GLOBAL VISIONARIES

Programs: First year leadership program:the first-year leadership program involves local service projects, leadership training and a 15-day cultural immersion and work experience in guatemala. For 18 years, gv has invested in developing extraordinary youth leaders by challenging cohorts of ethnically, economically, and socially diverse youth to collaboratively confront complex issues. Gv provided $108,500 in scholarships for low income students. Gv worked with 301 u. S. And guatemalan youth. 201 of the u. S. Youth gained global leadership skills through five immersion and work trips to guatemala. Each participant engaged in more than 400 program service hours of leadership training and community service, which included over 100 hours of spanish immersion through experiential education. These youth gained critical thinking skills on overlapping international, economic, social, political, and environmental issues. Youth participated in two weekend retreats in which they learned teamwork, leadership, strategies for cross-cultural understanding, and how to be proactive advocates for social justice and environmental issues. Gv guatemalan and u. S. Students engaged collectively in 83,000 hours of service and training: they built two new school classrooms, planted over 4,000 trees and volunteered over 2,800 hours in hermano pedro hospital in guatemala. Collectively, students contributed to conservation efforts in seven seattle parks, gained environmental awareness and stewardship skills. Youth participated in hands-on learning during eight visits to local roots organic farm, and participated in social justice peer led workshops.

experience guatemala family immersion travel experience & global leaders partner:global visionaries offers a world-class tour to guatemala for all ages. Combining the well-respected travel experience of rick steeves with gv's in-depth understanding of guatemala, this tour is a blend of sight seeing and meaningful learning that is closely aligned with the first-year youth immersion experience. This includes work team experience, guatemala family home-stay experiences and tours of gv's rural school projects. Global leaders is a service program and international leadership program based in colorado. It's aim is to educate and empower students outside of the four walls of the traditional classroom. Global leaders works directly with global visionaries guatemala contracted team and utilizes its office space while traveling to guatemala.

global leadership:the global leadership class, in partnership with seattle public schools, teaches global leadership and 21st century leadership skills to more than 150 students. These programs offer a comprehensive set of experiences that reinforce gvs social and environmental justice mission. 23 educators from across the country participated in gv's global leadership summer institute, in which teachers learned skills to create a democratic classroom environment. Another 35 educators attended gv's one-day global leadership workshop.