Announcing Costa Rica: Montañas y Mar 2023!🌊🐢
This experience will give you an opportunity to practice your Spanish while volunteering with two amazing environmental conservation organizations.🌱
Theme: Conservation & Biodiversity
Length: 2 weeks
Ages: 15-19
Dive into the rich biodiversity of Costa Rica by contributing to conservation through wildlife inventories, trail maintenance, and turtle nursery setup. You will also explore community and private conservation reserve initiatives!
Spend time on the coast near the beautiful Marino Ballena National Park and in the rolling hills near Chirripo National Park.
Session A dates: June 6-19
Session B dates: July 18-31
Financial assistance deadline: March 21, 2023
Learn more at the link in our bio!
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How it all began…🌎💚 A special AMIGOS #tbt!
✈️ Applications for students and project staff are open at the link in our bio! We have spots available for NEW projects in Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama! Visit our website our send us a DM for more information!
We’re so excited for Summer 2023 and all the adventures waiting to be lived.✨ Join this beautiful movement this summer!
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Chelsea Till did AMIGOS in Ecuador back in 2011. As happens with most students, she arrived at the airport with a mix of excitement and nervousness…Little did she know that she was about to meet one of her best friends - Elizabeth - who would become her travel companion through adventures around the world…for more than a decade to come.
That first AMIGOS summer in Ecuador was only the beginning. They both kept coming back and participating in further AMIGOS projects together, evolving from summers as volunteers to amazing project supervisors.
At the end of every AMIGOS summer though, they would have to part ways again. They would have to say goodbye to each other, their friends, the volunteers, and their lively and warm Latin American communities.
Even though Elizabeth went to university in Scotland and Chelsea in the U.S., they still managed to stay close. Over 10 years of friendship later, they share such fascinating and extraordinary stories: they have climbed Kilimanjaro in Tanzania together, visited the Galápagos Islands, Elizabeth flew to Dallas for less than 24 hours just to be present at Chelsea’s law school graduation - and they even ran an ultra-marathon in the desert to celebrate their decade of AMIGOS friendship.
Chelsea and Elizabeth have even gone back to visit their very first Ecuadorian host family. Their “little” host sister is now a lawyer. And her dream? To visit the U.S. Supreme Court someday…
Chelsea and Elizabeth are working to make this travel wish a reality, and reunite with their 2011 host sister once again….hopefully, someday, walking towards the Supreme Court together and chatting through the streets of D.C., which is where Elizabeth lives today.
“I think I speak for both of us when I say we’re both extremely grateful to AMIGOS…I’ll also forever be grateful for my adventure buddy and best friend.”
Gracias, Chelsea! For sharing these beautiful stories with us!!!🥹💚 #OnceanAmigo #AlwaysanAmigo
New AMIGOS project alert!💙 Learn more about Panamá: Valle y Veraguas 2023 🌊🇵🇦
Theme: Community-Driven Conservation
Length: 3 weeks
Ages: 15-19
🏡Homestays: 10+ days with a host family & group lodging for briefing
*Get college credit for this project!
See the different sides of Panama, from a cloud forest to the Pacific Coast. Live with a host family and hang out with local peers to practice your Spanish and learn more about Panamanian culture!
Inspire yourself by talking to community leaders to better understand the climate challenges they are facing and the actions they are taking. Volunteer with local organizations, like a sea turtle protection organization. Enjoy the pristine coastline and do hands-on volunteer activities that help make the area safer for the sea turtles that nest and hatch there!🐢
Date: June 15–July 5
Financial assistance deadline: March 21, 2023
More details on our website, link in our bio!
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Join the AMIGOS HQ family!🌎 We have exciting AMIGOS + AmeriCorps VISTA openings for 2023:
📚 Learn about curriculum and summer program design as the AMIGOS Program Associate
📋 Grow the size and impact of annual fundraisers as the AMIGOS Fund Development Associate
🎙️ Collect stories of impact and learn about marketing as the AMIGOS Storytelling Associate
📝 Dive into volunteer training workshop design as the AMIGOS Program Training Associate
📆 Learn about community building and business operations as the AMIGOS Operations Associate
Learn more about our AMIGOS + AmeriCorps roles on our website. Explore the “Join Our Team” page and apply!
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Calling all young professionals! Want to live and work in Latin America this summer? Join us TONIGHT for an info session to learn more about our 2023 summer roles!
Serve as a mentor, a coach, and supervise youth in our programs!
👉 Join us: Wednesday, January 18: 6:00–7:00pm (US Central Time)
Sign up at the link in our bio!🕺🏻Los esperamos✨
You’re just one application away from having the best summer ever!!🤗🥳✈️
Will we see you in Latin America this summer?❤️🌎 Apply today!
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