Sharing the World: Using Study Abroad to Enhance an On-Campus Service-Learning Project

The purpose of this paper is to illustrate use of a study abroad opportunity to support a service-learning experience. The study abroad component was a semester-long, multiple-country program in Central America and the service-learning project was an afterschool program for rural elementary and middle school students. Combining the two resulted in the opportunity to use the study abroad experience as a platform to share with the students the culture and issues facing others in the global community.