Author: Katie Hulting

This year we have 40 participants coming from 8 Latin American countries. Some travel to another community in their own country, and some travel thousands of miles to another country. Our Panama staff training the 2016 Panamanian participants this weekend. Here is their recount of the workshop! The Azuero and Coclé Senior Leadership teams just … Read More

cOUNTING TO 5 WITH THE aMIGOS CHAPTER NETWORK: 1 1 project regions our chapter participants will be traveling to this summer. 2 6% of chapter participants are receiving financial assistance to participate with AMIGOS. 3 00+ volunteer board members dedicated to operating local AMIGOS chapters. 4 11 participants currently celebrating the completion of local chapter training. 5 0 years of chapters … Read More

I’m sitting here in our staff house right in the heart of Barranquilla, Colombia, barely able to contain my excitement for the arrival of our participants later this week. We have completed staff training and are hard at work planning briefing and finishing up planning for our program this summer. This past week was definitely … Read More

CEO’s Message to the AMIGOS Class of 2016 Nineteen years ago I was in your shoes, about to depart for my first AMIGOS experience. As you prepare to depart on the summer of a lifetime, I have a few words of advice: No matter what your Spanish level, don’t hold back. You will be supported. The more … Read More

Wow.  What a week.  Never before have I experienced such a crazy mixture of information, people, public transportation, and sweat in my life.  The first week of staff training was indeed hectic, yet it was a great starting point for what will for sure be a highly rewarding summer.  Let me tell you about it… … Read More

You probably heard by now that we recently moved! Since we’ve had a few weeks to settle in, I polled the office on what their favorite thing about the new space was. Here are the results: “We can now see the sun!” Nearly 100% of Amigos staff loves the new views. Coming from an office … Read More

I typed up a journal entry from my summer on a college route in Peru. It starts out way too sappy and goes into that time I couldn’t kill a chicken. ————— July 17, 2011 At this very moment I cannot imagine ever leaving Peru. I know I haven’t written in a while but it is … Read More

AMIGOS is a pretty specific experience. It’s hard to understand the magic until you have experienced it yourself. Because of that, I’ve created a life-changing list for those of you who are headed to LatinAmerica with us for the first time. AMIGOS Hacks. These are like the secrets of the trade. I hope they help … Read More