GW Students Serve During Alternative Spring Break

GW students traveled to six locations in March as far as Costa Rica and Ecuador to engage in service as part of the GW Alternative Breaks Program.

A group in Washington, D.C., learned more about sexual health and domestic violence, while their peers in New Orleans built houses with Habitat for Humanity. Students traveled to New York City to serve the homeless population and students in Kanab, Utah, spent the week building fences and socializing with dogs at Best Friends Animal Society.

Groups in Costa Rica learned about sustainable development, and in Ecuador, students focused on community development.

_GW students paint a house in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans while volunteering with Habitat for Humanity. (Photo: Gabriela Whonder)

_GW students explored the national parks in southern Utah with a dog from Best Friends Animal Society the group socialized during the week. (Photo: Thomas de Lima)

Students in New Orleans worked to help rebuild storm-ravaged communities. (Photo courtesy Jordan Coggins.)

Students Bethany DeZolt (left) and Isabella Luizzi work with a dog at Best Friends Animal Society in Kanab, Utah, where they helped build fences and socialize animals, while learning about animal advocacy. (Photo: Thomas de Lima)