Outward Bound International | |
Formation | 1941 |
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Founder | Lawrence Holt Kurt Hahn |
Founded at | United Kingdom |
Type | Nonprofit organization |
Area served | Worldwide |
Methods | Kurt Hahn |
Fields | Outdoor education |
Executive Director | Iain Peter |
Affiliations | International Union for Conservation of Nature |
Website | www |
Outward Bound (OB) is an international network of outdoor education organisations that was founded in the United Kingdom by Lawrence Holt in 1941 based on the educational principles of Kurt Hahn. Today there are organisations, called schools, in over 35 countries which are attended by more than 150,000 people each year. Outward Bound International is a non-profit membership and licensing organisation for the international network of Outward Bound schools.[1] The Outward Bound Trust is an educational charity established in 1946 to operate the schools in the United Kingdom.[2][3] Separate organisations operate the schools in each of the other countries in which Outward Bound operates.[4]
Outward Bound helped to shape the U.S. Peace Corps and numerous other outdoor adventure programs.[5] Its aim is to foster the personal growth and social skills of participants by using challenging expeditions in the outdoors.
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