran o he ciy s surrounding islands o learn abou he region s ecology and biosysems. From Buenos Aires, ravel o colonial Sala La Linda, capial of he Sala province, on Argenina s norhern fronier, where you will spend wo weeks sharing day-o-day life wih an Argenine hos family. During his period, work on a communiy service projec, such as voluneering a a cener for children wih developmenal disabiliies or helping o renovae an orphanage or kindergaren. Paricipae in Spanish language classes wih oher members of your group and learn abou local gaucho culure. Go whie-waer rafing or hike o a radiional ranch, where you will learn how o rope cale. Coninue on o he small own of Chicoana, jus souh of he ciy of Sala, where you will assis in service aciviies such as paining or landscaping. Then, embark on a week of oudoor exploraion wih your group and leaders. Ride horseback, say on a large ranch, and enjoy radiional barbecue. Travel hrough he mounains o he ciy of Cafayae, sopping a famous rock formaions. In Cafayae, ake a bike our of he ciy and hen ride o he sand dunes. Reurn o Buenos Aires for a final day of exploraion and reflecion. PROGRAM AT A GLANCE Theme: Susainabiliy and he Environmen Componens: Ciy say, rural say, communiy service, homesay, language classes, language immersion, hiking/rekking, oudoor aciviies, rugged ravel, camping Orienaion: Buenos Aires, 4 days Homesay: Sala or Jujuy,* 14 days Oher Accommodaions: Hoels, campsie, hosels Duraion and Daes: 4 weeks, June 29 July 26 Prerequisies: Spanish (a leas one year) Depar/Reurn Ciy: Miami Program Fee: $6,000 (does no include inernaional airfare) *Homesay locaions can vary. Noe: Paricipans should bring a horseback riding helme wih hem on he program. To learn more abou his program, visi experimen.org/ars. A he conclusion of his program, each paricipan will earn a communiy service cerificae noing how many hours of communiy service s/he compleed experimen@worldlearning.org 11

14 Argenina: Phoojournalism and Social Change Develop your phoography skills and pracice your Spanish as you explore Argenine sociey and social issues. 12 The Experimen in Inernaional Living

15 Embark on a hands-on exploraion of phoojournalism in Argenina by learning abou he fundamenals of phoography and he ar of soryelling hrough images. Aend digial phoography classes and phoojournalism workshops, go on phoo shoos, and visi local galleries. Become acquained wih issues relevan o a local communiy and, using your own creaiviy and self-expression, choose a subjec maer and social issue o documen hrough phoographs. Afer learning how o design your own pinhole camera under he guidance of an Argenine aris, you and your group will conduc a series of phoography workshops for schoolchildren in under-served communiies. During your ime in he capial, learn abou Argenine hisory and culure, visiing ar museums, he Plaza de Mayo, and oher imporan sies. Go beyond Buenos Aires well-known locaions and explore diverse neighborhoods hroughou he ciy wih your group. Mee wih local youh o gain a deeper undersanding of Argenine life and conemporary social issues. Coninue pracicing your Spanish as you experience Argenine daily life, food, and culure ouside he capial ciy, paricularly during he program s wo-week homesay in Rafaela or Sana Fe. In addiion o daily aciviies wih your hos family such as cooking radiional meals ogeher go on excursions wih your group around he area, including o Rosario, one of Argenina s larges ciies and home o impressive examples of neoclassical archiecure, reained hroughou he cenuries. During his ime, work on your own phoojournalism projec, focusing on a social, economic, poliical, or culural heme of your choice. Learn o use phoography as an effecive ool o communicae and documen he ideas, perspecives, knowledge, and sories you gaher hroughou your summer in Argenina. Near he end of he program, your group will organize a collaboraive exhibiion of your phoography. PROGRAM AT A GLANCE Theme: Ars and Social Change Componens: Ciy say, communiy service, homesay, language immersion, hiking/rekking, oudoor aciviies Orienaion: Buenos Aires, 3 4 days Homesay: Rafaela or Sana Fe,* days Oher Accommodaions: Hoels Duraion and Daes: 4 weeks, June 28 July 25 Prerequisies: Spanish (a leas one year) Depar/Reurn Ciy: Miami or Houson Program Fee: $6,200 (does no include inernaional airfare) *Homesay locaions can vary. To learn more abou his program, visi experimen.org/arv experimen@worldlearning.org 13

16 China: Culural Tradiions in he Norh Learn or advance your skills in Chinese, and experience China s rich hisory and ancien sies. 14 The Experimen in Inernaional Living

