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Program Stories
August 1, 2017

2017 Ireland Homestay Stories

“This week continued to be more than amazing and such valuable life experiences. It was my first time living with a host family and I got the real experience of what it’s like living with an Irish family. I got to try the home cooked meals,learn more specific information on…
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Program StoriesSouth Africa: Leadership & Social Change
July 31, 2017

African Leadership Academy & Overall Takeaways

“As is anything, African Leadership Academy (ALA) was not perfect, I wouldn’t even call it a wonderfully fun experience, but it definitely ranks as top 5 on the most valuable experiences of this trip. They kept us busy with activity after activity all intertwined with lessons of leadership. Our first…
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Program StoriesSpain: Cultural Discovery
July 25, 2017

Barcelona Adventures

This week we wrapped up our homestay experience and flew from Mallorca to Barcelona. It’s hard to believe we are nearing the end of our Experiment! We have learned so much and made many new friends along the way. During the last days of our homestay, we painted a mural…
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Program Stories
July 25, 2017

Our Adventures Start in Ireland

“Aside from seeing so many beautifully shocking sights in the towns and cities of Ireland so far, my most memorable life experience so far would be The Foróige Youth Workshops. Youth empowerment is not strongly addressed in America and to see that it is strongly brought to awareness, promoted, and…
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Japan: Language & CultureProgram Stories
July 24, 2017

2017 Japanimation Homestay

“Before coming to Japan, I knew very little about my host family. We gained some more information about them as the homestay portion of our program neared. After living with my host family, I believe the program picks the right host families for each Experimenter. A lot of the families…
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France: Cultural DisoveryProgram Stories
July 24, 2017

Studying in Bocuse, A dream come True!

Tell any French person that you are going to study at Paul Bocuse Culinary Institute, and automatically they say: “Wow, tu a de la chance.” (You are so lucky) For one week, our group of 15 experimenters were had the enormous opportunity of studying in one of the most reputable…
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Costa Rica: Biodiversity, Ecology & SustainabilityProgram Stories
July 24, 2017

Homestays & Community Service in Costa Rica

In week three, we finally completed our community service project at the playground in La Palma! With the help of many community members, we were able to completely clean and remove the rust from the fence and paint it with anti-corrosive paint, replace all the rotting parts in the playground…
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