Alaska | Carpentry with lumber and power tools. Home renovations, build community structures, and also run a small day camp for local kids. | Live in a school in small Athabascan village. Traditional steam baths, local lore from elders, fishing with community friends, beading, and native crafts. | Overnight backpacking, ice climbing, hikes, Alaskan wildlife, canoeing, visit to popular tourist town of McCarthy. |
British Virgin Islands | Carpentry with lumber and power tools. Build community structures and do home renovations, along with environmental projects and some work with kids. | Live in a community center in neighborhood overlooking the sea. Carnival festivities, Caribbean cooking lessons, Rasta guest speaker, steel drum lessons. | SCUBA diving, snorkeling, swimming, hiking, exploring Road Town & island of Virgin Gorda. |
Dominican Republic | Masonry construction with cinder-block and mortar. Build schools, community centers, and homes in urban neighborhoods. Run day camp for local children. | Live in a rented home in lively Dominican neighborhood. Colonial Zone history tour, artisan markets, dance lessons, baseball games, daily Spanish speaking. | Weekend in Dominican Alps, beach time, swimming, cave tour, city excursions, discotheque night. |
Galapagos | Permaculture farming and carpentry. Plant fruit trees and other crops and build tent platforms. Clean up plastic from local beaches and volunteer at a nearby school. | Live on a permaculture farm in the highlands of Santa Cruz Island. Artisan workshops, dance lessons, daily Spanish speaking. | Excursions to Floreana and North Seymour Islands, hikes on Santa Cruz, Quito Colonial Zone, snorkeling. |
Guadeloupe | Carpentry with lumber and power tools. Improve school facilities and community parks, environmental projects, trail work, and run day camp for local children. | Live in a community center in island town. Day stays with families, island history tour, Zouk and Gwoka dancing and drumming, cooking lessons, daily French speaking. | Day trip on Basse-Terre island, volcano hike, visit Grand Marché, snorkeling, swimming, island hikes, ferry rides. |
Montana Blackfeet | Carpentry with lumber and power tools. Build playgrounds and community structures, major home renovations for elders, some environmental projects. | Live at a ranch outside town of Browning. Pow wow with dancing and drumming, sweat lodge, guest speakers, teepees at the Sundance, native crafts with artisans. | Overnight backpacking trip, Glacier Park visits, horseback riding, lake swimming, Rocky Mountain wildlife. |
Montana Northern Cheyenne | Carpentry with lumber and power tools. Build community structures, playgrounds, handicap ramps, serve meals at Senior Center, and run day camp for kids. | Live in a school in reservation town of Lame Deer. Pow wow with dancing and drumming, sweat lodge, interviews with elders, buffalo herds, visit Big Horn Battlefield. | Overnight camping trip, horseback riding, day hikes, native plants, river swimming, rural county fair, mining town of Colstrip. |
Peru | Masonry construction with cinder-block or adobe and mortar. Build new schools and additions to existing schools, along with large irrigation projects with rural farmers. | Live in a rented home in a small town in Sacred Valley. Day stays with families, outdoor food markets, artisan workshops, cooking lessons, daily Spanish speaking. | Weekend at Machu Picchu, scenic hikes to ruins and sites, visits to Cuzco, Plaza de Armas, Maras salt mines. |