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Update from Nani’s Route

This past week, the participants in Nani’s route (in Popola, Yaxunah, Kancabdzonot and Chimay) have been focusing on fundraising. All of the communities have…
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Briefing: Session B

After a very successful first session, the Dominican Republic project leadership team (the D.R.eam Team) was given a week to evaluate the state of…
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Debriefing: Session A

After three weeks living with Dominican families, the participants of Session A were reunited in a convent in San Juan de la Maguana.  Leaving…
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Volleyball Tournament

For ten of the communities on our project, their last day was spent competing in San Juan in the second volleyball tournament. The hard…
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Leading Extracurricular Activities

The core components of the participants’ experience in community are the stay with the host families, working on the CBIP at the school, engaging…
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Midterm in Chimborazo

We are so proud our participants! They made to the halfway point of their AMIGOS summer experience and on Saturday, the 21st of July,…
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Participant Perspectives

Rincón de las Palmas – Avery & Lexi Our names are Avery (14) and Lexi (13) and we’re in the community Rincón de las…
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Updates from Community

Over the past few days, participants have gotten settled in to the second half of their Discover AMIGOS experience: the community stay! As part…
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Hiking Through the Mountains

Saturday was an amazing day! After being in the three different communities – La Negrita, El Barrero, and Rincón de las Palmas – all…
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Volunteer Perspective: El Barrero

This blog was written by two volunteers, Nikhil and Aidan.   My name is Nikhil. I am 14 years old, and I live in…
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