High School Study Abroad in Ecuador

Study Abroad in Ecuador

Get ready to embark on a journey of discovery. A Youth For Understanding USA (YFU) study abroad program is an experience that will immerse you in the lives, cultures, and communities of a real family in one of more than 40 countries around the globe. An adventure where you'll learn in a year, semester or a summer, what life is like for teens in another part of the world. An experience that will... Learn More

South America: Indigenous Culture, Volunteer Work, Spanish

Study Spanish, live with home stay families, and get involved with service learning projects. Explore the cloud forest and the Amazon, take an introductory course on permaculture and sustainable practices at an organic farm, and try your hand at surfing the mighty Pacific. Complement your journey by learning from local shamans and embracing the ethos of yoga at a retreat center in the Sacred Val... Learn More

Youth International - South America

The world becomes your classroom and experience your greatest teacher! Through a combination of volunteer community service work, homestays, outdoor adventure, and intense developing world travel, each Youth International participant is set up for a dynamic first-hand learning experience about the region in which they are traveling. At the same time, they are presented with a unique environment... Learn More

Global Citizens Network: Tumbatu, Ecuador

Global Citizens Network (GCN) seeks volunteers to participate on our trips to Tumbatu, Ecuador. Carchi is Ecuador's northernmost province and home to many Afro-Ecuadorian communities who live a traditional way of life, very different from other regions of Ecuador. Africans were brought to the country during the Atlantic slave trade. Today Afro-Ecuadorians comprise between 5 -10% of the country's p... Learn More

Care for Children at a Children's Hospital in Quito

Children from all over Ecuador end up in this public hospital with a range of short and long term medical conditions. You'll help to keep them cheerful and optimistic during their stay with games and other activities, as well as providing educational support to those who've been in hospital a long time. This is a fantastic opportunity to meet some of Ecuador's bravest children and put a smile back... Learn More

South America Volunteering and Trips for Schools, Church Groups and More!

This is an opportunity to take the learning outside of the classroom and into the real world. Get involved in community service and learning programs while also seeing the sites of Ecuador. Experience another country while also contributing meaningfully to it's society and environment. Lead Adventures offers several different excursions all throughout Ecuador to learn about biodiversity, environ... Learn More

International Volunteering for Under 18's

Are you looking for an exciting travel experience that will help get you ahead at university? Volunteer travel experiences will help you develop a whole bunch of transferable skills and they will give you an amazing volunteer travel experience to boot! We know how difficult it can be to find overseas volunteering programs that will accept teenagers so we've designed a whole range specifically f... Learn More

VISIONS Ecuador and Galapagos

Visions offers teenagers opportunities for ambitious service work and cross-cultural immersion in the United States and abroad. We work with and for intercultural communities that lack financial and other development resources. Through service, authentic experience, and active exploration, we encourage new perspectives and dynamic learning. Visions Ecuador is a month of discovery in this beaut... Learn More

Global Service and Language Programs

You will spend three weeks in Quito living with a carefully selected Ecuadorian host family, in a quiet residential area of Quito. You will spend four hours each morning in classes with a maximum of five persons each, followed by lunch at home with your host family. The afternoons will consist of excursions and work at an impoverished rural school building outdoor climbing equipment, helping with ... Learn More

Sea|mester Study Abroad at Sea

Global semester at sea programs offering credit in marine and nautical science, communication and leadership, while voyaging throughout the worlds oceans aboard traditionally rigged schooners. Voyage duration ranges from 20 to 90 days. If you're looking for a unique educational adventure, one that is not confined by the four walls of a traditional classroom, then Sea|mester could be the right p... Learn More