Directors: Jim Stoll, Mike Meighan

Description: Service-learning travel programs for teens 14-19, combining community service projects with cultural exposure & outdoor adventure activities. Participants work in collaboration with established local, national & international service organizations. Lifeworks India focuses on the transplanted Tibetan refugees in Dharamsala, home of the Dalai Lama. Learn about Tibetan culture, travel & explore India, & work w/ childcare & medical foundations to aid the community.

• Camp size:
  16
• Cost, 1 week:
  $1000
• Founded:
  1986
• Gender:
  C
• Maximum age:
  19
• Minimum age:
  14
• Nearest city:
  Dharamsala

• Dates & Rates

  Season opens:

  24-Jun-09

  Season closes:

  21-Jul-09

  Activities

  • Tibetan cultural education
  • cooking
  • dancing
  • cultural immersion
  • working with local children
  • community education project
  • team building
  • community service
  • land excursions
  • leadership training
  • hiking the Himalayan Mountain Range
  • exploring India
  • visiting the Taj Mahal and India's largest Mosque