Description

A full spectrum of Chinese adventure awaits, as complex as the country itself!

You will live in a semi-rural area outside of Beijing in order to get an authentic experience. You'll spend the weekends exploring important cultural sites in the center of Beijing and also Shanghai, the center of Asian commerce.

Throughout the program you'll have a chance to discuss globalization, urbanization, and human rights as well as learn about traditional and modern culture.

Global Leadership Adventures (GLA) offers community service trips to Africa, Asia and Latin America. Programs are only for high schools students and focus on community service, hands-on learning, and adventure. On the weekends, students engage in exciting excursions to places of cultural and historical significance.

Click on the link to learn more about this life-changing experience and request your free catalog!

Highlights

* Volunteer at a school for children of migrant workers
* Intensive Mandarin language instruction (beginner, intermediate, advanced)
* Discover Shanghai, the business capital, and Beijing, the political capital
* Hike the Great Wall of China
* Learn Chinese cooking and calligraphy
* Experience the majesty of rural and urban China

Type of Programs

• Community Service / Volunteerism
• High School Study Abroad
• Language Immersion
• Student Tours
• Adventure Travel

Languages

• Chinese
• English

Cost in US$:

4,399

Experience Required

no

Volunteer Types

This Program is open to

Worldwide Participants.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Dormitory

Participants Travel

Independently

Typically Participants Work

in Groups

Application Process Involves

• Written Application

Typically The Application Process Time is

1 week

Global Leadership Adventures's Mission Statement

To inspire the next generation, to realize their potential to transform the world and their role in it.

Year Founded

2004