Dance said that the nature of SUP (PBHA’s Summer Urban Program) fostered close-relationships between students and participating families. “That was our reality,” Dance said. “They acted like parents of ours during that time period.”

63 years ago, Project Tanganyika—PBHA’s first program abroad—sent the first class of volunteers to Tanganyika, a former English colony in Africa. That summer, Tanganyika gained its independence from the United Kingdom.