Amigos de las Américas: Meaningful Volunteer Work in Latin America

Amigos de las Américas (AMIGOS) is a non-profit organization, established in 1965, which empowers teenagers and young adults to develop leadership skills and increase multi-cultural awareness through training and community service in Latin America.

Our mission is to build partnerships to empower young leaders; advance community development; and strengthen multicultural understanding in the Americas.

AMIGOS is an absolutely life changing experience. The experience makes you get out of your comfort zone, learn about a completely different area, and really connect with individuals of a different culture. —Anne Katherine Wales, Veteran Volunteer

What You Can Do

Volunteer Projects in Costa Rica

AMIGOS helps prepare the leaders of tomorrow, while serving rural Latin American communities today. Over the past 45 years, AMIGOS has sent more than 24,000 young volunteers (ages 16-25) to Latin America to work in close collaboration with partnering agencies on community development and service projects. While in Latin America, volunteers live and work with host families, collaborating with their local host community to work on a wide array of development projects and taking on a high level of responsibility.

2012 projects are available in Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay and Peru.

For more information, visit www.amigoslink.org.

Find Your Voice!

El mundo necesita más Amigos... como tú! Glimpse into a day in the life of an Amigos de las Américas volunteer. Learn how you too can spend the summer in a Latin American country completing meaningful community development projects. Live with a host family and work with the community to make a positive difference.

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A Day in the Life: Paraguay
Youth Leadership. Multicultural Understanding. Community Development. These are the three pillars for the Amigos challenge. One volunteer shares about lessons learned while on her summer experience in Paraguay.

Requirements & Fees

To serve as an AMIGOS volunteer in Latin America, you must:

•	Be at least 16 years old by September 1st of the year of volunteer service
•	Have completed your sophomore year of high school
•	Have completed at least two years of high school Spanish or the equivalent
•	Adhere to the AMIGOS Standards of Personal Conduct and Community Behavior
•	Fulfill training and fundraising requirements
•	Receive the required immunizations

The Participation Fee includes:

•	Round-trip international airfare from your gateway city
•	Authentic meals, lodging with host family and transportation in Latin America
•	All project related supplies
•	Training materials and workshops
•	Veteran supervisory project staff
•	24-hour emergency On-Call Communications System during the program
•	Supplemental short-term international medical insurance

Additional participation expenses include immunizations and medical examinations, passport/visa fees and airfare to U.S. gateway city (only for CVs)

The first step in making a positive difference with AMIGOS is filling out the Volunteer Application. You may apply through a chapter or through the Correspondent Volunteer (CV) program.

Learn more about the difference between the chapter and CV programs.

Happy AMIGOS Volunteer Amigos de las Américas
5618 Star Lane
Houston, TX 77057
(713) 782-5290
(800) 231-7796 toll free
(713) 782-9267 fax
info@amigoslink.org
www.amigoslink.org

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