Houston Chapter
About our new website:
Nov. 10, 2012
Welcome to the new home of our website. Volunteers, families, chapter veterans and friends should all make note of the new site and re-set their favorites to point here.
The new site was developed to further the “One Amigos” message and to enhance communication with our volunteers and their parents.
Being integrated into the Amigos "IO" website gives our users the advantage of easy navigation to all of the resources and information that the parent organizaton has to offer. It allows us to make available the timely and and ever-changing articles, project descriptions, forms, FAQs, videos and information of the IO site without requiring our users to leave our chapter site as used to be the case. And during the summer there is easy access to the various project updates which are all maintained by the IO and the project staff in the field.
The site also has links for online fee payment and for making online contributions.
The Houston Chapter of Amigos de las Américas is one of 26 nationwide chapters of AMIGOS. Each fall, we invite qualified high school and college students, 16 years and older, to join our training program, where we prepare them for a summer of service in Latin America.
Through its training program, the Houston Chapter prepares teens and young adults from Houston, TX and surrounding areas for full-immersion cultural exchange and community service projects in Latin America. We are seeking to inspire and build young leaders through collaborative community development and immersion in cross-cultural experiences.
Next summer our Volunteers will be living with host families throughout Latin America. They will be leading service projects developed in consultation with the local residents. The projects will range from health and hygiene programs for kids, to environmental and nutritional programs.
After training with the Houston Chapter, volunteers are ready to:
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Live with host families in Latin American communities
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Work in in teams of 2 or 3 to promote basic health and environmental education
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Partner with local Latin American agencies, schools, clinics and communities
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Bridge cultures through humanitarian service and by forming new friendships
Amigos de las Américas
5618 Star Lane | Houston, Texas 77057
(713) 782-5290 | (800) 231-7796
F: (713) 782-9267 | info@amigoslink.org
Amigos de las Américas (AMIGOS) hosts programs for young adults to volunteer abroad. AMIGOS' volunteer opportunities focus on youth leadership training and community development in Latin America.
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