Let the adventure begin!
Dr. Aileen Hale, with her global work & explorations, has experienced the impact of engaging in communities where she travels.
Get in touch with us to design your next purpose-driven journey. Simply choose your desired destination, preferred activities, and your intended impact, and we’ll take care of the rest.
Leveraging our extensive expertise and community connections, we design trips filled with adventure and meaningful purpose, to make a difference in lives - both theirs and yours.
OUR APPROACH
Create Connections respects and seeks to empower local communities in service by:
Being invited to partner in community projects
Working side-by-side, with local leaders
Providing services requested by the community
OUR MISSION
Create Connections offers meaningful connections through volunteer service, cultural excursions and language exchanges.
Our service philosophy is to work alongside local communities, providing positive impact, for both locals and volunteers.
DESTINATIONS
ENGAGE HANDS-ON WITH LOCALS
TO SERVE AND LEARN
customize your trip!
Typical Trip Itinerary (*All itineraries are customized and engage the best local providers.)
7-10 days (includes travel days)
1-3 hours community engagement/service; (*hours, as desired by participants)
2-4 hour excursions, daily or every other day
1-2 days at beach/snorkel and other water activities
1-2 days historical, professionally guided tours
*Days & trips may be designed with as much/little community engagement as desired by group.
Trip Options: - *Participants may design their package to include or not include the following:
Lodging
In-country ground transportation
Guided excursions (bilingual guides)
Meaningful community projects, engaging with and supporting needs of local people
Lectures/educational talks, providing inside cultural and historic perspectives
Ways to maintain your local community connections, after your trip
PRACTICE SPANISH WHILE TEACHING ENGLISH
During your Create Connections trip to Spanish-speaking countries, you may engage directly with a group of local children/young adults, helping to develop their English skills, while giving you an opportunity to speak Spanish with native speakers. *Teaching experience is not necessary.
CREATE BILINGUAL books/materials
Work directly with locals, co-creating language learning tools like bi-lingual Spanish-English dictionaries, specific to their educational/professional needs.
make a positive impact by supportING ENGLISH skills
Volunteering to teach English in another country is a powerful way for you to have a positive impact in a community.
Teaching a language breaks down cultural and linguistic barriers, creating authentic connections.
Apply your talents to support English language development through music, sports, art, and other passions you may share.
Whether you're teaching a song or playing a game, your volunteer teaching will make a difference. Your impact may have ripple effects and build on-going connections.
english literacy improves lives
Improving English can open doors for higher education and better employment opportunities, especially in this time of increasing globalization.
Create Connections supports English language development in countries around the world, supporting locals in their education and careers.
ENGAGE IN FUN LANGUAGE ACTIVITIES:
MUSIC, ART, DRAMA & STORYTELLING
Collaboratively learn bilingual songs; play interactive games/sports in English and Spanish; and design picture-dictionary vocabulary activities.
BUILD ENGLISH LANGUAGE FLUENCY
Support English fluency by collaboratively writing song lyrics and stories, creating art and more!
““For everyone, everywhere, literacy is, along with education in general, a basic human right...
Literacy is, finally, the road to human progress and the means through which
every man, woman and child can realize his or her full potential.”
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