Raleigh International
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Raleigh International is a London, UK based Youth development organisation that aims to help people of all backgrounds and nationalities to discover their full potential.
This is primarily done through a 3 month expedition to a foreign country, with past countries including Chile, Costa Rica & Nicaragua, Ghana, Namibia, Malaysia, and Fiji.
The expeditions themselves generally comprise three parts (Adventure, Environment and Community), each lasting about three weeks, with the expedition as a whole lasting about three months.
[edit] History
Initially a four year project under the name of Operation Raleigh (1984-1988), it was a followup to the successful Operation Drake, and included 4,000 volunteers and 1,500+ plus staff using ship-based expeditions. As the intiative flourished, it was decided that it should become permanent, and the expeditions migrate to being land based.
In 1992, following the increased number of international volunteers the venture was renamed to Raleigh International with a continued organisational focus on youth development.
