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WHY THIS WORK EXISTS
Curiosity Still Matters - Especially When Life Is Hard
Expedition Audacity believes that curiosity, imagination, and connection to the natural world matter — especially for children navigating illness, uncertainty, or limited access to the outdoors.
This work is not separate from our mission.
It is one of its most human expressions.
When young people are invited into discovery — through science, storytelling, or immersive experience — they are reminded that the world is larger than their current circumstances, and that they still belong within it.
Our children’s impact work focuses on experience, access, and wonder — not spectacle or distraction.
Wherever possible, we collaborate with trusted medical, educational, and charitable partners to create meaningful engagements that are safe, age-appropriate, and deeply respectful of each child’s situation.
These experiences may be physical, virtual, or imaginative — shaped around what is possible, not what looks impressive.
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- Educational object at child height (map, microscope, ROV controller)
- Hands interacting with learning tools (no faces)
- Calm, respectful tone
Expedition Audacity is part of a single, collaborative immersive storytelling programme delivered across multiple paediatric hospital environments.
Developed in collaboration with Fabien Cousteau, this programme uses virtual reality and narrative exploration to bring ocean science, global expeditions, and environmental storytelling into care settings where physical travel and outdoor access are limited.
The programme is implemented in partnership with leading children’s hospitals, including:
- The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto
- The Chariot Program, Stanford Children’s Hospital
- St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
- Great Ormond Street Hospital (UK)
While each hospital engagement is tailored to its clinical environment and patient needs, all are part of a shared framework grounded in safety, consent, and meaningful educational experience.
For many children, physical travel or outdoor exploration is not possible. Hospital environments, treatment schedules, and health considerations can place real limits on how the world is experienced.
That is where immersive technology becomes transformative.
Through virtual reality, film, and interactive storytelling, we bring oceans, expeditions, wildlife, and science directly into hospitals and care settings. These experiences allow children to explore environments they may never otherwise see — not as spectators, but as active participants in discovery.
Immersive storytelling opens windows beyond the walls of care, supporting curiosity, learning, and a sense of connection to a world that continues to unfold beyond their immediate circumstances.
These experiences are designed to:
- Inspire curiosity
- Support education and emotional resilience
- Create moments of calm, agency, and wonder
They are not entertainment for its own sake. They are tools for connection.
Expedition Audacity also supports individual exploration- or ocean-inspired wish experiences in coordination with Make-A-Wish.
These opportunities are considered on a case-by-case basis, guided by safety, logistics, medical considerations, and organisational capacity. All engagements are coordinated through appropriate Make-A-Wish channels and with the consent of guardians and care teams.
This was not a one-off initiative.
Expedition Audacity remains open to supporting future wishes where it is responsible and feasible to do so.
While not every request can be fulfilled, every inquiry is approached with care, honesty, and respect.
We recognise that meaningful impact often comes from collaboration.
Expedition Audacity remains open to working with:
- Children’s hospitals and paediatric care programmes
- Educational and youth-focused charities
- Community-led and Indigenous children’s initiatives
- Organisations exploring science, storytelling, or immersive learning for care environments
If your organisation supports children facing medical, social, or environmental challenges — and believes exploration and learning can play a role — we welcome the conversation.
Josie the Kraken — Expedition Audacity’s education mascot and friends. Click on Josie for a surprise!
Josie the Kraken is Expedition Audacity’s education mascot — a quiet symbol of who this work is ultimately for.
Not institutions.
Not campaigns.
But the children who will grow up to inherit the ocean we are studying today.
Through immersive storytelling, virtual experiences, and creative learning tools, we aim to reach young minds early — before careers, credentials, or causes take shape. Because long-term respect for the environment doesn’t begin with policy or pressure. It begins with curiosity.
Josie represents that first moment of wonder:
the drawing in a notebook, the question no one has answered yet, the feeling that the world is bigger than the room you’re in.
This work is not about creating future donors.
It is about helping raise a generation that understands, values, and cares for the natural world — long before they are asked to protect it.