community-driven service

Reflecting on Service Learning in Washington, D.C.

Nicole Flohr, a senior at Lebanon Valley College, traveled to Washington, D.C. with Amizade just before the COVID-19 pandemic shut...

A Message of Solidarity from Trinidad and Tobago

Please enjoy this uplifting message of solidarity and support from Denise Aleong-Thomas, an Amizade Site Director in Trinidad & Tobago....

Finding Strength in Community

Amizade’s Director of Health, Safety and Security Rachel Helwig reflects on the impacts of COVID-19, in both her professional life,...

An Amizade Program #TBT

Torey Siebart is Amizade’s Outreach Assistant, and she’s also an Amizade alum! Torey reflects on her experience in Cochabamba, where...

Alumni Impact: An Inspiring Alternative Break in Puerto Rico

In March 2019, Emersen Dodge, a Physiology and Spanish major from the University of Wyoming, traveled to Puerto Rico as...

Meeting with a Navajo Code Talker

Recently, Amizade volunteer Theresa Ferraro alongside her friends from Weatherby Healthcare traveled with Amizade to the Navajo Nation for a...

There was more mud today!

Amizade volunteer Chelsea Watts is in Puerto Rico learning about the rebuilding efforts after Hurricane Maria and helping to restore the mangrove wetlands.

A Little Can Go a Long Way

This blog post was written by Amizade volunteer Michelle Carfagno, an undergraduate student at Cornell University, and presents impressions of...

Reflecting on 26 days in Brazil with Amizade

Last month, Rudy Sanchez, along with 8 other students from West Virginia University, spent 26 days in Brazil with Amizade...

Becoming a Youth Ambassador: Dannial Cardillo

Dannial Cardillo, a high school junior from Pittsburgh, PA, was selected as a participant for the Youth Ambassadors Program with...

Mangrove Reforestation in Puerto Rico

In Puerto Rico, Amizade partners with CARAS de las Americas, a local non-profit organization with the goal of promoting international...

Where are you in your Journey?

When someone decides to go on a service-learning trip, internationally or domestically, they more often than not return home with...