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International Transition-to-Practice Nursing Service Immersion Leadership Program For Future Nursing Graduates and Graduates — Class of 2027 and Beyond Prepare with Purpose — Before the NCLEX-RN Step Into What’s Next — After the NCLEX-RN

Bring your peers together. Lead with purpose. Grow through global service.

Lead your class toward an International Transition-to-Practice Nursing Service Immersion cohort — and your leadership may help support your own immersion.

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Lead Your Class · Cohort Leader

You make the connection. Help your classmates discover one immersion with two pathways forward.

Your classmates already share a demanding education and a commitment to nursing. A peer leader helps them explore how that connection could continue through international service. The role combines thoughtful communication, inclusive group building and preparation for a shared experience.

The International Transition-to-Practice Nursing Service Immersion includes 14 days of international service-learning. Prepare with Purpose — Track One supports NCLEX preparation Before the exam. Step Into What’s Next — Track Two supports professional growth After it. Seven optional days of cultural exploration may follow. Note: Participants may change tracks at any time before departure.

Graduating Cohort Leader

A nursing student in the program’s next graduating class.

Continuing Cohort Leader

A nursing student who remains enrolled after the Graduating Cohort Leader graduates, carries the program forward, and transitions into the Graduating Cohort Leader role when eligible.

Pre-departure only

Note: Cohort Leader responsibilities are pre-departure only. No in-country, supervisory, clinical, operational, or post-departure duties are required. Cohort Leaders are recognised as distinguished volunteer leaders up until departure. In the host country a Cohort Leader is a participant like every other, with the same benefits and no host-country responsibilities.

Building a campus-wide community rather than a graduating class? Explore Campus Clubs → or the Student Ambassador path →.

The Full Participant Experience

One Immersion. More Ways to Grow.

One immersion can create meaningful opportunities to advance career development, leadership, academic growth, service-learning, mentorship, and global citizenship — all while contributing to the communities we serve.

Accompanied by a U.S.-licensed Nurse Practitioner

Participants in the International Transition-to-Practice Nursing Service Immersion are accompanied by a U.S.-licensed Nurse Practitioner who is embedded throughout the experience to guide discussion, reflection, and experiential learning in real-world health settings alongside local health professionals—helping participants develop a 360° perspective on global health, professional practice, and culturally responsive care.

Health-Focused Immersion Standard: All Help2Serve.Care health-focused immersions are accompanied by a U.S.-licensed physician (MD/DO), Physician Assistant (PA), or Nurse Practitioner (NP).

Student Leadership Recognition

Lead on campus. Build community. Help make international service possible for your peers — and for yourself.

As a Student Ambassador or Campus Club Leader, you can play an important role in bringing students together around meaningful international service-learning opportunities. Through peer outreach, campus engagement, and student leadership, you help build awareness, connect interested students with Help2Serve.Care, and contribute to the development of a qualifying cohort.

Your leadership can help support your own immersion. In recognition of meaningful student leadership and contribution to cohort development, eligible Student Ambassadors and Campus Club Leaders may receive full program-cost coverage for the 14-day Phase One Service-Learning Immersion and the optional 7-day Phase Two Cultural Exploration, and a leadership honorarium, and thus also eligible round-trip economy airfare.

Level One

Contributor

Peer outreach, awareness-building & early cohort development
Documented leadership record
  • Introduce peers to the opportunity and help answer questions
  • Support information sessions and campus conversations
  • Contribute to the development of an emerging cohort

Verified service and leadership hours, plus a letter of recognition for your file.

Level Two

Level Leadership

Sustained peer leadership and cohort development
Tiered Phase One and optional Phase Two program-cost support — Tier One
  • Everything in Level One, sustained across a recruitment and preparation cycle
  • Coordinate peer engagement with faculty, student organizations, Ambassadors, or other campus leaders
  • Help maintain communication and momentum as the cohort develops
  • Qualifying cohort milestones of 5, 10, or 15 participants determine the level of program-cost support
  • Coverage for your Phase One Service-Learning Immersion and the optional Phase Two Cultural Exploration — includes program fees, lodging, in-country transportation, scheduled activities and participant meals.

Adds a written reference and portfolio-ready documentation of your leadership.

