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79 World · The third engine

Learn before.
Investigate during.
Create after.

79 World treats location as part of the curriculum. Cohorts prepare, travel with a real question, engage with partner academies and faculty on the ground, and return with something usable — not a photo album.

A learning method, not a vacation
Learn before

Structured pre-trip study on the country, city, and question the cohort is investigating.

Investigate during

Football, faculty, and community engagement — real people, real institutions, real questions.

Create after

Every journey ends in a documented artifact: a project, a media piece, or a research brief.

The five lenses

Every country teaches something the others cannot.

Lenses, not stereotypes. Each country contains enormous internal diversity — we use these five as entry points to bigger questions.

Lens
Brazil
Joy, improvisation, rhythm, expressive football
Lens
Finland
Curiosity, education, and learner independence
Lens
Japan
Discipline, precision, respect, continuous improvement
Lens
China
Systems, manufacturing, technology, scale, innovation
Lens
United States
Leadership, entrepreneurship, storytelling, commercialization
Programs launch as partnerships come online.

Every journey has safeguarding, insurance, guardian consent, and coach-to-learner ratios confirmed per program. Youth travel is not activated until those requirements are met.

Host a cohort. Send a cohort. Build a bridge.

Academies, universities, and cities: help design the exchange calendar.

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