La Carta Category: Panama

One of our Community Impact Project volunteers- Saylor, from San Carlos, CA – shares about her experiences with AMIGOS in Panama and virtually, as well as her service project about mental health support! Learn about the Community Impact Project here.   In the summer of 2019, I went to Coclé, Panama with AMIGOS. When COVID-19 … Read More

One of our Community Impact Project volunteers- Simran, from Los Altos, CA- shares about her experiences with AMIGOS in Panama and virtually, as well as her service project! Learn about the Community Impact Project here.   I decided to join the Community Impact Project because I loved my experience with AMIGOS when I went to … Read More

By AMIGOS Alum Jordan Chase. He has participated in both our Discover and Summer Immersion programs. In 2018 he joined the Discover AMIGOS Panama Project and returned to Panama in 2019 with our 4-week Coclé project. Back in Panama for the second time, he was able to visit his host family from the previous summer … Read More

By Mia Cooper, 2016 Azuero, Panama AMIGOS alumna and 2019 Discover AMIGOS Assistant Project Director   One thing I can promise you is that your experience with AMIGOS doesn’t end when your summer or program does, and AMIGOS will continue to influence your life years after you’re a volunteer.   I actually spent my 16th … Read More

Panama may be a country that brings to mind hats and a big canal, but there is so much more to this vibrant and diverse region. AMIGOS has summer projects throughout Panama, including a Community and Environment Health project in Coclé and working with a turtle sanctuary on Discover AMIGOS. Here are four reasons why … Read More

Maren is a two-time AMIGOS alum and will serve as a Project Supervisor this summer in the Dominican Republic. Here, she reflects on how she got involved in AMIGOS and the impact it had on her life.   When I first traveled to Panamá as an AMIGOS participant in 2015, it was for all the … Read More

This post was sent to us by our project leadership team in Cocle, Panama this summer.    7. It will rain today, be prepared because otherwise you will get drenched.   6. Plantains can be cooked into anything.   5. Penonomé is one of the greatest cities in the world.   4. Aguacero does not … Read More

Claire spent a summer in Panama with Amigos de las Américas and shared the highlights of her experience with us below.   word of mouth Amigos de las Américas was a program that I heard about through my mom’s co-worker’s daughter. She did the program and came back with amazing stories and a very inspiring … Read More