17 Explore radiional and ancien sies in cenral and norhern China as you ravel from he busling ciy of Beijing o he grasslands of Inner Mongolia. Learn or expand upon your Chinese language skills hrough formal language classes and conversaions wih Chinese people you mee hroughou he program. Experience conrasing Chinese-speaking Han communiies, paricularly during he program s wo very differen homesays. Aend performances of Chinese folk music and acrobaics, buy fresh food in local markes, and prepare a Chinese meal. Learn even more abou China hrough close ineracion wih Chinese peers. The program begins in China s capial ciy, Beijing, where you will immediaely begin deepening your undersanding of China s hisory hrough visis o imporan culural and hisorical sies such as Tiananmen Square, he Forbidden Ciy, and he Grea Wall. Travel o Inner Mongolia, where you ll mee herdsmen, enjoy Mongolian food, and learn abou Mongolian culure. Your China Experimen coninues in he ciy of Chengde, where you will have Chinese lessons and a week-long homesay. Your group will hen be joined by Chinese high school sudens for par of he program. Gain new and enirely differen perspecives on daily life in China during your say in he Han rural village Buyang-zhuang, accompanied by your Chinese peers. Hike up nearby mounains and paricipae in farming aciviies such as plowing. Coninue on o he hisoric ciy of Qufu, he homeown of Confucius, before saying goodbye o your new Chinese friends. The program concludes wih hree days of exploraion and reflecion in Shanghai, where you will visi a number of imporan sies such as Yuyuan Garden, Old Ciy, Longhua Temple, he Museum of Conemporary Ar, Nanjing Road, or The Bund. PROGRAM AT A GLANCE Theme: Language and Culural Discovery Componens: Ciy say, rural say, communiy service, homesay, language classes, language immersion, hiking/rekking, oudoor aciviies, rugged ravel, camping Orienaion: Beijing, 3 4 days Homesays: Chengde,* 6 8 days; Buyang-zhuang,* 5 days Oher Accommodaions: Hoels, hosels, and gers Duraion and Daes: 4 weeks, June 29 July 28 Depar/Reurn Ciy: San Francisco Program Fee: $5,400 (does no include inernaional airfare) US ciizens require a visa for his program. Paricipans will work wih The Experimen s visa agency o acquire and pay for a visa. Please see our websie for deails. *Homesay locaions can vary. To learn more abou his program, visi experimen.org/chd. A he conclusion of his program, each paricipan will earn a language cerificae noing how many hours of language classes s/he compleed experimen@worldlearning.org 15

18 China: Ehnic Minoriies and Conemporary Culure Discover he radiions and conemporary daily lives of China s remoe minoriy culures in he Souh. 16 The Experimen in Inernaional Living

19 Experience he rich culural diversiy of China in a program ha will inroduce you o remoe ehnic minoriy culures in China, including Miao, Dong, Buyi, and Zhuang communiies. Learn abou he hisory of hese culures and curren governmen policies affecing hese minoriy communiies. Spend ime in he beauiful and remoe rural landscape of souhern China. Be inroduced o field plowing and rice producion and learn abou radiional crafs and rades such as papermaking, waercolor paining, baik, embroidery, weaving, and blacksmihing. Conras daily life in rural communiies wih life in he ciies of Beijing, Shanghai, Luoyang, and Xi an. Begin your exploraion of China s culures in he capial ciy, Beijing, where you ll see imporan sies such as Tiananmen Square, he Forbidden Ciy, and he Grea Wall. Nex, discover he rich hisory of Luoyang, one of he four grea ancien capials of China. Visi emples and learn abou he hisory of Buddhism in China. Spend ime in Xi an, one of China s oldes ciies. Take Chinese language lessons and see imporan hisorical and culural sies, including he famous Terra-Coa Warriors. Two homesay experiences one in a ciy and one in a rural village allow you o experience daily life in China in very differen conexs. Throughou he program, you ll aend performances of radiional dancing and singing and see sunning naural sies such as Huangguoshu Waerfall Naional Park and Moon Hill. End your experience in China wih hree days of exploraion and reflecion in Shanghai, where you will visi a number of imporan sies such as Yuyuan Garden, Old Ciy, Longhua Temple, he Museum of Conemporary Ar, Nanjing Road, and The Bund. Chinese high school sudens will accompany you during a porion of he program. PROGRAM AT A GLANCE Theme: Language and Culural Discovery Componens: Ciy say, rural say, communiy service, homesay, language classes, language immersion, oudoor aciviies, rugged ravel Orienaion: Beijing, 3 4 days Homesays: Guiyang,* 5 6 days; Xijiang,* 5 6 days Oher Accommodaions: Hoels and hosels Duraion and Daes: 4 weeks, June 29 July 28 Depar/Reurn Ciy: San Francisco Program Fee: $5,400 (does no include inernaional airfare) US ciizens require a visa for his program. Paricipans will work wih The Experimen s visa agency o acquire and pay for a visa. Please see our websie for deails. *Homesay locaions can vary. To learn more abou his program, visi experimen.org/che experimen@worldlearning.org 17

