is what we do.
Our Trips
Padma trips are service, education, and adventure expeditions that are transformational, fulfilling, and challenging. Our students grow and mature while engaging with new cultures, and learning from experienced trip leaders, local experts and community leaders.
Giving Back
Our service trips bring students to communities around the world to support Padma and partner-led projects. We emphasize mutual exchange—not saviorism. These communities do not need rescuing; our students have just as much to learn as they have to offer.
Projects are selected by local leaders to address gaps left by public services. Each must be vital, sustainable, and realistically achievable with international support. Students live in villages, work alongside community members, and immerse themselves in local culture while contributing meaningful effort.
Each trip ends with a multi-day adventure activity that is both fun and deepens students’ connection to the place and people they’ve come to know.
Explorations
Our adventure trips include location-specific activities to challenge and offer the chance to get a bit off more trodden tourist paths. They also focus on learning about the culture, current issues, and engaging with local professionals who work to give back to their communities and promote sustainable living and conservation practices. When not exploring local issues or learning from local role models and getting ideas for your own life path, there are adventure activities specific to each trip.
Who We Are
Padma Organization, founded in Park City, Utah, operates humanitarian and environmental projects globally and brings students to work alongside our partners through immersive service-learning trips. Our mission is to support community-led, sustainable development while inspiring compassion, leadership, and global citizenship.
2006
Year of Establishment
4
Continents
1,000+
Student Volunteers
35
International Partners
Luke Hanley
Founder, Padma Organization
