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  • Week 2 in Santa Elena, Ecuador

    Posted by lyoung

    All AMIGOS volunteers have spent their first entire week in their host communities! Volunteers have been matched with one or two partners, a community, and a host family based on … Read More

    Oropendolas y hojaldres

    Posted by lyoung

    Hi, everybody! I’m so excited to be able to tell you all about this past wonderful week in Coclé! It was the volunteers’ first week in community and the supervisors’ … Read More

    Volunteer Voices from Session A

    Posted by lyoung

    Our volunteers in Cañas are having a great time and loving their stays with their host families! Here is a collection of thoughts from a few of them on what … Read More

    Volunteers Arrive in Cuenca

    Posted by lyoung

    We are so excited to welcome our twenty-nine volunteers to the first-ever Cuenca, Ecuador summer project! The volunteers were received by a warm, humid embrace as they arrived in Guayaquil … Read More

    Route Report from Pérez Zeledón

    Posted by lyoung

    What a week in community! The volunteers arrived last Saturday in their communities and have each had an eventful week getting to know their host families, exploring the beautiful Costan … Read More

    AMIGOS Santa Elena Volunteers have arrived!

    Posted by lyoung

    The AMIGOS Project Staff Team is so excited to have their volunteers here in country and we can’t wait to see what they accomplish during the project! Here are some … Read More

    Volunteer Voice: Roshan

    Posted by lyoung

    At first, I didn’t know what to expect from my AMIGOS experience. I thought I would be really homesick, and I thought that I wouldn’t make new friends. As soon … Read More

    Calling Home: Dominican Republic Project

    Posted by lyoung

    We wanted to let you all know that volunteers on Session A of the Barahona Project will be calling home this week on a rolling basis as their supervisors visit … Read More

    First Week in Pérez Zeledón

    Posted by lyoung

    Our Session A volunteers are already at work in their communities throughout Pérez Zeledón after a fun and successful briefing! Here’s a glimpse of what we’ve been up to since … Read More

    First Week in Coclé

    Posted by lyoung

    Last week, our volunteers finally arrived! We were so happy, shouting and waving AMIGOS flags to welcome them in the airport. They were a bit embarrassed by us, but we … Read More

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