Support the World Scholars Program (WSP) 2025 Kenya Experience

Launching February 17 – June 13 | Goal: $100,000

 

For over 10 years, the World Scholars Program (WSP) has empowered young leaders through immersive global experiences. In June 2025, our scholars will travel to Kenya, engaging in cultural exchange, service learning, and personal growth opportunities.

 

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Service Learning

 

 

 

 

The service-learning projects encompassed a diverse range of community engagement initiatives across multiple regions. In Gemena, students purchased and distributed flip-flops to local youth before visiting a Mayan school in the Yucatán to donate school supplies. Collaborating with renowned Haitian-American artist Charles Phillippe Jean-Pierre, they painted a large mural in the Black community of Colón. Other efforts included donating school supplies, painting a local playground, and revitalizing the interiors of Indigenous Mayan homes and a school. Additionally, students took part in Rwanda’s monthly Umuganda community clean-up activities.

 

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Our Global Footprint: Countries We’ve Explored

WSP has provided ITAV LA students with global learning experiences, taking them to destinations such as Brazil, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mexico’s Yucatán region, South Africa, the Dominican Republic, Panama, Cuba, Ghana, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Rwanda.

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ON THE WAY HOME FROM THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AT VLA, WHEN MY HUSBAND ASKED JOCELYN HOW WAS HER DAY, SHE EXCLAIMED, “IT WAS AMAZING!”  HER TRANSITION FROM THE ONLY SCHOOL SHE HAS EVER KNOWN TO VLA HAS BEEN SEAMLESS. SHE LOVES HER TEACHERS AND HER NEW FRIENDS. 

ITAV’s teachers are truly a third parent in raising our kids and an essential part of our family! We not only lean on them for childcare, we turn to them for emotional support as parents, laughs after a stressful day at work, and honest feedback about what our kids need that we might be missing.

My toddler’s face lights up with excitement every time we are approaching his school.  It gives me a great sense of comfort knowing that he is in great hands while I am away from him.

Talina Parker
Parent of Student
Village Leadership Academy
Jessica & Robert
Clinical Psychologist, CPS Teacher
ITAV Parents
Lameeka H.
ITAV Parent
it takes a village