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5 Reasons Why You Should Volunteer Abroad
Why volunteer abroad? There are a million ways you could spend your summer break: sleeping all day, getting a part-time job, making a YouTube channel,…
How I Lost Myself on My Gap Year
Ecuador, Featured, Gap Program
Although I don’t like to admit it, I’m the kind of person who likes to have things figured out. Ever since I was in middle…
Volunteering Moves the World
This blog post was written by Jonathan Zúñiga Granados, the president of Casa de la Juventud, one of our partner organizations in Costa Rica. He…
Getting out of a Bubble in Ecuador
We caught up with Max, a student at Tufts University who joined our Gap Program in Cuenca, Ecuador for the 2017-18 school year. Here, he…
Just Audrey
Ecuador, Gap Program, Living Abroad
Like an idiot, I came to Ecuador carrying expectations. Last August I looked ahead and saw “cool traveler adventurer Audrey,” the girl that could solve…
Grand Dream of Adventure
I have had more adventures in the last few weeks in Ecuador than in the last few years of my life. I have been to…
AMIGOS Training: Step 1
AMIGOS training takes place at the beginning of all our programs and is a crucial component of every project. Throughout the year, we develop and…
Learning the Subjunctive in Ecuador
Alumni Stories, Ecuador, Summer Program
In Pilapuchín, a community of 400 tucked high in the Ecuadorian Andes, the local equivalent of the PTA does not get a summer break. As…
A Service Journey
Alumni Stories, Nicaragua, Summer Program
Melanie went to Nicaragua in the summer of 2011. She joined AMIGOS through our partner Rice University as a Loewenstern Fellow. We caught up with…