Level Three

Level Leadership

Sustained campus leadership that brings a full cohort together
Full Phase One and optional Phase Two program-cost coverage + Honorarium — Tier Two
  • Everything in Level Two
  • Establish or sustain a Campus Club, lead an Ambassador team, or otherwise take a substantial campus leadership role
  • Demonstrate sustained peer engagement and cohort development across the cycle
  • A qualifying cohort of at least 20 participants is required for full program-cost coverage
  • At the full qualifying cohort level + level three leadership — leadership at this level is recognized with an honorarium and thus eligibility for covered round-trip economy airfare, subject to program terms and travel limits.

Adds Founding Student Leader standing with Help2Serve.Care.

You Don’t Have to Build a Cohort Alone.

The minimum cohort of 20 participants may be developed collectively. Student Ambassadors, Campus Club Leaders, faculty, and other approved campus partners may all contribute to the development of the same cohort.

Your eligibility is based on documented leadership, meaningful peer engagement, and contribution to cohort development. Individual student leaders are not required to independently generate the minimum cohort of 20 participants.

Exact cohort levels and award amounts are confirmed when you apply — and we’ll help you plan toward the level you’re aiming for. On top of the award, we help your whole group fundraise, so cost is not the thing that stops anyone.

Leadership first.

The Student Leadership Program is designed to recognize students who take an active role in building campus awareness, strengthening peer engagement, and creating a community around service-learning.

Program-cost awards recognize this broader leadership contribution and are not represented as payment for individual student referrals.

All awards and travel benefits are subject to Help2Serve.Care eligibility requirements, applicable program terms, and any relevant policies or approvals of the student’s institution.

Published International Transition-to-Practice Nursing Service Immersion cohorts are limited to 25 participants.

Optional Phase Two program-cost support begins at Level Two — Tier One and becomes full coverage at Level Three — Tier Two.

Leadership & Professional Growth

This is a leadership role — and it looks like one on paper.

Leading a graduation cohort isn’t a favor you do for us. It’s an opportunity that pays you back in experience, recognition, and growth you can carry into your first nursing position and beyond.

Cost & Dates

Same Investment. Same Published Windows.

The International Transition-to-Practice Nursing Service Immersion is priced and scheduled exactly as every other published Help2Serve.Care immersion. Both tracks depart together on the windows below.

Built by Returned Peace Corps Volunteers—bringing the spirit of Peace Corps immersion into two or three unforgettable weeks.

This isn’t just a trip. It’s the kind of experience you’ll be talking about for the rest of your life.

Two or three weeks. A new country. And local students who don’t just meet you there—they become part of your group.

They share your interests, your ambitions, and your appetite for adventure—and they experience it all with you.

As an example, for nursing-focused immersions, local nursing students live the experience alongside you: staying with the group, sharing breakfast, lunch, and dinner, serving together, exploring together, heading out in the evenings, talking late into the night, laughing, discovering, and experiencing all the moments no itinerary could ever plan.

You don’t just see another country. You begin to know it through the people who call it home.

Somewhere between the first hello, the shared meals, the adventures, the late-night conversations, and the final goodbye, something happens: a place that once felt far away starts to feel personal. Friendships become real. Perspectives change. And you come home with stories, connections, and memories that can stay with you for a lifetime.

Live the days. Own the nights. Share the culture. Build the friendships. Remember it forever.

Choose Your Immersion

Phase One

14 DaysAll Inclusive

14-DAY SERVICE-LEARNING IMMERSION
$2,650–$3,300

Arrive together. Stay connected. Make a difference.

Build lifelong friendships with local students, educators, community members, and fellow travelers while experiencing meaningful service, cultural exchange, and everyday life in a new place.

This is more than a service trip. It is an immersive international experience built around meaningful service, cultural exchange, exploration, friendship, and everyday life in a new place. Participants serve, learn, share meals, explore, socialize, experience evenings and local life, and build relationships with local peers and fellow travelers throughout the immersion.

For nursing-focused immersions, local nursing students become part of the group throughout the experience—sharing service-learning activities, meals, exploration, evenings, social time, and everyday moments together. Rather than simply meeting local students during a scheduled activity, participants experience the destination alongside peers who are studying the same field in another country.

It is the difference between visiting a place and experiencing it with people who call it home.

Each day, participants learn, serve, explore, and grow together with support from local professional mentors, peers, and experienced U.S.-based educators and professionals—including U.S.-licensed health professionals for all health-focused programs.

YOUR PROGRAM FEE INCLUDES:
  • Culturally rich housing
  • All meals
  • In-country transportation and airport transfers
  • Service-learning programming
  • Local students from your field embedded throughout the experience
  • Cultural exchange and community engagement
  • Cultural activities and local partnerships
  • Professional and educational support
  • 24/7 in-country support
Serve together.
Eat together.
Explore together.
Experience it together.

