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Inspiring you to go further through cultural exchange.
If you're looking for work and travel programs that push you out of your comfort zone, allow you to experience jaw-dropping destinations, and build life-long friendships, then your journey starts here with Smaller Earth.
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Go further by working abroad.
By working abroad, you'll fully immerse yourself in diverse cultures, while contributing to the local economies through cultural exchange. Find out more about how you can work and travel abroad.
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From 17 international offices, we help thousands of people experience work and travel programs around the world. But it’s about more than just travel – it’s about cultural exchange, building connections, and inspiring people to go further, one life-changing journey at a time.
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FAQs
Smaller Earth is one of the leading work and travel providers in meaningful travel and cultural exchange.
We’re proud to send thousands of travellers abroad on life-changing adventures every year to travel and experience working abroad.
We're proud to be a global company offering the opportunity of meaningful travel and cultural exchange worldwide to our applicants, making these opportunities more accessible than ever before.
Cultural exchange builds bridges between cultures, destinations, and, most importantly, people.
Sharing ideas and approaches benefits anyone involved, including applicants on placements, through to the new communities they serve. For applicants, it’s the trip of a lifetime to understand a new area and how it goes about things. This more profound understanding of a different place helps shape people’s professional or personal approach to life. It encourages those participating to become global citizens who can display better empathy and understanding for those worldwide.
Yet, it goes broader and deeper than just one person. Each cultural exchange applicant will make an immeasurable impact on their travel area and the people they engage with there.
A great example of this is at summer camp. International staff from around the world work at camps, positively affecting many different groups. They contribute to the wider economy of the town, city or State where they reside. They work hard and provide much-needed staffing capacity to the summer camp families they have joined. Yet, most importantly, they can have a life-changing impact on the campers they serve. Not only will campers have a positive role model in a particular activity or on a specific day, but they’ll go away having positive interactions with people from around the world, which is a significant experience to take into adulthood.
Cultural exchange brings people together.
We believe that cultural exchange and travelling changes your life.
It broadens your horizons, changes your perspective, and helps you grow.
Everyone should travel, and it has the power to be truly meaningful. Finding that meaning is why we do what we do.
Working abroad allows you to experience a place on a deeper level. It challenges your perception, encourages cultural understanding and creates lasting friendships.
We’ve learnt first-hand that you connect with people, share values, and ultimately become more culturally aware by working in another country.
Work and travel shows you the world from a whole new perspective and we believe that revealing the bigger picture through cultural exchange is vital for all.