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Our mission is to create cross-cultural experiences that leave a positive footprint.
Surf for Life is a non-profit organization whose mission is to create cross-cultural experiences that leave a positive footprint. Through organizing and fundraising, Surf For Life creates the bridge between volunteers and international community partners to complete community-based projects.
As a Surf For Life volunteer, you are joining a collective of conscious travelers who are actively giving back while getting to know the local community first hand - creating memories that last a lifetime.
Connect with another culture. Participate in locally-led projects. Join the movement.
How it Works
Active Projects
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It is with great sadness that we report we are cancelling the Colombia trip due to the protests that turned violent this past weekend. While Santa Marta and the Carribean... Learn MoreCANCELLED | Colombia: Community Meeting Space
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia
Amount Raised$205Lives Impacted0 -
Minimum Fundraising Commitment: $2,500 including $150 non-refundable deposit Each week needs 5 volunteers to run the trip. El Paredón is a small rural fishing community and surfing paradise based in... Learn MoreGuatemala: Community Center
El Paredon, Guatemala
Amount Raised$10530Lives Impacted0 -
Minimum Fundraising Commitment: $2,500 including $150 non-refundable deposit Each week needs 5 volunteers to run the trip. The indigenous community of San Cristobal on Isla de San Cristobal is interested... Learn MoreBocas Del Toro, Panama: Hostel
Isla San Cristobal, Panama
Amount Raised$0Lives Impacted0 -
Minimum Fundraising Commitment: $2,800 including $325 non-refundable deposit Each week needs 5 volunteers to run the trip. This is SFL's second trip to Nepal Last year we helped with the... Learn MoreNepal 2020: Home for Children
Solukhumbu, Nepal
Amount Raised$0Lives Impacted0 -
Minimum Fundraising Commitment: $2,500 including $150 non-refundable deposit Each week needs 5 volunteers to run the trip. San Pancho is a picturesque, rural beach town just an hour’s drive north... Learn MoreMexico: Women's Center Renovation
San Pancho (aka San Francisco, Nayarit), Mexico
Amount Raised$0Lives Impacted0 -
To be the first to know when this trip is taking registrations, send us a note ! Minimum Fundraising Commitment: $2,500, including $350 non-refundable deposit Each week needs 5 volunteers... Learn MoreComing Soon! Tonga: Youth Center
Vava'u, Tonga
Amount Raised$0Lives Impacted0
COMPLETED PROJECTS
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The Las Salinas School Renovation Project included adding a new roof, knocking down a school wall, adding a new music room and supplying the music room with all the instruments...
Learn MoreLas Salinas School Renovation
Las Salinas, Nicaragua
Amount Raised$32771Lives Impacted298Date CompletedAug 2017 -
Surf For Life/Hope Corps volunteers and community members in the village of Utungake helped to build a functioning preschool in the community that will provide access to...
Learn MoreUtungake Preschool
Vava'u, Tonga
Amount Raised$48824.55Lives Impacted25Date CompletedSep 2017 -
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Learn MoreSabalo School Project
Quepos, Costa Rica
Amount Raised$64280.77Lives Impacted0Date CompletedDec 2017
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