HEFY (now HumanitarianXP) is a wonderful program and was the originator of humanitarian-type trips for Latter-day Saint youth many years ago. They look to offer uplifting service-focused opportunities to large groups of youth.
With TFY, we didn’t set out to create a humanitarian experience program. Those kinds of organizations, like HumanitarianXP, already existed and were doing a great job. We set out to create a unique and powerful travel experience that would build youth and ignite lasting social change.
While some aspects may appear similar, from the root up, we’ve been building something quite unique.
Travel For Youth’s main goal is to create a generation of life-long humanitarians and social change-makers. Because of this, we build our trips around opportunities to increase your cultural understanding and empathy, spend time with the locals, appreciate the unique beauty and adventures of the host country, all while getting proximate to important social causes that desperately need your attention.
Our Travel For Youth trips give the very best mix of cultural immersion, adventure/excursions, and social impact.
For our social cause, the goal is not a one-time service project, but an experience that inspires a life of involvement in humanitarian work and social impact. Instead of the standard building project, we focus each destination on a different social issue.
These causes include things like anti-human trafficking, refugee relief, girls and education, womens’ empowerment, access to clean water, ocean reef restoration, etc. We spend a minimum of 3 days on each trip immersing you and getting you involved in that cause and then empowering you to know how you can get more involved after you return home. You will work hard, see the problem first-hand, and learn how to create lasting impact and change.