Experience daily life in a supportive group environment where local students and fellow travelers share service, meals, exploration, evenings, conversation, friendship, and the spontaneous moments that often become the most memorable parts of being abroad.

From service and exploration by day to shared meals, evenings out, local music, and nightlife, participants experience much more than scheduled program hours.

NO ADDITIONAL PROGRAM FEES. NO ADDITIONAL MEAL COSTS.

Phase Two

21 DaysAll Inclusive

SIGNATURE 21-DAY IMMERSION
14 DAYS+7 DAYS
$3,950–$4,950
EVERYTHING IN THE 14-DAY SERVICE-LEARNING IMMERSION
PLUS 7 DAYS OF GUIDED CULTURAL IMMERSION & EXPLORATION

Go deeper. Stay longer. Experience more.

Continue the journey as a connected group while discovering more of the people, places, traditions, and everyday life that make each destination unique. The additional seven days create more time for exploration, cultural experiences, shared meals, evenings out, social activities, and deeper friendships with local peers and fellow travelers.

Seven more days. More places. More experiences. More time together.

ALL-INCLUSIVE ON THE GROUND FOR ALL 21 DAYS.

Program fees vary by destination and immersion design, including accommodations, local partnerships, transportation, program activities, cultural exchange opportunities, and the level of professional and faculty support provided.

International airfare, required travel insurance, passports/visas when applicable, and personal purchases are not included.

Program provider & payment details →

$500
Phase One Deposit
Paid exclusively to Help2Serve.Care and credited only toward Phase One.
45 Days
Refund terms apply

Pricing applies to all published 2026–27 immersion departure dates.

Prices exclude international airfare and required travel insurance.

See the FAQ for additional details.

Transparent. Structured. No Surprises. We do not advertise a low base fee and add charges later. Your acceptance email will confirm your selected immersion experience and provide all applicable payment details. Your acceptance email will clearly identify the experience you selected and the amount due within the published price range (e.g., 14-day or 21-day immersion), or the applicable cost for a custom immersion based on your group’s specific program details, including any additional cost for the Spanish Language Week, if selected. Your acceptance email will also outline the deposit requirement, payment instructions, due dates, total program cost, and available payment-plan options, if needed. We are proud to offer an all-inclusive experience. Your program cost includes all meals, scheduled activities, experiences, accommodations, transportation, and program support, so you should not expect additional on-the-ground costs beyond your own discretionary spending. The only standard exclusions are airfare, required travel insurance, and any applicable visa fees.

Why there is a program fee. Help2Serve.Care is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 93-3620516). Your Phase One fee covers only the direct cost of delivering a safe, well-supported immersion — in-country housing, meals, transportation, supplies, mentorship, and on-the-ground safety systems — in support of our charitable mission. Program fees are payments for the participant experience and are not charitable contributions. Tax-deductible gifts to Help2Serve.Care must be made separately through our Donate page. Participants may wish to consult their own tax adviser regarding any separately paid unreimbursed expenses. Cost should never decide who can serve: every participant receives a fundraising playbook, and need-aware scholarships are funded by donors. Make a tax-deductible gift →

📅 Published Cohort Dates

Prepare with Purpose — Track One and Step Into What’s Next — Track Two depart together on the same windows.

  • 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic — Summer 2027: June 6 – June 27, 2027
  • 🇧🇿 Belize — Summer 2027: June 27 – July 18, 2027
  • 🇩🇴 🇨🇷 🇧🇿 Winter 2027/28: Dec. 26, 2027 – Jan. 16, 2028
  • Early Planning: Summer 2028 through Winter 2030/31 — exact dates published approximately one year in advance

Programs & dates →

How It Works

Five Steps From Interested to In the Field

1
Apply & Talk It ThroughContact Help2Serve.Care. Discuss your class, graduation calendar, both tracks and the current leadership criteria.
2
Get Your Leader KitThe Graduating or Continuing Cohort Leader Guide, the student, parent and faculty overviews, the carousel and deck, and talking points.
3
Rally Your ClassShare the student overview and carousel through channels your class permits. Help arrange a group information session. Bring together interested peers who opt in, and document your leadership activities.
4
We Handle the LogisticsEligibility, applications, payments, destination planning, community partnerships, safety, housing, in-country transport and operations — all managed by our team.
5
ParticipateTravel with your cohort as a participant like every other. Cohort Leader responsibilities end at departure.
How you support people

Make room for different budgets, exam timelines and levels of interest. Share the approved overview and clarify the basic track choices. Refer personal eligibility, price, travel and exam-planning questions to the program team. Use opt-in groups. Direct applications, private information and payments to Help2Serve.Care. Student leaders act in a peer role. Help2Serve.Care manages program operations, applications and travel arrangements. Use school names, mailing lists and facilities only as permitted by the institution.

