Director of Outreach & Leadership, Roots & Shoots, Jane Goodall Institute
Hans Cole

Global Explorers does an amazing job of facilitating a rich and complete experience.

Why Global Explorers?
We chose Global Explorers for a multitude of reasons, from the incredible staff, to the exciting travel destinations, to the level of experience/safety that the organization offers—but, perhaps the two most important reasons in my mind are the depth of the program’s content and the flexibility of the program staff to meet our needs. Global Explorer’s focus areas of service leadership, conservation biology and cultural studies mesh perfectly with our youth organization’s mission and goals. Further, we felt confident that Global Explorers would not simply pay lip service to these topics, but instead delve as deep as the youth participants were able to go. I also appreciate a program that thinks beyond the peak experience of the trip—preparation and follow-up are necessary if you want to see a real impact. On flexibility, Global Explorers went out of their way to develop a program that met our special needs—we wanted to focus heavily on youth l