20 Cosa Rica: Biodiversiy, Ecology, and Susainabiliy Explore Cosa Rica s exraordinary naural environmens. 18 The Experimen in Inernaional Living

21 Hike and paddle hrough Cosa Rica s diverse regions and ecosysems, and winess firshand he counry s environmenal susainabiliy effors. Spend ime in naure reserves and naional parks, kayak in he Golfo Dulce, and observe he beauy of Cosa Rica s coasline. Visi rain foress and learn abou Cosa Rica s ropical birds, indigenous animals, and plans. Learn abou a local communiy s ongoing conservaion iniiaives relaed o wildlife. Visi a farm engaged in susainable agriculure pracices. An experienced Cosa Rican nauralis will accompany your group hroughou he program. Gain new and unique perspecives on Cosa Rica s culure and communiies while living for wo weeks wih a hos family. Work alongside hos family members and oher local residens on a communiy service projec ha focuses on rural developmen and ecological susainabiliy. Pracice your Spanish hrough daily ineracions wih your hos family. Enjoy naure hikes, meals of gallo pino, and culural exchange aciviies wih hos family members and your Experimen group. Throughou he program, you and your group will paricipae in oudoor, experienial aciviies, including hiking and paddling. The program begins and ends in he counry s capial, San José, where you can learn more abou Cosa Rican hisory and culure wih visis o museums and he San José Cenral Marke. PROGRAM AT A GLANCE Theme: Susainabiliy and he Environmen Componens: Ciy say, rural say, communiy service, homesay, language immersion, hiking/rekking, oudoor aciviies, rugged ravel Orienaion: San José, 2 3 days Homesay: Pejibaye, Sana María de Doa, or Palmichal de Acosa,* days Oher Accommodaions: Hoels, lodges, cabins Duraion and Daes: 4 weeks, June 28 July 26 Depar/Reurn Ciy: Miami Program Fee: $5,950 (does no include inernaional airfare) *Homesay locaions can vary. To learn more abou his program, visi experimen.org/css. A he conclusion of his program, each paricipan will earn a communiy service cerificae noing how many hours of communiy service s/he compleed experimen@worldlearning.org 19

22 Ecuador: The Galápagos Islands and he Andes Experience he richness of Ecuador s unique ecology and wildlife. 20 The Experimen in Inernaional Living

23 Explore Ecuador s various geographical areas: he Andes Mounains, he upper Amazon basin, and he Galápagos archipelago. In each locaion, learn abou he richness of Ecuador s ecology and wildlife and he imporance of preserving i. Invesigae rare plan and animal species on he Galápagos Islands. Go on excursions o mounains, ho springs, and a primary fores. Paddle ino he hear of he jungle on a guided canoe expediion and learn abou indigenous Ecuadorian radiions. Your discovery of Ecuador s ecology akes place hroughou every sage of he program. On your firs excursion, see he rivers and diverse wildlife of he Mindo Nambillo cloud fores. In he Amazon basin, see he sunning waerfalls of he Baños and observe monkeys and exoic birds as you canoe down he Napo River. During your homesay week, hike up from he firs base camp o he second sheler (16,400 fee above sea level) of Chimborazo, an inacive volcano ha reaches 20,800 fee above sea level, and hen bike down hrough a beauiful Andean landscape. The program s four days in he Galápagos will give you he opporuniy o learn abou he fragile ecology and unique biodiversiy of hese remarkable islands. Cruise by nigh from island o island, swim alongside seals in lava grooes, explore mangrove foress and flamingo lagoons, and observe he courship displays of rare ropical birds. You ll also experience Ecuadorian ciies and learn abou he counry s hisory and culures. See he gold-inlayed sixeenh-cenury churches and colonial buildings of Quio s Old Town. Ride a rain o Devil s Nose. Improve your Spanish language skills hrough ineracive lessons and conversaions wih local residens. Riobamba, a small ciy surrounded by he snow-capped Andes, provides he seing for a weeklong homesay. Share daily aciviies such as spors, movies, and walks hrough own wih your hos family. Learn how o prepare ceviche or empanadas and, working alongside a local nonprofi, paricipae in a hree-day communiy service projec. PROGRAM AT A GLANCE Theme: Susainabiliy and he Environmen Componens: Ciy say, rural say, communiy service, homesay, language classes, language immersion, hiking/rekking, oudoor aciviies, rugged ravel Orienaion: Quio, 2 days Homesay: Riobamba,* 8 9 days Oher Accommodaions: Hosels or hoels Duraion and Daes: 4 weeks, June 28 July 26 Prerequisies: Spanish (a leas one year) Depar/Reurn Ciy: Miami Program Fee: $6,500 (does no include inernaional airfare) *Homesay locaions can vary. To learn more abou his program, visi experimen.org/eca. A he conclusion of his program, each paricipan will earn a communiy service cerificae noing how many hours of communiy service s/he compleed experimen@worldlearning.org 21

