Volunteer Abroad
Visiting a country for service learning proves to be a life changing experience for many who participate. This is an opportunity to participate in meaningful work that meets local needs while developing a deeper understanding of challenges facing the world.
“I have been doing service trips for while now but this was my first out of the country. This week was truly life changing and eye opening. The ILI Travel organization is one of the best I have worked with. The locals who work with you throughout the week are truly amazing.”
Hailey Wreath
Volunteer Travel Programs
Teaching in the Dominican Republic
This is not a passive service trip—students will be active participants in the daily life of a local school, leading lessons, engaging in recreational activities, and forming personal connections with the children and educators.
Internships & Gap Years in the Dominican Republic
Step beyond the classroom and into real-world, community-based learning. Our internship programs offer participants the opportunity to contribute meaningfully while gaining practical, cross-cultural experience through customized placements
Leadership Trips Earn College Credit
Being accepted into this program is for talented students who want to make an ongoing partnership with a community in which children live in extreme poverty. Earn college credit in the Sociology of Crossing Cultures
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ILI Travel works with schools and teachers, professors and colleges, Girl Scouts, non-profit leaders, and many others in service learning projects at home and abroad. Traveling to another country for service learning can be a life-altering experience; many volunteers never look at the world the same way again. We work closely with non-profit organizations in the Dominican Republic to ensure that our work furthers their needs for empowerment and sustainability. Working with groups from around the country, ILI offers a number of trip opportunities and formats to choose from, including:
Volunteer Trips
Social Impact Trips
- Holocaust Studies & Jewish resilience
- Leadership & Sports
- Law and Justice
- College Credit Leadership Trip
Internships
Change the Lives of Others — Along with Your Own
“The Dominican Republic trip was the BEST week of my life!” exclaimed Emily, a student from Montgomery County. That’s why high school teachers are running similar volunteer service programs overseas, as teens are finding that they are growing from their volunteer work abroad in ways they couldn’t have imagined otherwise. In fact, one of our teachers who is running a similar international trip next summer saw 22% of their students returning from one year to the next. We work with groups from around the country.
We partner with schools and colleges for service trips as well as families and individuals for internships abroad to create meaningful, life-changing travel experiences and internships that go far beyond tourism. Our programs are designed to foster personal growth, cross-cultural understanding, and real-world impact. Whether students are participating in a service-learning trip, teaching in a classroom, interning in a healthcare setting, or working with local youth programs, they return home with greater confidence, purpose, and a deeper global perspective. These experiences are carefully structured to ensure safety, cultural sensitivity, and genuine connection—giving families peace of mind while opening the door to transformative growth.
“Life changing experience through ILI, everything about my trip was well organized. While helping a community everyone was kept safe, well fed, and taken care of which isn’t easy to do with such a large group. I would definitely recommend joining an ILI trip if you have the chance to! It’s something you won’t regret and it will change your life. 10/10”
Ethan Torri
Our Core Values
All programs are based on the following core values:
- Paying Fair Trade Wages on our Volunteer Service Programs
- Supporting local developmental groups by working on issues based on locally identified needs
- Economic sustainability
- Educational sustainability
- Environmental sustainability
Are you looking for teen trips abroad for your students? We send youth groups of 12-50+ students to support local communities on locally-identified needs through our various volunteer service programs. Are you looking for service trips for college students, or are you looking to combine service with a social justice tour of nonprofits in the country while learning more about their mission? We have voluntary service/social justice programs for colleges and universities. Are you looking for a philanthropic service learning program for your YMCA, Girl Scout troop, Boy Scout troop, or other youth community organization? If so, our volunteer service programs can integrate the values of your organization into an international service learning opportunity for a true cultural exchange. Are you looking for a non-religious mission trip? We can provide service learning for your interfaith group through our volunteer service programs.
“ILI travel is doing amazing things! We are so proud to have our daughter be a part of a life changing trip! She was humbled to have the opportunity to help build a playground for a group of school children in Cabarete, Puerta Plata DR and help with a mural and basketball court. Most importantly she experiences a community with Dr Hall, his family and all of the ILI travel team!”
Miley Bryson
Supporting the Local Economy
During our service trips, we act as guests in the countries we visit, joining in service in ways that leave a behind a positive impact. We bring students to collaborate with philanthropic groups in these countries because we are committed to supporting communities according to their needs. We stay in locally-owned hotels and eat in locally-owned restaurants, because we believe in directly investing our money in the communities we serve.
Providing Trips All-Year Round
We offer service learning throughout the year, though summer trips are in highest demand. In our programs, students have the opportunity to do everything from running summer camps and painting schools to working with children living in extreme poverty and teaching English. Through the totality of the efforts of all of our groups, we collectively work to transform a community.
Start Your Volunteer Service Program Today!
ILI Travel is proud to work with groups from local communities. Are you ready to begin planning the experience of a lifetime? Reach out to us today!
