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Alumni Spotlight: Dr. Taylor Surles from AMIGOS to Doctors without Borders
Alumni Spotlight, Alumni Stories, Mexico, Storytelling, Summer Program
Alumni Spotlight: Dr. Taylor Surles from AMIGOS to Doctors without Borders We had the opportunity to connect with Dr. Taylor Surles, who was an AMIGOS participant…
A Second Summer is Twice as Nice
Alumni Stories, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Summer Program
A Second Summer is Twice as Nice Kirsten: The Value of a Second Summer In 2009, my sister went to Honduras with AMIGOS and in…
Q&A with Ernesto
Alumni Stories, Dominican Republic, Summer Program
Tell me about your CBI (Community-Based Initiative). What did you learn from it? At first I was slightly apprehensive about the possibility of…
AMIGOS by the Numbers
Summer Program, What's Happening
AMIGOS by the Numbers This summer, AMIGOS participants spent their summer in 192 different communities throughout Latin America. In addition to starting or expanding…
Finding Family in Ecuador
Ecuador, Gap Program, Living Abroad, What's Happening
Audrey is among the first cohort of AMIGOS gap participants in Ecuador. Permanent staff and AMIGOS participants throughout the year increase project sustainability and build…
Gap Nicaragua: Sensory Tour
Gap Program, Living Abroad, Nicaragua
Start to a Gap Year in Nicaragua Thank you to Nicaragua gap participants Brenna and Nadia for writing about the beginning of their gap year…
Announcing the 2017 Photo and Video Contest Winners
Contests, Costa Rica, Summer Program
Photo & Video Contest winners 2017 Every year after participants have returned home from their summers in Latin America, we hold a contest for the…
Shared Goals: How AMIGOS Partners with Educators
Did you know that AMIGOS offers professional development for educators? In July 2017, fifteen educators from the Byram Hills School District from Armonk, New York…
AMIGOS Pulse – Where we’re going
Our 53rd summer in communities throughout Latin America has come to a close, and it’s been a whirlwind! More than 550 participants spent their summer…