To further leadership skills by allowing students to experience the role of “servant-leader.”
To encourage students to examine the role of service to others in the global community.
To increase student awareness of the needs of individuals in underserved communities.
To help students develop the ability to live in a diverse group, and without familiar comforts, in order to learn the
cooperation and compromise that team building requires.
To promote in students, via cultural exchange, an investigation of what it means to be a global citizen in a modern world
with complex challenges.
To help students acquire knowledge and understanding of Philippine culture through both preliminary research and discussion
with community members of the service site.
To provide an experiential framework through which students are encouraged to reflect on their personal values, motivations, and
commitments as well as broader issues such as distributive justice.
To work in partnership with members of a community in need toward sustainable, holistic improvements that reflect the values of
the community served.