The yTravel Philosophy

The Earth is our classroom. Its inhabitants are our teachers. You and I are its pupils, hungry for the lesson.

Your yTravel experience designed by Bernie Kelly, Founder of yLead, is likely to be the greatest personal growth experience you are ever to encounter. It is meant to challenge you. If it does not shift the way you see the world, then the experience has failed to meet its purpose. You will learn things about yourself that you did not know. Many of the perceptions and values you once held so dearly will be confronted. Expect change and growth!

yTravel is a 'Top 20 Moment of a Lifetime'

You will conquer challenges that will unveil your unrealised potential to achieve extraordinary results. Challenges like ascending Kilimanjaro or trekking to Everest Base Camp during which you will say, "I wish I hadn't started", but after which you will be empowered to take on so many more!

yTravel is a 'Unique Cultural Experience'

yTravel does not just visit another country. You experience that country. You live with the teachers of Mandela Primary in Moshi. You teach the students of Khagendra New Life Special Education in Nepal or St Judes in Tanzania. They teach you. These experiences ask you to temporarily shelve your own values and beliefs and immerse yourself in those of another culture.

yTravel is 'Compassionate Service to Others'

In yTravel you are both the receiver and the giver. You will give your time, labour and knowledge to those less fortunate. For many participants the lunch shared with the child they have sponsored into secondary school is their highlight, for they realise that they have left a legacy from which another will benefit for many years.

yTravel is for the 'Young at Heart'

yTravel is for those who love to learn, grow and be a better person tomorrow than they are today. It is for those who love to serve people and discover different ways of connecting with the human race. It is for those who know that to enhance the esteem of another is the most wonderful gift they can give. It is for those who know that every person, regardless of race, religion or economic status, has a story from which we can learn. It is values and principles like these that yTravel embraces, injects and empowers.

As a result, yTravel is for the student eager to explore their world. It is for the ‘young at heart', who yearns to be a more potent human being. It is for the explorer, the teacher and the pupil. It is for anyone who loves life fully!