24 France: French Culure and Regional Ideniy Explore Paris and a French border communiy, and hen spend ime in a neighboring counry. 22 The Experimen in Inernaional Living

25 Travel from Paris o a French border communiy and hen o a neighboring counry as you explore regional culures and ideniies. The program commences wih an immersive inroducion o French hisory and culure in Paris. Visi famous sies and museums such as he Champs-Élysées, Arc de Triomphe, Eiffel Tower, or Louvre hroughou he ciy. Explore diverse neighborhoods, navigae he mero, and sample French cuisine in sree-side cafés as you deepen your undersanding of Parisian culure and he ciy s role wihin France. Following orienaion, ravel wih your group o a communiy in souhern France near he Ialian border, o a French communiy near he German border, or o a communiy near he Spanish border. Become fully immersed in he daily life of a French family during a 12-day homesay. Take advanage of he opporuniy afforded by he homesay o learn some French and o gain a unique glimpse ino French life and culure. Afer saying goodbye o your hos family, cross he French border wih your group ino eiher Ialy, Germany, or Spain o explore he landscapes and culure of a French neighbor. Wheher you re srolling hrough picuresque villages in Alsace, exploring he French Riviera, or visiing beauiful Cinque Terre or Barcelona on he Medierranean, you ll gain deeper insigh ino he diversiy of France and he culure of an adjacen counry. To learn more abou his program, visi experimen.org/frr. PROGRAM AT A GLANCE Theme: Language and Culural Discovery Componens: Ciy say, culinary raining, homesay, language immersion, oudoor aciviies Orienaion: Paris, 2 4 days Homesay: Sain-Raphaël, Nîmes, or Nice (near he Ialian border); Sain-Dié-des-Vosges or Nancy (near he German border); Casres (near he Spanish border),* days Oher Accommodaions: Hoels Duraion and Daes: 3 weeks, June 29 July 21 Depar/Reurn Ciy: New York Program Fee: $5,300 (does no include inernaional airfare) *Homesay locaions can vary experimen@worldlearning.org 23

26 France: French Language and Culinary Tradiions Advance your French language skills and learn he ar of French cooking. 24 The Experimen in Inernaional Living

27 Embark on a culinary and language journey hrough France. Explore muliple regions of he counry known for heir culinary specialies. Learn abou French cheeses, swees, and pasries. Take culinary classes a he Insiu Paul Bocuse in Lyon. Engage wih professional chefs, mee wih farmers and producers, visi local markes, and learn how o cook local recipes such as macarons and nouga. Furher enhance your knowledge of French language during a week of formal language insrucion. Pu your language skills o use during he program s homesay, which ranges from 12 o 15 days. The program begins and ends in Paris, giving you ime o explore France s beauiful and hisoric capial. Togeher wih your group, join local residens in a café for a morning croissan before navigaing he srees of Paris o he Champs-Élysées, Arc de Triomphe, Eiffel Tower, or Louvre. Sample radiional baguees, cheeses, and local specialies and enjoy a picnic on he Seine s famous lef bank or in one of he ciy s many parks. Explore he Monmarre ar disric beneah he spires of Sacré-Coeur and dine a iny cafés ha serve regional specialies from across France. To learn more abou his program, visi experimen.org/frc. A he conclusion of his program, each paricipan will earn a language cerificae noing how many hours of language classes s/he compleed. PROGRAM AT A GLANCE Theme: Language and Culural Discovery Componens: Ciy say, culinary raining, homesay, language classes, language immersion, oudoor aciviies Orienaion: Paris, 2 4 days Homesay: Les Baux-de-Provence, Pierrelae, Vannes, Sain-Malo, Nanes, or Blois,* days Oher Accommodaions: Hoels, manoir (manor) Duraion and Daes: 4 weeks, June 28 July 26 Prerequisies: French (a leas one year) Depar/Reurn Ciy: New York Program Fee: $7,500 (does no include inernaional airfare) *Homesay locaions can vary experimen@worldlearning.org 25

