This programme is designed to meet the learning outcomes of the UK Government’s Turing Scheme, which promotes global travel and international mobility to advance academic alignment, employability, intercultural awareness, and personal development.

This immersive travel experience achieves the following aims:

1. Intercultural Awareness & Global Citizenship

• Develop intercultural competence and cross-cultural communication skills by engaging with Fijian communities, NGOs, and social enterprises.
• Gain a nuanced understanding of Fijian culture, Pacific identity, and community values, enhancing awareness of global perspectives.
• Recognise the role of indigenous knowledge and traditions in shaping resilience, sustainability, and wellbeing.

*Turing Alignment: Builds global citizenship, cultural intelligence, and international collaboration skills.

2. Personal Growth & Self-Reflection

• Strengthen resilience, adaptability, and initiative by navigating new cultural contexts and shared team challenges.
• Build confidence through village immersion, workshops, and interactions with local leaders and changemakers.
• Cultivate empathy and self-awareness through structured reflection, linking personal values to Fijian approaches to community and sustainability.

*Turing Alignment: Develops independence, self-confidence, and resilience in international environments.

3. Employability & Transferable Skills

• Enhance teamwork, leadership, and problem-solving through experiential learning with grassroots organisations.
• Apply adaptability and critical thinking to real-world challenges presented by NGOs, ethical entrepreneurs, and cultural organisations.
• Demonstrate professional skills in communication, cultural intelligence, and collaboration in a global context.

*Turing Alignment: Strengthens employability through global skills and practical experience.

4. Academic & Career Alignment

• Connect academic studies in development, anthropology, sociology, business, and international relations with applied field experiences.
• Gain practical insights into global challenges such as community development, social enterprise, cultural resilience, and ethical tourism.
• Build career readiness by demonstrating initiative, global awareness, and applied understanding of sustainability and social impact.

*Turing Alignment: Reinforces academic learning and supports career pathways in relevant disciplines.

5. Connection to Culture & Sustainability

• Learn from eco-tourism initiatives, youth-led organisations, and NGOs working on inclusion, resilience, and entrepreneurship.
• Understand how Fijian traditions and Pacific worldviews embed cultural, social, and environmental balance into daily life.
• Reflect on lessons from Fiji for contributing to global sustainability, inclusion, and responsible citizenship.

*Turing Alignment: Deepens understanding of global sustainability challenges and community-driven solutions.

6. Reflection & Lifelong Impact

• Engage in structured reflection, group dialogue, and final debrief sessions to consolidate learning outcomes.
• Translate international experiences into tangible academic insights, personal growth, and employability skills.
• Build lasting global networks with Fijian peers, organisations, and change-makers.

*Turing Alignment: Encourages lifelong global engagement, reflection, and continued international collaboration.

How the Fiji Immersion Benefits Fiji

At Think Pacific, we believe travel should uplift both students and the communities, enterprises, and environments we partner with. In Fiji, this immersion is grounded in values of community, culture, and sustainability. Every stay, activity, and partnership is designed to create shared value and strengthen local initiatives.

Here’s how the program creates long-term impact in Fiji and beyond:

1. Generating Local Economic Opportunities

Village stays, family-run experiences, and grassroots partnerships channel income directly into rural households. By staying, eating, and learning with communities, students support livelihoods, create jobs, and contribute to financial resilience outside of Fiji’s mass tourism hubs.

2. Supporting Social Enterprises & Youth-Led Organisations

Through visits to NGOs, youth groups, and ethical enterprises, students help raise awareness of grassroots innovation. Engagement amplifies the visibility of organisations driving inclusion, entrepreneurship, and climate resilience, supporting business models that balance purpose with opportunity.

3. Strengthening Culture & Heritage

Workshops in meke, dance, crafts, and art — alongside connections with groups like Rako Pacifika and Uto Ni Yalo, help sustain traditional knowledge and cultural pride. Partnerships ensure income flows to cultural leaders while inspiring younger generations to carry forward their heritage.

4. Advancing Marine & Environmental Protection

Visits to initiatives like the Coral Coast Conservation Centre and eco-tourism operators such as Leleuvia highlight efforts to protect reefs, oceans, and biodiversity. Student participation brings visibility and international collaboration, reinforcing conservation as central to community wellbeing.

5. Promoting Responsible & Ethical Tourism

Unlike large-scale tourism, this programme is intentionally small and community-first. Students receive cultural training to arrive as respectful learners, not consumers. This reduces environmental impact while ensuring communities shape and benefit from every activity.

6. Co-Creating With Local Leaders

The immersion is designed in collaboration with Fijian NGOs, educators, entrepreneurs, and government partners. Local ownership ensures opportunities are ethical, sustainable, and relevant, giving Fijian voices direct leadership in shaping the programme.

7. Building Global Connections & Awareness

By bringing students into dialogue with local changemakers, the programme fosters mutual understanding and global citizenship. Fijians share their perspectives on resilience, sustainability, and culture, while students gain insights that shape their worldview and future careers.

Travel With Shared Value

The Fiji Immersion is more than a cultural journey, it’s a platform for communities, enterprises, and conservation projects to thrive. By embedding respect, reciprocity, and local leadership at its core, the programme ensures that Fiji benefits directly while inspiring students to carry lessons of sustainability, inclusion, and cultural pride into their futures.

This is purposeful travel, leaving a legacy of opportunity, connection, and resilience across Fiji.

Think Pacific works in partnership with many universities across the world to support student mobility and employability. There are scholarships and grants available for students from individual university departments and/or governments in several countries.

Students can apply for scholarships and bursaries to join our projects in Fiji. To find out if there’s funding available at your university or in your areas, please email info@thinkpacific.com.

Our philosophy is to provide a high quality and exceptionally well structured international project. Our expeditions are packed full of adventure and cultural insight, whilst having safety and support at their core. We also ensure that through our charity, the communities you support receive long-term financial and physical assistance year-round. Think Pacific is not the cheapest volunteer organisation around, but this is for all the right reasons.

All our expeditions include:

• Airport welcome by Think Pacific leaders or hotel meet and greet if you arrive early).
• All in-country project-related travel.
• All project accommodation.
• Briefing and orientation at a resort.
• Local expert Thai mentors and guides
• All breakfasts, 15 x evening meals, 5 x lunches.
• Guided activities and experiential field visits
• Think Pacific Leaders living with you 24/7.
• Comprehensive pre-departure information & personal project planning.

What’s Not Included?

• International flights – £800- 1000
• Personal travel insurance £60-£100
• Spending money for extra food and snacks, Fijian clothes and items of a personal nature (we advise bringing £200 – £300 spending money).
• Visa – Tourist visa – free for nationalities of many countries including UK, Europe, Australia & USA.  Please note it is your responsibility to check and confirm visa requirements.

Apply for university funding to cover flights and insurance.

• Access to the Pre-departure Portal.

This portal provides the step-by-step process to prepare, including fundraising information, flight information, kit list, visa, cultural preparation. Student can watch videos with our team in Fiji and download document.

• Contact our team.

You can contact our team anytime between office hours, either give us a  call on 0113 335 9919 or email; info@thinkpacific.com.

• Online community/network. 

You can communicate with fellow volunteers, alumni and our team through our online community, hosted on the Might Network app. Within 3 months of you departing to Fiji, you shall be entered into a private group with your volunteer team.

• Live Pre Departure webinars

Our team host live sessions in the months leading up to your project. These are a great way for you to ask questions and delve deeper into planning for your project. They also add to the excitement!

• Global Skills Programme

We have created an online course to give you the set you up for success before departure! Complete short-courses in: Culture, Sustainable Travel & Global Leadership.