Partners That Matter

Travel Channel Media

Global Explorers partners with Travel Channel Media to give DC middle and high school students who don’t have the means, an open door to the possibility of catching the travel bug....and for these young students, it may be the bug that they catch for life. Travel Channel Media is a dedicated and trusted window on the world, bringing knowledge, insight and information to a community of people who want to experience their world and satisfy their curiosity. Travel Channel Media entertains the human urge to experience new things—to go, see and do.  Global Explorers brings that urge to life by providing life- changing immersion travel experiences for students and educators. This educational experience will emphasize Global Explorers core disciplines of conservation and sustainable development, leadership, service and cross-cultural awareness.  Students will also participate in a retreat at Travel Channel Media headquarters that teaches valuable digital media skills which students can utilize to extend their travel stories throughout their communities.

Interested in helping make travel a reality for students in financial need?  Has travel changed your life in profound ways?  Share with us by contacting
Jordan@globalexplorers.org.

Girl Scouts

We work with the Girl Scouts Destinations Program to provide international programming for girl leaders.  We help girls Discover, Connect and Take Action as they build their leadership skills, self-awareness and service commitments.  In addition, through the Girl Scouts Include All Girls Initiative, we plan to offer Leading the Way Girl Scout Programs beginning in 2010.

Roots & Shoots

Roots & Shoots, a program of the Jane Goodall Institute, is a youth-driven, global network of more than 8,000 groups in almost 100 countries.  The goals of the Roots & Shoots, Tanzania project that GEx is funding in 2007 are to provide 150 students and 6 teachers in 3 rural communities with skills, knowledge and practical approaches to help their communities conserve the surrounding Mt Kilimanjaro Forest Reserve.  Roots & Shoots plans to accomplish this by establishing a permanent 2 hectare field educational site adjacent to the reserve where they will host monthly field training sessions and create a tree nursery for native seedlings.  The monthly trainings will include teaching students how to build and use fuel efficient stoves, various water retention schemes and how tree nurseries can be used as alternatives to deforestation. 

Afar Foundation

Global Explorers and the Afar Foundation are working together to bring travel opportunities to low income students in New York City and San Francisco. The Afar Foundation is the philanthropic affiliate of Afar Media. Its mission is to promote cross-cultural exchange by sponsoring international travel and study for students who cannot otherwise afford to experience another part of the world. Greg Sullivan, Afar Media’s founder, has made the foundation the primary beneficiary of his estate. “At Afar Media we believe that travel can change lives for the better,” Sullivan says. “Not only does travel expand your understanding of the world, it also can increase your understanding of your place in the world.” The Afar Foundation-Global Explorer program starts with a yearlong classroom program designed to prepare students for the trip. Teachers take students through a structured curriculum that focuses on leadership, service, cultural tolerance, and conservation biology. The Afar Foundation-Global Explorer program, called Learning Afar, will initially work with two high schools in New York City and San Francisco, providing scholarships for five underserved students in each area to make group trips to Costa Rica for ten days in the spring of 2010. Students will be encouraged to document their travels through writing, photography, and videography, and to enter those materials in a contest sponsored by Afar Media. The Afar Foundation plans to expand its partnership with Global Explorers and consider similar programs after the completion of the pilot program.

Colorado Travel Health

Colorado Travel Health provides comprehensive and specialized preventative travel medicine advice for Global Explorers.  Expert travel advice, tailored to your exact itinerary and medical needs, is based on the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines.

CONAPAC

The Civil Association for Conservation of the Peruvian Amazon Environment (CONAPAC), is an NGO formed in July of 1990, in Iquitos, Peru, by a group of teachers, forestry engineers, and employees of the Travel Agency Exploraciones Amazonicas S.A. -Explorama Lodges.  Through CONAPAC’s Adopt-A-School Program, the organization provides educational materials and supplies for schools in rural Amazonia.

The Churchill Northern Studies Centre

Founded in 1976, the Churchill Northern Studies Centre is an independent, non-profit research and education facility located 23 km east of Churchill, Manitoba. Their mission is to:

• promote and facilitate northern research toward an understanding of the physical environment, social issues and economic development including sustainable resource development and use
• promote and facilitate university credit education and public interest educational opportunities
• promote and facilitate north/south understanding by providing a forum for dialogue on significant northern issues
• provide accommodation, logistical, and service support for independent researchers

Ensight Skills Center

Ensight’s mission is to provide clients with low vision the opportunity to enhance their life skills, independence and self-confidence in a safe environment through adaptive technology and training. Ensight provides an annual scholarship to a Colorado student interested in participating in our Leading the Way Programs.  To learn more, visit: www.ensightskills.org

Hear the World Initiative by Phonak

Hear the World, a global initiative by hearing system manufacturer Phonak, has combined forces with Global Explorers, to offer the first-ever Hear the World Expedition. The expedition will integrate students of mixed hearing abilities to raise awareness about hearing as a fundamental part of life that many take for granted.  In 2010, the Global Explorers Hear the World Expedition will embark on the learning adventure of a lifetime in the Peruvian Amazon.

To learn more, visit the Hear the World Expeditions.