28 France: Paining and Phoography in Paris and Provence Develop your creaive alens while experiencing France s arisic sies and heriage. 26 The Experimen in Inernaional Living

29 Embark on a creaive exploraion of French ar and culure, from he Ciy of Ligh o he French counryside. Visi galleries and world-renowned museums such as he Musée d Orsay and he Louvre and have drawing, paining, and phoography sessions under he guidance of a French aris. Trace he fooseps of he famous ariss who have been inspired by he region of Provence, including Cézanne and Van Gogh. Learn he ar of Provençal waercolor, and fill a canvas wih your own impressions of Provence s landscapes and exraordinary beauy. Visi phoo exhibis in he Naional Museum of Modern Ar in Paris, se up a phoo shoo in Père Lachaise or he Belleville Marke, and explore Paris s arrondissemens wih a French phoojournalis. During he homesay period in Les Baux-de-Provence, mee wih local ariss and crafsmen, paricipae in a poery workshop, and enjoy regional food, while becoming fully immersed in he daily life of a French family and communiy. Take day excursions wih your hos family or Experimen group o nearby ciies of hisorical and arisic significance, such as Marseille, Avignon, and/or Arles. You ll also creae a carne de voyage (ravel book) wih assisance from a French aris. As your arisic journey unfolds, ake advanage of coninuous opporuniies o enhance your French language skills and knowledge of French culure. Noe: Paricipans should bring a working digial camera wih hem on he program. A drawing ki will be supplied once in France. PROGRAM AT A GLANCE Theme: Ars and Social Change Componens: Ciy say, homesay, language immersion, oudoor aciviies Orienaion: Paris, 2 4 days Homesay: Les Baux-de-Provence,* days Oher Accommodaions: Hoels Duraion and Daes: 4 weeks, June 28 July 26 Prerequisies: French (a leas one year) Depar/Reurn Ciy: New York Program Fee: $6,600 (does no include inernaional airfare) *Homesay locaions can vary. To learn more abou his program, visi experimen.org/frd experimen@worldlearning.org 27

30 Germany: Conemporary Poliics and he European Union Spend ime in Germany, Belgium, and he Neherlands as you explore German poliics, conemporary youh culure, and he European Union. 28 The Experimen in Inernaional Living

31 Gain fascinaing insigh ino he European Union, a Nobel Peace Prize winning insiuion, and he role Germany has played in advancing peace, democracy, and human righs in Europe. Sudy Germany s poliical sysem and ge a ase of German life in Berlin. Visi he major seas of EU governance in Brussels and discuss youh issues in Bonn. Aend workshops ha explore opics relaed o peacekeeping, ani-discriminaion, poliics, and he EU s insiuional srucure. As you ravel from norh o souh, and across naional borders, you will spend ime in Berlin, Niederaleich, Brussels, Bonn, Munich, and Maasrich. The program begins wih a six-day say in Berlin ha includes German language insrucion and a meeing wih a member of he German Bundesag. Coninue on o Bavaria, where you will share daily life wih a German family during a homesay in Niederaleich and aend school wih German sudens. Spend a day exploring he ciy of Munich wih your group. Coninue on o Brussels, where you will visi an imporan EU insiuion and inernaional NGO and gain imporan insigh ino how he EU works. Paricipae in a youh-righs workshop in Bonn and discuss youh issues in Germany and around he world wih Youh for Europe members. Excursion highlighs include a daylong visi o he 2,000-year-old ciy of Cologne; a boa ride on he river Rhine; and visis o he UN Campus in Bonn, Deusche Welle TV, and Haus der Geschiche. Cross he border ino he Neherlands for a full-day excursion in he hisoric ciy of Maasrich, where he Treay on European Union was signed. The program concludes in Frankfur. PROGRAM AT A GLANCE Theme: Peace, Poliics, and Human Righs Componens: Ciy say, rural say, homesay, language classes, language immersion Orienaion: Berlin, 6 days Homesay: Niederaleich,* days Oher Accommodaions: Hosels Duraion and Daes: 4 weeks, June 29 July 28 Depar/Reurn Ciy: New York Program Fee: $6,400 (does no include inernaional airfare) *Homesay locaions can vary. To learn more abou his program, visi experimen.org/geh experimen@worldlearning.org 29

