ÃTMA SÉVA means “Selfless Service for the Soul" in Sanskrit.  Founded in 2000, our first service project included two HIV AIDS education programs in Northern Thailand, funded thru a matching Rotary grant.  Trainings and classes were held in rural villages and public schools.  20,000+ adults and children directly benefited from these interactive grassroots programs.  Motivated to continue to help others, we decided to create a new funding model which was not dependent on outside resources.  Our solution was to offer meaningful and enlightening travel experiences with a portion of the profits going to our non-profit work.

We classify these trips as either 'Journeys' or 'Ambassadors':

Journeys are trips and experiences that are uniquely educational and designed for personal growth.  Many of our Journey destinations are in exotic locations and offer experiences that cannot be duplicated or reproduced.

Ambassadors offers volunteer travel packages.  Our flagship program is the Wat Doi Saket project in Thailand which places volunteers in a Buddhist temple where they live with monks and teach them conversational English.  Ambassador trips are designed to fully immerse participants in the local culture and community events.