Freepackers’ ambition is to strengthen the connection between communities and their environment. Understanding others is the first step towards respect, tolerance and humanitarian values essential to the balance of today’s societies.
To promote travel with a purpose, a form of intercultural learning where everyone can have an active and engaging role.
We are neither a travel agent nor a traditional educator. We believe that experiencing and connecting with other cultures is just as important as academic learning. We connect people with educational projects, cultures, international experiences.
When you decide to come into contact with a local community and immerse yourself in it, learning the culture and languages takes on its full meaning. The partner schools and universities who entrust us with their students recognise the value of our experience and see our international projects as a complement to their teaching programmes.
The organisation Freepackers Travels, B Corp certified, promotes a global mindset by organising school trips, summer camps for teenagers, language immersion courses and cultural exchanges. We organise international programmes for educational, teaching and cultural purposes.
Freepackers Travels is registered in Barcelona – B67144766
Meanwhile, our Freepackers Care Association is a not-for-profit organisation that aims to increase access to humanitarian projects through awareness-raising initiatives, workshops, conferences, training courses, financial aid and vocational training. The goal of the Association is to create an inclusive model of humanitarian travel where everyone can find their place.
Freepackers Care is registered as a non profit in France (Narbonne) – Siret 851286070
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Créatrice et directrice de Freepackers + Realstep.
Coordinatrice projets internationaux
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Anaëlle, Amélie, and Maëlia are three adventurers who all share a passion for purpose-driven travel. Their goal: to pass on to as many people as possible what they experienced on missions beyond borders. They know the projects like the back of their hand and are here to reassure you, advise you, and encourage you to step out of your comfort zone.
Léa: a former Freepackers volunteer turned ambassador and comms champion! FAQs, blog articles, feedback… she’s here to inspire you and guide you as you prepare your project.
Noémie and Nicolas handle all the presentations, conferences, trainings, info sessions, and institutional partnerships with, among others, France Travail, numerous schools and universities, high schools, and organizations that promote international mobility.
Our technical team—the most senior and steadfast—includes Lara, graphic designer, Sylvain, web developer, and not to forget Frédéric and Elise, our SEO experts.
Justine, the founder of Freepackers, coordinates this whole crew!
We share our knowledge and expertise to foster exchange, learning, and transformation. For each of us, our career path, our view of the world, and even our lives have been shaped by the decision to go abroad. Providing access to mobility through inclusive projects is what motivates and inspires us every day. We’re proud of our work helping us all become better citizens through high-quality international educational experiences and impactful missions within everyone’s reach.
I created Freepackers in 2010 to encourage young people toward international mobility and to offer projects with purpose. I myself took two gap years for a round-the-world trip, Working Holiday visas (PVT), and international volunteering.
Throughout my career, I’ve been fortunate to bring together a wide range of reliable projects and to meet passionate people around the world. This personal development at the international level made me want to share my experience and make it accessible to as many people as possible.
Since 2020—a pivotal year that shook up our bearings—we’ve been working tirelessly to find funding solutions to make international mobility accessible to all. Among other initiatives, our Freepackers Care association was created with this goal in mind.
My journey by the numbers: 15 years in travel, 30 international volunteering projects, 2 round-the-world trips, 52 countries visited, 2 Erasmus exchanges.
We are delighted to announce that Freepackers and RealStep are B Corp certified companies!
B Corps are for-profit businesses that have based their business model on creating a more inclusive, equitable and sustainable economy for people and planet. This small but growing community is accelerating a global cultural shift to redefine success. The goal is to have a positive impact for all stakeholders, while meeting the highest standards of social and environmental performance, public transparency and legal accountability.
B Corp certification is one of the only certifications that focuses not on a product or service, but on the company as a whole, which helps consumers identify companies with a mission that matches their values.
As certified B Corps, Freepackers and Realstep are committed to :
We are incredibly proud of our B Corp certification and we owe it to all our partners and participants: this certification is as much your success as it is ours. Together, we can build a new model of inclusive and impactful travel for all!