32 Ireland: Irish Culure and Youh Empowermen Experience Ireland s culure, major ciies, and daily life while acquiring skills in leadership. 30 The Experimen in Inernaional Living

33 Begin he program in he hisoric ciy of Cork, where you will have orienaion and skills-building workshops focused on leadership and youh empowermen. Explore Ireland s counryside, visi he Blarney Sone and he hisoric own of Cobh, and mee wih Irish young people who have brough abou posiive change in heir communiies. Then, depar Cork for your homesay in Couny Tipperary, where you will experience Irish daily life and paricipae in a service projec in your hos communiy. Share in he daily aciviies of your hos family o beer acclimae o Irish life and culure. A highligh of he program is aending he Alber Schweizer Leadership for Life Conference on he Naional Universiy of Ireland campus in Maynooh. The conference brings ogeher more han 300 youh from Ireland and around he world for a week of inensive learning, developmen, and skills-building around leadership. During he conference, you will complee modules of he Leadership for Life program, learning how o help enac socieal and personal change hrough core social skills including selfawareness, collaboraion, problem solving, empahy, and relaionship building. During he conference, you will also work on a eam projec invesigaing local, communiy, and global issues. You will be awarded a cerificae upon compleion of he modules. PROGRAM AT A GLANCE Theme: Peace, Poliics, and Human Righs Componens: Ciy say, rural say, communiy service, homesay, oudoor aciviies Orienaion: Cork, 4 days Homesay: Clonmel,* 5 6 days Oher Accommodaions: Hoels, universiy dormiory Duraion and Daes: 3 weeks, July 16 Augus 7 Depar/Reurn Ciy: New York Program Fee: $5,300 (does no include inernaional airfare) * Homesay locaions can vary. Sudens are paired (i.e., wo sudens per hos family). Conclude your program wih ime in Dublin. Visi cahedrals, Georgian squares and ownhouses, and places of hisorical and poliical significance as your group reflecs on your exraordinary summer in Ireland. To learn more abou his program, visi experimen.org/irp experimen@worldlearning.org 31

34 Ialy: Language and Local Food Culure Experience Ialy s local foods and receive Ialian language raining in Tuscany. 32 The Experimen in Inernaional Living

35 Explore local foods and he Ialian communiies, radiions, and culures o which hey are conneced. Spend several days in a gorgeous Tuscan own, where you will ake Ialian language lessons and explore he ar and landscape of he surrounding area. Focus on he Slow Food movemen and he imporance of seasonal, organic, and locally grown food of differen regions. Spend eigh days a a presigious cooking school in Asi, preparing radiional Ialian dishes under he guidance of a skilled chef. The program s culinary excursions include visiing organic farms, he famous Universiy of Gasronomic Sciences in Pollenzo, and an agrigelaeria o see how arisanal ice cream is made. Coninue o pracice your Ialian language skills as you share daily life wih an Ialian family during he program s homesay. Use your new language skills o buy fresh food in oudoor markes and o engage in daily ineracions wih hos family members and oher Ialians. Discover he sories behind he unique foods of differen regions of Ialy while having handson culinary experiences. Wheher i s sampling homemade chocolaes, conducing olive oil asings, or making pizza, he program is designed o deepen your undersanding of he inimae links beween food, susainabiliy, and culure, wihin he conex of Ialy and beyond. Conclude he program wih wo days of exploraion and reflecion in Venice. Visis o Rome, wih is beauiful founains and monumens, Vaican Ciy, Florence, Piedmon, and oher areas of culural and hisoric significance in Ialy are incorporaed ino he program. PROGRAM AT A GLANCE Theme: Susainabiliy and he Environmen Componens: Ciy say, rural say, culinary raining, homesay, language classes, language immersion, oudoor aciviies Orienaion: Rome, 3 days Homesay: Ravenna, Desenzano, or Naples,* 12 days Oher Accommodaions: Hoels Duraion and Daes: 4 weeks, June 27 July 24 Depar/Reurn Ciy: New York Program Fee: $7,100 (does no include inernaional airfare) *Homesay locaions can vary. To learn more abou his program, visi experimen.org/itc. A he conclusion of his program, each paricipan will earn a language cerificae noing how many hours of language classes s/he compleed experimen@worldlearning.org 33