FLYTE sent 12 students from the International Club at Anacostia High School to Cuba, where they learned about agriculture at an organic farm, studied Cuban art, and took salsa dancing classes.
Volterre donates 5% of proceeds to FLYTE, the Foundation for Learning and Youth Travel Education, which provides funding, support, and educational trips to promising students in underresourced school districts.
The months I spent studying abroad in Paris and interning in Bangkok expanded my mind in a major way by exposing me to new cultures, perspectives, and experiences. I wanted to help make that experience possible for students who aren’t as lucky to have privileges like private university abroad programs and parents who pay for college + prep school (thanks mom and dad).
I was so excited to find FLYTE because it does exactly that:
FLYTE trips range from studying ecology in Costa Rica, language in Spain, or even seeing D-Day beaches firsthand. Every cent of FLYTE donations go toward educational trips, as overhead costs are generously covered by FLYTE's founder, travel blogger Nomadic Matt.
Though travel has been put on hold due to COVID-19, FLYTE is actively planning new experiences for 2021 and supporting partner schools with on safe fall 2020 back-to-school efforts.
in 2016, FLYTE partnered with Anacostia High School. Anacostia teacher Katherine Avila explained, "most students’ personal goals are limited to a range of about five years ... as a result of their circumstances. For many of my students, traveling abroad alongside their peers and teachers is somewhat of an unreachable dream.”