First Week: Felipe’s Perspective
The first week in community is already over! Staff have settled in and our participants are all having a great time in their communities.…
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First Week in Community
After a long but fulfilling day of traveling with participants to their communities on Friday, my fellow project supervisors and I returned to staff…
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Coclé Project Begins
Buenas! We hope our participants are excited for the project in Coclé to begin TODAY! The Project Leadership Team has had a busy past…
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Visiting Communities & Host Family Training
Project Supervisors spent time visiting the communities where participants will live this summer. The residents are so excited to host them! Supervisors have been…
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Update from Briefing at Isla Cañas
Buenas días from Panama!! The Discover AMIGOS project is off to a great start. We’re enjoying our time here at Isla Cañas. Apologies for…
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Group Photo of Palmares Participants
Welcome to Costa Rica! Get updates from the field! SEE MORE FIELD NOTES
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Discover AMIGOS Project Arrival
We are happy to report that all Discover AMIGOS participants from Session A arrived safely in Panama, where they were greeted by their Project…
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Azuero Project Arrival
The Azuero Project participants arrived safely last night at the airport, where they were met by the Azuero Project Leadership Team. Get updates from…
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Palmares Project Arrival
The participants on the Palmares, Costa Rica Project arrived safely last night at the airport, where they were met by the Palmares Project Leadership…
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Beginning the Summer in the Dominican Republic
Last Tuesday night, my fellow project supervisors and I were jumping up and down in the airport, waving our AMIGOS flags and shouting with…
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Prepping for Participants
It’s been a big week for the Palmares staff! We’ve hit many milestones, and we could not be more excited to welcome our participants…
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Bienvenidos a Pérez Zeledón
¡Bienvenidos a Pérez Zeledón, Amigos! Sawyer, the author of this post and a Project Supervisor Met with much excitement, preparation, and the smell…
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