Our Session A volunteers in Pérez Zeledón officially departed from Costa Rica on July 9th after the whirlwind weekend that was despedida and debriefing. Upon returning from our weeklong campamentos … Read More

Volunteers on Session B of the San Juan Project will be calling home July 22–25 as their supervisors visit them in community. Some of you may have already heard from … Read More

Here are some photos from Session A of Discover AMIGOS: Panama!

This week, our updates come from two volunteers: Zoe and Scarlett! “During our first few days in Discover AMIGOS Costa Rica, we spent hours walking on the beach, went on … Read More

On Sunday night, Block A debriefing concluded with an emotional candle lighting ceremony where the AMIGOS volunteers, staff, and partner agency representatives reflected on their AMIGOS journey and gave thanks … Read More

This week over 300 youth and community members came together to participate in a youth encuentro in one of our very own Amigos communities: José Luis Tamayo – MUEY. There … Read More

This week we are featuring our supervisor Ben’s route! Ben is from Denver and works in Larcapungo (Andrew, Aidan, and David), San Francisco (Hallie, Emily, and Eyob), Yacupamba (Katherine and … Read More

This past weekend, the Coclé project held its Fiesta Amistad and youth excursion events. Volunteers traveled to staff city, Penonomé, with two local volunteers from each of their host communities. … Read More

This past week, the AMIGOS Palmares supervisors visited all of the 28 communities our participants will be staying in! Check out some of the things our supervisors had to say … Read More

The goal was to catch the volunteers off-guard. Supervisors and staff were asked repeatedly since the start of briefing, “when are we going to find out our partners and routes?” … Read More