travel abroad

Kaitlyn Yu: Discovering Ireland Through Its People and Past

Before the start of this trip, my only source of knowledge of Ireland and Northern Ireland came from fantasy books...

Reflections from Ecuador

This program reflection is written by Natalie Reed, an Illinois first-year Environmental Sciences student, who embarked on her first Amizade...

Reflecting on a semester abroad cut short: Ecuador

As part of our series on COVID-19, Amizade’s Communications and Development Coordinator Melissa Nix interviewed Ecuador semester student Erica DeBarge...

5 artists to connect you to Brazil’s culture

Isolated at home? Luckily, there are ways to explore a culture without traveling, and one of them is through music....

COVID-19: Taking action miles away from home

Daniel Alexander is Amizade’s Marketing and Communications Coordinator. Originally from Brazil, Daniel shares what it’s like to experience the COVID-19...

COVID-19 Updates

08/11/2021 Amizade releases its most recent current state of travel update. Amizade is constantly reviewing and updating its COVID-19 health...

COVID-19: Searching for our village

This blog post was written by Amizade-BCA Italy Site Director Juri Bottura in the face of COVID-19 quarantine in his...

My Stretching Latin Adventure

Recently, Amizade Ghana alumna and Virginia State University student Verlisha Brandon went on her first ever solo expedition outside of...

7 tasty tips from one summer Londoner to another

Before coming to the U.K., I had so many preconceived ideas of what the food culture of London would be like. I...

The top 8 things I will miss about my Amizade-BCA Quito experience

I have been in Quito, Ecuador for seven and a half of my ten-month, academic year abroad, and I have thoroughly enjoyed...

Top 10 foods to try in Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago offer a unique culinary experience that is distinct, dynamic and delicious. Our food fusion is based on...

Lessons Learned in Karagwe, Tanzania

This past spring, Joanna Keen traveled to Amizade’s site in Tanzania to spend 12 weeks serving and learning with our...