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  • Exclusive Interview with AMIGOS Gap student Isabelle Tanaka!

    Posted by Natalie Murdock

    exclusive interview with gap student isabella tanaka Why did you choose to do a Gap Year? Why Amigos? In 2014, I participated as a volunteer with AMIGOS in Costa Rica after … Read More

    Torneo Vida/ Life Tournament

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    Torneo VIDA//Life Tournament By Jenko Del Rosario Loor, 2015 Ecuador Youth Ambassador Jenko was selected from more than 300 applicants to represent Ecuador in Houston last year. Upon returning home … Read More

    10 Things I Learned in Paraguay

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    10 Things I have Learned In Paraguay By: Cora Avery Ever wonder what knowledge being fully-immersed in another country will give you? Here are 10 things I learned while living … Read More

    AMIGOS Alum found his calling when he saw clearly that children in particular need good medical care

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    AMIGOS alum Mike Nelson, was inspired by his experiences at AMIGOS and by his professors at CU-Boulder. After spending three summers in Latin America, a year studying abroad in Seville, … Read More

    GlobalCitizen.org: Global Citizenship is on the Rise

    Posted by Natalie Murdock

    “GOOD NEWS: BBC polls says ‘global citizenship’ is on the rise.”  By Yosola Olorunshola on April 28, 2016, GlobalCitizen.org It’s always wonderful to wake up to a headline like this. … Read More

    2016 Bay Area Youth Ambassadors training has begun

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    2016 Bay Area Youth Ambassadors training has begun! On Monday April 25th, the Bay Area Youth Ambassadors cohort began their pre-trip training. Our group in general is just wonderful – … Read More

    Support our Summer Leadership Team

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    AMIGOS 2016 Summer Leadership Team members (formerly known as Project Staff), has been inspired by their own AMIGOS experiences to raise $30,000 for AMIGOS, including financial assistance to provide low-income … Read More

    Last Chance to Sign up for a Summer Like No Other

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    EL MUNDO NECESITO MAS AMIGOS! Hundreds of students every summer accept the challenge and chose to get out of their element. Will you be one of them? “AMIGOS has played … Read More

    ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT- JACQUE KUTVIRT

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    Our alum of the week is Jacque Kutvirt. Jacque was a Participant in 2005 in Veraguas, Panama, a Project Supervisor in 2008 in Chontales, Nicaragua, a Senior Project Supervisor in … Read More

    ALUMNI REFLECTION- DEBORAH WANG

    Posted by Natalie Murdock

    ALUMNI REFLECTION By Deborah Wang, Houston Chapter, Cotopaxi, Ecuador (2012). I signed up for Amigos de las Américas on a complete whim during fall of 2011, my sophomore year of … Read More

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