Welcome to the Washington DC Chapter of Amigos de las Américas.

Volunteer in Latin America! 

The  Washington  DC  Chapter of  Amigos  de las Américas sends students from throughout the DC area to Latin America every summer to engage in community development and youth leadership projects. After training throughout the winter and spring, high school students join over 700 other  Amigos volunteers from other parts of the United States to provide community service in  Panama, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru or Costa Rica for six to eight weeks next summer while living with a local family.

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2011-2012 Recruiting Calendar

NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS:

AMIGOS withdraws from Honduras: Given recent events, AMIGOS has withdrawn from Honduras for the summer of 2012 and will not offer programs there.

Latin American Youth Ambassadors Event
Volunteers will have an opportunity to interact with teenagers from Uruguay and Paraguay during this exciting DC excursion. RSVP through the Facebook poll or email Alison at amarie003@yahoo.com. For more info, click here.

All AMIGOS training sessions, unless otherwise noted, are held at Oyster Bilingual Elementary School, 2801 Calvert St., N.W. Washington, D.C. (about a 7 minute walk from the Woodley Park/ Adams Morgan stop on the red line and there is parking in the underground garage if you're driving)

For more information please email volunteer@amigosdc.org or leave a message at 202-331-4999. A brief Preliminary Application and $25 non refundable application fee can be submitted at either information session or mailed to the address at the bottom of the form .

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 You can also visit Amigos de las Américas' International Office website.