At Freepackers, we place great importance on transparency, which is why we explain here how programs are selected to suit you 100%. Our goal is to offer missions tailored to your skills, values, and aspirations. Since every person is unique, so are our proposals: our programs are not chosen at random but are based on specific criteria, which we detail in this article.
Before outlining the specific criteria for selecting a program, let’s explore why we favor this approach. Customizing program selection is a deliberate choice: our team aims to offer an alternative educational model through cultural immersion and hands-on experience. We have developed a personalized selection process to ensure that everyone finds the learning experience that suits them best.
A personalized selection offers several benefits:
By guiding you toward a suitable project, we ensure a rewarding and motivating experience that aligns with your personal and professional goals.
Taking the time to understand each profile helps reduce the risk of misunderstandings or disappointments for both NGOs and participants. This allows host organizations to work with committed and enthusiastic volunteers, while participants enjoy a positive and meaningful experience.
All Freepackers programs actively contribute to projects with real impact. By offering you a personalized program, you can take part in a project aligned with your values and interests, whether it’s ecology, social development, or human rights advocacy.
This is how we build strong partnerships, ensuring every candidate a successful immersion in projects they are passionate about.
We invite you to discover how program selection is based on in-depth conversations and a genuine understanding of each participant, going far beyond their academic background. Here are the criteria we consider to guide you toward the project that truly suits you.
We don’t limit ourselves to your degrees or years of study: every experience, even beyond academic training, is valued. Whether you have experience in volunteering, work, or skills developed through personal projects, we take all this into account to select the program best suited to your profile. These elements help us identify missions where you can leverage and grow your skills while making a real impact.
Through a phone interview, we gain a deeper understanding of your personal and professional goals. Perhaps you want to contribute to an environmental protection project, work with children, or get involved in a community development program? Our role is to identify your objectives and recommend a mission that aligns with your life plans and career outlook.
At Freepackers, we also consider your values and what drives your commitment. Two students from the same school might be guided toward entirely different programs. Whether you are passionate about ecology, dedicated to social justice, or motivated by learning a new language, we guide you toward projects that align with your principles. Our goal is to ensure that the on-ground experience resonates with what inspires and motivates you.
One key factor in selecting the right programs for you is our in-depth knowledge of the projects themselves. Our teams visit the sites to conduct audits, understand the realities on the ground, and ensure the impact and safety of the missions offered. This way, program selection guarantees that the projects address real local needs while matching the appropriate skills to meet those needs.
The programs we offer result from close and lasting collaboration with our local partners. This co-construction allows us to design missions that address the specific needs of host communities while meeting the aspirations and expectations of our participants. By joining these projects, you are guaranteed to contribute to meaningful initiatives rooted in local realities and designed to create lasting impact.
Freepackers regularly travels to project locations to evaluate initiatives and strengthen ties with local teams. These visits enable us to gain an in-depth understanding of each mission, the local culture, and the specific challenges faced by our partners. This immersion allows us to select reliable, well-organized projects with high-impact potential while identifying the participant profiles best suited for these environments. In this way, we ensure that every participant is thoroughly prepared for a rich and rewarding experience.
Thanks to our in-depth understanding of the programs, Freepackers can recommend the project best suited to each participant’s profile. By analyzing the operations and outcomes of the missions, we identify those where students’ contributions will make a real difference. This level of preparation and insight helps maximize impact and satisfaction, offering missions aligned with your skills, your values and your personal and professional goals.
Our goal is to guide you in choosing the program that best combines all these criteria. Prioritizing a personalized selection offers significant advantages: it ensures better integration of participants into the program, their satisfaction as well as that of our partners, and allows you to contribute to projects that truly resonate with you. Finally, the criteria for program selection help us enhance everyone’s experience to achieve our shared goal: contributing to impactful projects that support the environment, animals, and local communities.
