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 spend his … Read More

I’m back in the States now, and I can officially say that I have experienced Yucatan, Mexico. I got the amazing experience to live in a small (1,100 people), yet … Read More

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 reflects on the impact of … Read More

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 refine our training curriculum for … Read More

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 I stood up to address … Read More

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 her to learn more about … Read More

May 18, 2018   Today, AMIGOS operates in 9 countries throughout the Americas. More than 650 teens and young adults will participate in our programs this year. And we have … 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 … Read More

We caught up with AMIGOS alum Steve Schafer (Paraguay 1990) to ask him some questions! Steve is the author of The Border, a story about four Mexican teens who flee … Read More

Are you or your child considering a summer or gap program in another country? Here are some questions to ask providers (and our answers!) to find out what you need … Read More