Santa Elena: Kirra’s Experience My time in Ecuador has been full of emotions, experiences, animals, farms, trying new foods, dancing, meeting new people, and learning more about myself and the … Read More

Santa Elena: Updates from Helena Hi Everyone! My name is Helena Vargas and I’m writing to you from Prosperidad, Ecuador. I’m a volunteer in the Santa Elena IMMERSE Project. I’ve … Read More

From Discover AMIGOS to Santa Elena In 2019, Isabell and Lily spent two weeks in Panama with Discover AMIGOS, the middle school program that allows younger students to experience AMIGOS. … Read More

Advice from Me, as a Volunteer Hey y’all! I’m Amelia and I’m one of the coordinators for this year’s Santa Elena Project. Honestly, it sounds weird to be called a … Read More

Visiting Bambil Collao and Bambil Deshecho Hola, mi nombre es Sebastian Farfán y soy Coordinador en Ecuador con el programa de Santa Elena. En años anteriores estuve en los programas … Read More

Santa Elena: Updates from Project Staff All Project Staff arrived in Santa Elena Monday this week! By Tuesday, our Project Coordinators (PCs), Sebastian, Ellie, and Amelia, were already undergoing training, … Read More

About The Area: Santa Elena 2022 It was early in the morning when I left the house feeling nervous and looking forward to finding myself in a new city, learning … Read More

Santa Elena 2022: Meet Your Project Staff Hola to every member of the AMIGOS family!    It is a real pleasure to introduce myself as the Immerse Santa Elena Project … 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

We are wrapping up the second week in communities, and the volunteers have settled in so nicely! They have their own routines of waking up with the sounds of roosters … Read More