Transportation
All private transportation during the trip, including airport transfers, travel between accommodations, and transportation to all planned activities and partner sites.
Activities
All cultural and educational activities, including safaris, visits to historical and cultural sites, community engagement projects, administrative fees, honorariums for local speakers, and cost reimbursements for community partners who help facilitate activities.
Lodging and meals
Accommodations and meals are carefully chosen to support student well-being and align with the trip’s objectives.
Student to Student Exchange
We teach young people how to connect with others from vastly different contexts and tackle global issues together by incorporating peer-to-peer collaboration in each of our programs. We take pride in collaborating with universities in East Africa to help students in the U.S. and Africa connect as future leaders, advocates for change, and friends.
GLI program participants have the chance to meaningfully connect with global peers through hackathons, design sprints, weekend retreats, collaborative research, and social outings. Our peer exchanges bring valuable global exposure to African students who face significant visa and financial barriers to study abroad.
Program impact assessments
GLI administers pre- and post-trip surveys to assess how well programs meet their objectives. We provide partners with post-program reports summarizing student learning outcomes, testimonials, and feedback.
Risk management support
In an abundance of caution, GLI partners with an international security firm to ensure every student’s safety and security, and to ensure we comply with all safety requirements of our academic partners.
Full-service logistics support in Africa
All accommodations, meals, in-country transportation, and activities are arranged and supported by GLI.
Retreats and Workshops
We welcome group retreats, workshops, and classes. You are welcome to book a group stay at our center or reserve our main building space separately.
Public Health
This program familiarizes students with public health issues and interventions in Uganda and Rwanda, explores healthcare inequalities locally and globally, and engages students in critical discussions about foreign-funded health intervention.
Students meet with national and local health professionals and may engage in clinical practice, public health interventions, and research projects that complement their academic curricula.
Trips vary in length from 10 days (typically undergraduate) to 4 weeks (typically pre-med and medical students).
International Development
This program is designed to help students think critically about global development and understand best practices in community development.
Students connect with organizations and individuals to examine development impacts in urban and rural communities in Uganda and Rwanda, learn about global inequalities, and explore international power dynamics.
Students explore issues like poverty alleviation, agriculture, public health, and conservation. Trips vary in length but typically span 10-14 days.
