I have been very fortunate in my life and in 1984 I was inspired by my wife to give something back to the community. Funded by my company, ISA, I founded a small charity to offer people the chance to embark on an experience that could change their perspective on life.
Travelling, my own passion became the first focus of the charity, as I understood its ability to expand people’s horizons, both physically and emotionally
By Nathalie Mares
In the summer of 2010 Nathalie Mares decided to spend part of her gap year in Israel. She soon became fascinated by all aspects of the country’s cultural, social and political life.
By Robin Baddeley
Robin Baddeley spent 8 weeks working in paediatric A&E and the intensive general paediatric ward at the Otto Heubner Centre for Paediatrics at the Charite hospital in
Berlin, Germany in 2009.
“The three months that I spent working in Ibarra, Ecuador, have contained undoubtedly the craziest, shortest, most challenging and eye-opening experiences that I could never have imagined before I left. Working here [in Ecuador] I have learnt so much more about the language, the culture and the realities of development work in Latin America that I think it will be a long time before I've really absorbed everything!”
Elizabeth Parker, University of Edinburgh, 2006