Real Life has officially begun! This year we are serving 11 different sites with our life-skills after-school programming curriculum. We have traditionally served from November to May, but we have expanded programming at Cottonwood and West High Schools! These sites started…
Imagine walking around a place that makes you feel like you're discovering an ancient civilization right alongside Indiana Jones. That’s exactly what happens when you experience Youthlinc’s destination of the week: Angkor Wat, Cambodia. Considered one of the most important archaeological…
Youthlinc is excited to be launching three different expansion programs across Utah. Our office is located in Salt Lake City, but we don’t want this to be a deterrent for students in Southern Utah, Cache Valley or Utah County. Therefore,…
Community Health Our first Saturday we were able to hold a very successful health fair where the health committee taught a variety of health lessons. Families in need received muck boots and people were able to have their eyesight tested…
English Camp English Camp was a lot of fun as the 27 primary school students rotated through classes and games every day. Classes were taught on a variety of tips from animals and shapes, to health and hygiene, and how…
We have made so much progress since our last update! On vocational team we have taught the women how to make diapers, bags, head bands, zipper pouches, and skirts! It was incredible to see how fast the women picked it…
The first few days of our trip were all travel and it was exhausting! We finally got to our hotel around 3am (Madagascar time) on Sunday. We got about 3 hours of sleep, woke up the next morning and had…
Walking up the 149 stairs from the Amazon river into the village of Santa Isabel was exhausting yet heartwarming. The kind smiles, happy waves and shouts of "Buenos dias!", and jungle music made the climb easier and easier every…
Our team returned to Pacoxpon and Las Escobitas on Monday morning in high spirits. Throughout the week, we continued English camp in both communities. At the community center, the vocational committee led the women of Pacoxpon as they finished sewing…
July 13, 2016 The team had a very joyful day today. We all agree that yesterday was perfect, but somehow, today was even better. Working in the village is changing all of us for the better. The thing that made…