Since our first project, we at the Manoufa Ya Messo association have set goals that we aim to achieve with every project involving young people from Mayotte who have little or no travel experience. The goal is to prepare them for the study abroad experience that is a mandatory part of their academic journey in Mayotte. No bachelor’s degree program offered at the University of Mayotte allows students to complete all three years on the island; part of the program must be completed in Réunion or mainland France. 1. Become self-sufficient in managing their budget: financial aid, groceries, rent... 2. Be able to get around using various modes of transportation: returning home for the summer, visiting others to avoid isolation 3. Adapt to a new culture and a new living environment: Mayotte is different from mainland France (food, family, leisure activities...) Then each group, based on its specific needs, adds new objectives. For this group, which initially consisted of five girls, we wanted to help them gain independence as well as self-confidence. They therefore had to conduct interviews with people they met to push them a bit out of their comfort zones. Not only did they have to talk to strangers, but they also had to do so in a foreign language—mainly English. They were the ones who defined the goals and were able to validate them with us before submitting the project to the National Agency. The goal of this project was to enable a group of five 18-year-old girls from northern Mayotte to travel to Europe to explore its lakes. One of the girls was unable to participate in the first project because she did not meet the age requirement. So she organized her own project with her high school friends. They chose the lakes after looking at a map of Europe and noticing the many lakes in the Alps region in particular. They wanted to explore this unfamiliar landscape. In Mayotte, only Lake Dziani exists, and it is the crater of an ancient volcano. The water is not drinkable, and swimming is not permitted. They wanted to see how these areas were maintained and conduct interviews to gather ideas for the beaches in Mayotte and how to keep them clean. Most of these young people from Mayotte were about to fly away to pursue their studies. Young people in Mayotte face a lack of local mobility: there is no public transportation. Their only means of travel is school transportation, which limits their activities to Mayotte. Student mobility is sometimes their first opportunity to fly. As a result, involving these young people in a mobility project aimed to empower them by taking a trip during which they had to demonstrate independence. Another objective was to acquire new skills and knowledge, as well as to reinforce those already acquired. The primary goal for this group was to discover Europe—so distant and foreign, even though they hear so much about it. This trip was also a way to boost their self-confidence, because after successfully managing the project—from the preparation phase through to the mobility phase—the young people stepped outside their routines and comfort zones, faced their fears, and overcame them. The interview portion, in particular, was the most formative and shook them up a bit.