GoBeyond Student Travel is an organization which offers community service based adventure programs during the Northern Hemisphere summertime to teenagers. Programs are run in the British Virgin Islands, Ecuador and the Galapagos, Thailand,

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, India, Peru and

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History

GoBeyond grew from the experience of its sister institutions,

ActionQuest ActionQuest is an organization which offers adventure programs for teenagers during the months of June, July and August. These programs include sail training, marine science, and SCUBA training courses in locations throughout the Caribbean, Austra ...

and Sea, mester, with a decided aim on global community service. After the events of September 11, 2001,

decided to develop a program aimed at service, which became GoBeyond Student Travel. GoBeyond ran its first programs in 2003 in the British Virgin Islands,

, and the Galapagos. In 2004, GoBeyond Thailand began, and in 2005, GoBeyond

and

began. In 2010, GoBeyond expanded offerings to India and Peru.

Affiliates

China Care Foundation China Care Foundation is a nonprofit organization that provides medical, social and educational programs for orphans with disabilities in China and gives college and high school students the opportunity to give back by fundraising and volunteerin ...

* Virgin Island Search and Rescue (VISAR)www.visar.org * BVI Conservation and Fisheries Department * The

Darwin Initiative The Darwin Initiative is a UK Government funding program that aims to assist countries with rich biodiversity but poor financial resources to meet their objectives under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD); the Convention on International T ...

* BVI National Parks Trust * The Fundacion Humanitaria * The Galapagos National Parks Trust * Charles Darwin Foundation * The Duang Prateep Foundation * Australian Red Cross * Association of Reef Keepers (ARK)

References

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External links

ActionQuest Global Programs

Seamester Global Programs

GoBeyond Global Programs

China Care Foundation

Virgin Island Search and Rescue
International development organizations Companies based in Florida