Applications will be reviewed and candidates will be interviewed. Successful applicants will be assessed on the basis of the following qualities:

• Curiosity and open-mindedness about another culture.
• Ability to listen and respond thoughtfully.
• Past experience with volunteer work and groups.
• Self-possession, ease at meeting people; a sense of caring.
• Sense of humor, cheerful outlook.
• Ability to reflect on one’s own values. 
• Openness to the spiritual side of life.
• Understanding that this is a restricted kind of travel experience, with little personal freedom to come and go as one might please. Willingness to live cheerfully with these restrictions during the experience.