Academic institutions and community organizations wishing to implement an educational experience abroad for a minimum of ten students can participate in one of our projects in either Guatemala, Ecuador, Honduras, Bolivia, Costa Rica, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Benin. This program has two parts:      1. Groups of high school students or community organizations   »» more information      2. Groups of students at the post-secondary level   »» more information Destinations offered: Guatemala, Honduras, Bolivia, Ecuador, Costa Rica, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Benin Program Objectives: In a time of globalization, we live in a world where the meeting of different cultures is an increasingly common occurence in our everyday lives. This cross-cultural and educational experience offered to your students by HorizonCosmopolite, aims to: Enable students to develop the knowledge and experience needed to grow in an interdependent world. This program fosters the development of essential tools needed in order to become agents of change. This international experience with HorizonCosmopolite allows for the development of responsible citizens who are open to the world and who engage in the progress of a just, harmonious, and environmentally respectful society. Specific objectives:The program allows participants to reach the following objectives: Acquire life experience within a community where the culture, values, and customs are different than our own. Understand the world in which we live and better understand our own culture. Develop and strenghten new skills: leadership, autonomy, resourcefulness, sense of responsibility, cross-cultural relations, ability to live and work in a group, communication, adaptability, problem solving, critical and creative thinking. Learn a new language. Volunteer in a local and/or international cooperation project. Acquire knowledge and a different view of one's field of study (groups in a post-secondary level). Achieving these objectives can add value to a specific academic program. However, with its non-formal educational methods, it also promotes a learning experience that is complementary to our traditional educational learning model.