We engage in a service of presence and active listening, supporting young people to get outside, seek adventure, experience challenge, make new friends, build community, and understand the world and its people in a new way. Working closely with different communities and environments around the world, we have forged a strong alliance of caring professionals driven by their deep conviction and concern for the future and welfare of others. We have developed an impressive body of knowledge, and utilize innovative methods for informal cultural exchange in the hope of building trust. Trust is the single most important element if we are to effectively and compassionately serve others and the world.

We encourage involvement, cultivate leadership, excellence, openness, and sensitivity, and inspire initiative, communal participation, social activism, and environmentalism. We make an impact as we encounter a range of issues: the environment, poverty, health, immigration, conflict resolution, education, and more. As we learn to speak out for justice, working alongside young and old, rich and poor, we get to see how our actions make an impact in the world and on one another.