Just like that, another week in community has gone by! This week was a rewarding one for both volunteers and project staff, as many micro-projects started this week. The micro-projects … Read More

While volunteers spend most of their time in-country with their host families and communities, they were able to be tourists in Guaranda for midterm. After phoning their families, volunteers enjoyed … Read More

Calls home for the Palmares Project will happen on this Friday, July 26th between the hours of 8 AM and 12 PM Costa Rica time, which is 9 AM to … Read More

Volunteers arrived in rural communities this past weekend and they are all doing a wonderful job adjusting to community and beginning their microproyectos! Saturday morning saw our volunteers finally saying … Read More

Week 1 in community was filled with delicious new food, host family bonding and community exploration! My route started in Cedral where Logan, Sloane, and Shandra are doing great work … Read More

Picture this: mountains that are green, chickens that only have feathers on their backs, and mangoes ripening on trees. Welcome to Panama, also known as the AMIGOS life. So far, … Read More

Dear World, This weekend we left our community and were put into a school with 59 more gringos. But it was great! Currently, we are all sitting on a bench … Read More

Last week was the volunteers’ last in Cuenca with their urban host families and marks the halfway point of our project. Volunteers Ellie and Ashley wanted to take time to … Read More

Our volunteers have made it through their first week in community! Despite week one being the hardest in terms of adjusting to the culture, language, food, and climate, I am … Read More

We’re more than 2/3 of the way through the urban portion of the Cuenca Project and we can hardly believe it! This week continued much like the last, with volunteers … Read More