ABOUT US

through someone else’s stories and ideas of what other places and other people are like. A lifetime of travel — connections, really — has taught us that there is nothing a phone or TV can do to replace the experience of another place, another culture, of something so different, yet so familiar to home.

The First Stamp mission is bold. We want to do our part to bring the world closer together by immersing our travelers in another place and culture, allowing them to see the similarities and shared values we all have together as humankind. All while giving them experiences that allow them to dream big and see opportunity that they never had dreamed of before.

Our travelers are young students (around 15 years old) from rural America, where travel typically means another town, not another continent, to experience international travel, outside their comfort zone. They join a select group of students and educators to together visit countries they’ve read about, walk through cultural and historic sites they’ve seen online, and meet people living thousands of miles away.

After two weeks safely traveling through foreign countries with seasoned guides and educators, in the company of other curious, engaged young students, First Stamp adventurers return home with an expanded worldview fortified by a deeper understanding and appreciation of the cultures around them and the history they will help shape before them.