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Hooked on a Feeling

Midterm is upon us and our participants are kindly reminding us that it’s time to call home. As July 10th and 11th came around,…
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Briefing for Session B

Participants from Session B finally arrived to Costa Rica! All participants landed in San José, capital of Costa Rica on July 18th. After their…
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The Calling of Leadership

This blog is from week two of participants living in communities. The AMIGOS Azuero, Panama experience this year will be exactly 43 days long.…
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Midterm this Weekend

Midterm for the Yucatán Project will take place Saturday and Sunday (July 28–29) in Mérida. Participants will have free time from 7:00–8:30 PM CST,…
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Costa Rican Bake Sale

This week on route, participants were asked to carry out a community fundraiser. The fundraiser could go towards the project or the day camp…
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First Youth Encuentro

Last Saturday, we held a “Youth Encuentro” (workshop with AMIGOS participants and local youth) that brought together participants and young people from different communities…
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Update from Nani’s Route

This past week, the participants in Nani’s route (in Popola, Yaxunah, Kancabdzonot and Chimay) have been focusing on fundraising. All of the communities have…
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Briefing: Session B

After a very successful first session, the Dominican Republic project leadership team (the D.R.eam Team) was given a week to evaluate the state of…
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Debriefing: Session A

After three weeks living with Dominican families, the participants of Session A were reunited in a convent in San Juan de la Maguana.  Leaving…
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Volleyball Tournament

For ten of the communities on our project, their last day was spent competing in San Juan in the second volleyball tournament. The hard…
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Leading Extracurricular Activities

The core components of the participants’ experience in community are the stay with the host families, working on the CBIP at the school, engaging…
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Midterm in Chimborazo

We are so proud our participants! They made to the halfway point of their AMIGOS summer experience and on Saturday, the 21st of July,…
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