Impact

Hispanic Heritage Month - A Remote Year celebration of cultures and communities

To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, we’re sharing personal stories from across our Remote Year community.

Remote Year Yugen - Building homes in Bogota

How Remote Year’s Yugen Program Raised $80,000 and Built 3 Homes in Bogota, Colombia

What positive impact could you make while traveling the world for 12-months? To celebrate our commitment to including at least 1 positive impact experience in each destination we visit, we are spotlighting one of the most prolific positive impact projects to date, the Remote Year Yugen Build. We hope that this incredibly successful initiative inspires our Remote Year Nation to effect positive change as we explore the world together and prepare for future journeys together.

Remote Nation Impact Stories: How One Airplane Ride Inspired Positive Change in Cape Town

While on Remote Year’s 12-month work + travel program, Heidi Liedtke and her Remote Year peers were instrumental in initiating a lasting partnership to support Emthonjeni, a local NGO that works with women and girls in Cape Town, South Africa.

Remote Nation Impact Stories: Working on the Road with Nonprofit Year Up

Currently in Guatemala on Remote Year’s 4-month Ochoa program, Marvin Balan shares how he creates impact while working remotely. Marvin is leveraging his Remote Year experience to build stronger connections with the young adults he serves.

Celebrating Pride through Worldly Experiences: Remote Year Sits Down with Two LGBTQ City Managers

Remote Year sits down with local experience managers in Mexico and Thailand to understand how they put the diverse program members top of mind when planning, specifically the LGBTQ community.

Our Continued Commitment to our LGBTQ+ Communities Around the World - How Remote Year is Celebrating PRIDE

VP of Brand, Product & Community, Tue Le, shares an update on Remote Years continued commitment program diversity, acceptance, and safety, within the LGBTQ+ community.

Beyond PRIDE: How Casa Frida in Mexico City Shelters Vulnerable LGBTQ+ Youth but Provides Remote Year Participants with a Life Changing Experience

To continue celebrating PRIDE month, we sat down with Casa Frida's Coordinator of Communications, Saúl Olvera, to learn more about the incredible impact this organization is having on the LGBTQ+ community of Mexico City.

Why Do People Want to Change the World?

Greg Caplan, Founder and CEO of Remote Year, shares his hopes for how the next societal shift could change the world in the first of our Founder's Posts.

To create a world we are proud of, we had to start with ourselves

A Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Update from Remote Year