Travel for Teens: Sicily Community Service

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Travel for Teens offers a fun and authentic travel experience for teens that goes beyond merely sight-seeing and bus tours. With native trip leaders to guide groups through host countries, Travel for Teens offers unparalleled access to the world of teen travel. Trips feature choices in activities and isn’t bound to rigid schedules which enriches each individual experience. Programs provide for every taste and interest.

To get the most out of the traveling experience, Travel for Teens requires little to no bus time and stays in authentic hotels or homestays and avoids bland chain hotels. Immersion into the culture is a top priority for each trip and maximizes the experience. Travel for Teens hopes to make tour members more competent, confident and prepared for a world outside of their comfort zone

Trip Description

Sicily combines sun, fresh food, natural beauty, and enough history, art and architecture to satisfy even the most accomplished traveler. The project site is a farming estate constructed over 200 years ago and located in the midst of vineyards and fruit orchards on the foothills of Mt. Etna. The estate is being converted for use as an accommodation and cultural center for those in need from the lower-income areas of nearby Catania. Work on various projects involves the renovation and improvement of the property, both indoors and out.
In addition to our service project, travelers will also take day trips to explore the treasures of Sicily. Journey to the Valley of the Temples in Agrigento to admire some of the best preserved Greek temples in world, check out the unique Greco-Roman heritage of Syracuse, hit the beaches at the nature reserve in Vendicari, and trek up the massive volcano, Mt. Etna. This trip offers intimate contact with Sicily’s people and land, and has routinely provided a life-changing experience for all involved.
* Participants will be awarded with a certificate for 40 hours of community service work at the end of the summer

Staff Overview

All staff members undergo extensive interviewing, training, and ongoing evaluation. All counselors are certified in first-aid and CPR. Very few new staff are hired each year due to high retention rate. Trip leaders do not lead a trip without prior experience as a TFT counselor. With few exceptions, students are fully supervised on all of our journeys. Most staff members have lived in the countries they are leading each trip in and are able to offer deeper insights into the culture and lifestyle.

Setting & Accommodations

This service trip offers an entirely unique home stay experience – the entire group, together with our counselors, stay at a Sicilian family’s estate, in TFT living quarters, allowing unparalleled insider access to the rich Sicilian culture.

Safety Standards

Travelers are under staff supervision at all times except select hour to hour and a half shopping trips. While on the mountains professionals supervise and teach correct technique to avoid injury. Travel for teens analyzes every aspect and detail of each trip and goes over contingency plans and emergency numbers for each country. Each site and hotel is visited and approved before bringing a group and first aid kits are always on hand. English-speaking doctors are on hand most of the time, but when they are not the bilingual staff act as interpreters.