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Guiding Principles

 AMIGOS Volunteers…

  • Value and promote partnerships and participation with local individuals and community groups
  • Value and utilize local knowledge and resources, promoting a positive approach to program planning and implementation
  • Promote shared objectives, communication, and sustained efforts with partners
  • Embrace positive approaches to interactions with partner agency members, community members, and with each other
  • Appreciate and embrace diversity of cultures, ethnicities, ways of living, and thought both within themselves and among their host communities 
  • Are students and learners
  • Are facilitators and catalysts of positive personal and community development
  • Maintain flexibility

 
AMIGOS Voices

“In AMIGOS, I learned that trying to fix someone else’s problem is neither as sustainable nor as rewarding as collaborating. When I approach problem-solving as a partnership, I have access to more data, build more sustainable solutions and open myself to great learning.”

–Jennifer Langdon, Organization Development Consultant, Shell Exploration & Production Company