Today’s guest post comes from Samantha Camarra, who just tied up six months’ work with Quetzaltrekkers in Guatemala and Nicaragua. Originally from Northern California, Samantha currently attends the University of Hawaii at Manoa majoring in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. She hopes her next ad[...]
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June 20th, 2011 - 5:25 am § in Bolivia, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Nonprofit Spotlight, Volunteer Spotlight
Quetzaltrekkers: Into the Clouds, Part 1
Three-thousand three-hundred feet below the mountaintop we will summit tomorrow morning, I sit in a small one-room house on a wooden chair fit for a person of childlike proportions. The house is lit by a single candle. The faces of my co-guide and our clients are illuminated by the flame’s orange [...]
June 17th, 2011 - 6:00 am § in Nonprofit Spotlight, Uncategorized
A Guest Post by Carolyn Chuong: Mucu-what?
Mucu-what? Carolyn Chuong Here’s a tongue twister for you. On Saturday I traveled to the village Mucuchachí for the opening of Mucuposada Mucuchá. I went with an NGO that I’ve been volunteering with called Programa Andes Tropicales (PAT), which is located in Mérida, Venezuela. Andes Tropic[...]
Non-Profit Spotlight: Un Techo Para Mi Pais, Argentina
When I spent my last semester in China, volunteering weekly was one of my most rewarding activities. I planned to continue volunteering my time regularly here in Buenos Aires, but my class schedule proved especially tough. So instead of volunteering regularly, I hear my friends talk about their [...]
Innovative approaches to Youth Development
Music/sport/theatre for development? I have to admit that previously I had thought these ideas perhaps a bit arty-farty. After all, I thought, surely there are more basic needs to meet? But this week I have been pleasantly surprised by these ideas and have come round to a new approach to youth dev[...]
May 19th, 2011 - 7:51 pm § in Argentina, Around Town, Looking for Opportunity, Nonprofit Spotlight, Volunteer
Where my Expats at?
The Expats Solidarios 2011 NGO fair was held this Saturday, helping to connect the expatriate community living in Buenos Aires with local NGOs. Networking events like can be great opportunities for volunteers and NGOs alike. By bringing together individuals searching for volunteer opportunities and[...]
It’s a Man’s World…
This week I have spent a lot of time with one of LAFF’s partner projects, Casa Mantay. Getting to know the girls, their children and the project better has just impressed me even more with what the girls deal with and how well Casa Mantay supports them. Casa Mantay is a home for adolescent mot[...]
Back in the Land of the Incas!
Hi, I’m Fran Talavera, one of the new bloggers for La Vida Idealist. I first came to Latin America in 2002 when I spent three months in Costa Rica and Panama and from then on was hooked! Most of my time since then (when not in the UK) has been spent in South America. I spent [...][...]
