A pillar of our mission is to prepare and equip students to engage in the challenges of the world. Once students enter college – sometimes even before – they begin to explore the questions of what courses they want to take, what major they want to focus on, and what degree they want to walk away with. Students spend hours considering what careers, passions, internships, fields to pursue, and how their studies and degrees might help them get there.

Jungle Kids for Christ (JKC), is a mission organization that works in the Amazon Jungle region of Ecuador. They have a couple of different branches that they work with, but the main area being their school.

The Colegio Leonardo Ponce Pozo (CLPP), is a private school in Quito, Ecuador that helps provide an excellent education for students with physical and mental disabilities at a relatively affordable price.

Naomi knew other nursing students from her university who had traveled abroad with Living & Learning, so when the opportunity came for her cohort to travel to Spain, there was no question in her mind to do anything else.

In March of 2024, a group of 12 engineering students and two engineering faculty from Anderson University traveled to Misahaullí, Ecuador to partner with Jungle Kids for Christ on their Antioch Christian Academy (ACA) campus to develop a backup water supply system.

This trip provided students with an amazing opportunity to apply engineering processes and tools to a real-world project, work with external clients, and grow in cross-cultural understanding. Most importantly, students were able to glorify God in their work and to be the hands and feet of Jesus as they loved their neighbor as themselves.

Our Experiential Tours Department organized two events in Quito, Ecuador. The first event was an in-person training for current and future hosts who lead our short-term tours. The second event was a partner appreciation dinner for all the organizations that come alongside us to provide incredible hands-on experience for the students and professors participating in one or more of our Living & Learning offerings.

We love our current staff and we are so excited to welcome new members to the team! Check out who’s new and get to know all our staff on our Meet the Team page.