GoBeyond Student Travel

"Lifeworks" redirects here. For the American consulting company in the early 1990s, see Richard Thieme.

GoBeyond Student Travel is an organization which offers community service based adventure programs during the Northern Hemisphere summertime to teenagers. Programs are run in the British Virgin Islands, Ecuador and the Galapagos, Thailand, China, Costa Rica, India, Peru and Australia.

GoBeyond Student Travel

Formerly	Lifeworks International
Company type	Private
Industry	Service Learning Organization
Founded	2003
Founders	Jim Stoll Mike Meighan
Headquarters	Sarasota, Florida , United States
Area served	Worldwide
Parent	Global Expeditions Group
Website	https://www.gobeyondtravel.com

History

GoBeyond grew from the experience of its sister institutions, ActionQuest and Seamester, with a decided aim on global community service. After the events of September 11, 2001, ActionQuest decided to develop a program aimed at service, which became GoBeyond Student Travel.^[1]

GoBeyond ran its first programs in 2003 in the British Virgin Islands, Australia, and the Galapagos. In 2004, GoBeyond Thailand began, and in 2005, GoBeyond China and Costa Rica began.^[2] In 2010, GoBeyond expanded offerings to India and Peru.

Affiliates

• China Care Foundation
• Virgin Island Search and Rescue (VISAR)www.visar.org ^[3]
• BVI Conservation and Fisheries Department
• The Darwin Initiative
• BVI National Parks Trust
• The Fundacion Humanitaria
• The Galapagos National Parks Trust
• Charles Darwin Foundation
• The Duang Prateep Foundation
• Australian Red Cross
• Association of Reef Keepers (ARK)