Service trips are non-credit bearing experiences. The listed prices include all the costs with an estimated rate for flights. These trips are eligible for tax-deductible fundraising.
Please contact individual trip leaders for details.
Dominican Republic
$2,500
TBD
Intercultural & Global Office and School of Teacher Education
*This is a service trip, with no academic credit
Geared specifically towards IWU students with a major or interest in education for children with exceptional needs, this group will travel to Genesis Centro Especial, a school in Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic. Facilitated by Students International missions organization, the experience allows you to serve as an aid in classrooms with students ages 5-21 with a range of disabilities, from mild to profound. The only school of its kind in Jarabacoa, Genesis offers not only education to students, but also support for parents, community-based instructions, small class sizes, and a wealth of opportunities for all involved to engage with, learn from, and grow with students, parents, families, teachers, and administration. IWU students who participate will find themselves challenged to grow in new and exciting ways.
Check out more information about Genesis and our host organization, Students International.
Eastern Europe
$2,500
TBD
Global Engagement Office
*This is a service trip, with no academic credit
Shadow Global Partners missionaries with their ongoing work in this region of Eastern Europe. Student team members will assist in community development efforts, participate in English tutoring sessions, and explore coffee as an avenue for relationship formation. This trip is also an opportunity to network with and learn from people engaged in long-term ministry outside their native countries.
Also sponsored by: Global Partners
Russia
$2,950
TBD
Intercultural & Global Office
*This is a service trip, with no academic credit
In partnership with Global Partners, travel to Russia to help run a summer camp for local children. This camp is part of existing community development efforts on the part of local leaders. The focus will be on developing relationships with the camp attendees and learning from local leadership about community work in a Russian context. Then, the trip will end with a day of touring in Moscow.
Sponsored by: Global Partners
Zambia
$4,200
TBD
Intercultural & Global Office
*This is a service trip, with no academic credit
IWU choirs will minister through choral performances throughout Zambia, special events designed by the local church, and personal interactions within compounds in the city of Choma. In addition, music therapy majors will use music to minister to children, adolescents, adults and the elderly with physical, emotional, cognitive, social, and spiritual needs. This team will serve, love, minister and pray for individuals at local hospitals and treatment centers as well as our partner ministries and churches.
Also sponsored by: Poetice International
Zambia
$4,100 - $4,300 (est.)
July 12-23, 2025
Division of Music+Theatre
*This is a service trip, with no academic credit.
Students will participate in the 2025 Poetice Missions Retreat in Choma, Zambia. In addition to growing spiritually through missions and discipleship training, they will have the opportunity to use music to minister to children, adolescents, adults and the elderly with physical, emotional, cognitive, social, and spiritual needs. This team will serve, love, minister and pray for individuals in local hospitals, treatment centers, and communities while developing skills needed for future work as music therapists and music ministers.
Also sponsored by: Poetice
*Students are encouraged to raise money for the trip but must follow IWU fundraising guidelines. Please contact your faculty leader for more information.