Document the leadership you actually provide

Keep a simple activity record: date, activity, your responsibility, time contributed, participation at the event and a brief reflection. Keep an activity log and request a written explanation of your eligibility. Full support is not automatic for reaching a participant count.

What We Provide

You Bring the People. We Bring Everything Else.

Why This Is Credible

You’re Leading Something Proven.

Since 1995
Serving communities in need
3
Returned Peace Corps Volunteers on staff
Year-Round
Local leadership on the ground
Community-Led
Every project, every site

The programs are led with established community partners and in-country teams; students are not being asked to promote an untested or unsupported experience. Meet the people behind the work →

Become a Cohort Leader

No Pitch. No Pressure. Just a Conversation.

Book a 15-minute conversation

Pick a time that works for you. The conversation is exploratory — there is nothing to prepare.

Book your 15-minute conversation →
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Take the First Step

Become a Cohort Leader — Express Interest

Tell us about your class and we’ll send the Cohort Leader Guide and introduce you to a mentor.

Exciting — your leadership journey starts now.
We’ll send the Cohort Leader Guide and introduce you to a mentor.

Our team brings decades of firsthand experience building ethical, locally guided service programs. Cohort Leaders are how the next graduating class joins that work — one campus, one class, at a time.

Jason Speaks, PhD, FNP-C, RN
Founder & Executive Director, Help2Serve.Care
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer

Explore further

The International Transition-to-Practice Nursing Service Immersion →One immersion, two pathways forward
Ambassadors →Rally a group on your campus
Campus Clubs →Build a lasting, chartered club

Ready to move? Start your application or inquiry — or if you are faculty, send students without traveling.

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Program Documents — Limited Access

Selected academic and program materials are available to prospective institutional partners, faculty, accepted participants, and other approved users. Access may be requested for legitimate academic, advising, or program-planning purposes.

PDFTransition to Practice Syllabus — Track One · Pre-NCLEXObjectives, structure and assessment
PDFTransition to Practice Syllabus — Track Two · Post-NCLEXObjectives, structure and assessment
PDFCompetency and Professional Preparation MapHow the immersion is organised and assessed
PDFOfficial Program Acceptance Letter (template)What official acceptance sets out
PDFCertificate of Completion and Verified Service-Learning Hours (template)The completion document
PDFParticipant Learning and Professional Development Record (template)The companion record
PDFMessage DraftsReady-to-send messages for peers, family and faculty

Why limited access? These materials contain detailed program curriculum, assessment frameworks, templates, and proprietary program design. Help2Serve.Care provides access for legitimate participant, faculty, institutional, and professional review purposes.

Policy reference: Help2Serve.Care/ambassadors. Award amounts, eligibility and travel limits are governed by the current written program terms. Program-cost awards recognize broader leadership contribution and are not represented as payment for individual student referrals. All awards and travel benefits are subject to Help2Serve.Care eligibility requirements, applicable program terms, and any relevant policies or approvals of the student’s institution.

NCLEX preparation supports readiness; exam results, licensure and employment are not guaranteed. Help2Serve.Care is not affiliated with or endorsed by NCSBN or Kaplan.

Help2Serve.Care provides an independent international service-learning and professional-development immersion. References to national nursing frameworks describe proposed educational connections and do not indicate accreditation, approval, recognition, or endorsement. Help2Serve.Care does not award academic credit, confer licensure, operate an accredited nurse residency, or guarantee NCLEX-RN success, admission, employment, or any specific professional outcome. Participant activities remain within defined observational, educational, and service-learning roles.

References and framework resources

These sources inform the proposed educational alignment. Their inclusion does not indicate accreditation, approval, recognition, partnership, or endorsement of Help2Serve.Care.

Help2Serve.Care — Meaningful Service. Global Learning. Fully supported international programs with expert on-the-ground teams in global health, conservation, community development and education, guiding you each step of the way. International service-learning in Belize, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica and beyond. 50+ years combined experience, local in-country leadership, 3 Returned Peace Corps Volunteers, global health and academic expertise.