Turning lives of the participants around:
- Involves practical work in a developing country
- The overseas component broadens their horizons
- Develops team-working skills through preparing and fundraising
- Gives an opportunity to find new and positive ways to engage with life
- Gives a new perspective on life
- Helps participants find value and worth in themselves
- Helps them discover new ways of behaviour, and new approaches to life
- Increases personal resilience
- Provides opportunities for peer group work e.g. work alongside street kids to improve community facilities.
- Provides opportunities to learn from each others’ experiences in a positive way