Current Projects

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Dominican Republic

Azua/San Juan, Dominican Republic
Length: 8 weeks; Starts: 2009/06/17; Ends: 2009/08/12;
Organize day-camp style leadership and physical education programs with children ages 5-12 during their summer vacation;
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Honduras

La Paz, Honduras
Length: 6 weeks; Starts: 2009/07/01; Ends: 2009/08/12;
Facilitate educational activities for children, with an emphasis placed on environmental health;
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Lempira, Honduras
Length: 6 weeks; Starts: 2009/07/01; Ends: 2009/08/12;
Collaborate with Latin American youth counterparts to prepare a presentation for a large youth fair. Also facilitate educational activities for children;
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Mexico

Guanajuato, Mexico
Length: 6 weeks; Starts: 2009/06/24; Ends: 2009/08/05;
Facilitate community health projects and collaborate with local experts to present public health workshops;
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Michoacan, Mexico
Length: 7 weeks; Starts: 2009/06/24; Ends: 2009/08/12;
Facilitate activities on environmental education and preservation, including the preparation of a presentation for the annual environmental fair;
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Oaxaca, Mexico - Community Nutrition
Length: 8 weeks; Starts: 2009/06/17; Ends: 2009/08/12;
Volunteers will teach community members about the value of a nutritious native grain, amaranth, and will facilitate activities that promote the well being of youth in the community;
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Oaxaca, Mexico - Digital Culture
Length: 8 weeks; Starts: 2009/06/17; Ends: 2009/08/12;
Volunteers will engage community members, especially youth, during workshops aimed at increasing awareness about technology and its role in preserving native history;
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Nicaragua

Chontales, Nicaragua
Length: 6 weeks; Starts: 2009/06/17; Ends: 2009/07/29;
Facilitate activities to help children and young adults build communication and creative expression skills. Also lead social action projects including the establishment of student governments;
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Granada/Rivas, Nicaragua
Length: 8 weeks; Starts: 2009/06/10; Ends: 2009/08/05;
Support local health center activities by providing health information to patients and assisting nurses. Also facilitate health education activities for children;
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Panama

Cocle, Panama
Length: 6 weeks; Starts: 2009/06/17; Ends: 2009/07/29;
Promote the healthy social development and group leadership skills of young people through a school-based program of educational workshops and group-led community improvement projects;
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Herrera/Los Santos, Panama
Length: 8 weeks; Starts: 2009/06/10; Ends: 2009/08/05;
Promote leadership skills, team building, and youth empowerment through sports;
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Paraguay

Paraguari, Paraguay - Environmental Health
Length: 8 weeks; Starts: 2009/06/17; Ends: 2009/08/12;
Facilitate educational activities for children with a special focus on environmental health. Also run a two-week day camp during the Paraguayan winter break;
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Paraguari, Paraguay - Household Sanitation
Length: 8 weeks; Starts: 2009/06/17; Ends: 2009/08/12;
Volunteers will lead household and environmental health promotion projects that will include the construction of latrines;
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San Pedro, Paraguay
Length: 6 weeks; Starts: 2009/07/01; Ends: 2009/08/12;
Volunteers will educate families about nutrition, help construct fuel efficient stoves and will promote reforestation activities;
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TBA

TBA
Length: 5 weeks; Starts: 2009/07/01; Ends: 2009/08/05;
Collaborate with partner agencies to implement a program that aims to promote leadership skills, creative expression, personal health and nutrition to children and young people;
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“I think I speak for nearly all Volunteers by saying that “doing AMIGOS” is just another way to say that we discover new homes and new families. To be accepted in another part of the world, and to speak the common language of community, is perhaps one of the greatest blessings that anyone could wish for oneself.”

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