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July 10, 2019

2018 Print Annual Report

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July 8, 2019

Helping Youth in the Dominican Republic

Melanie on a 2018 youth empowerment volunteer assignment in Nicaragua. Read more about her previous work with F2F here. Melanie Forstrom changes lives as a Farmer-to-Farmer (F2F) volunteer with her most recent assignment in the Dominican...
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June 25, 2019

Kentucky-Ecuador Chapter Best Practices: Recruiting Members and Volunteers

Kentucky-Ecuador Partners members in the sales booth. Recruiting new members for the Kentucky-Ecuador Chapter is a challenge for all volunteer organizations. We have been successful reaching out to secure new volunteers through our fundraising projects. To...
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June 11, 2019

Advancing Children’s Dreams, Reducing Child Labor

  Children shouldn’t work in fields, but on dreams. Yet one in 19 children is engaged in child labor in the Americas, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Since 2002, World Day Against Child Labor...
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May 16, 2019

Empowering Mothers and Children in Haiti Through RANFOSE

At Partners of the Americas, we strive to empower and educate women to ensure healthy children, families, and communities. As we reflect on Mother’s Day 2019, we want to highlight how programs like Ranfòse Abitid Nitrisyon...
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May 6, 2019

Teacher Exchange Shares Culture and Education Between Brazil and the U.S.

Arrival day at the Indianapolis International Airport on January 31, 2019. In March 2017, an Indiana Chapter member traveled to our partner country, Brazil, to share intercultural learning experiences with other teachers in Rio Grande do...
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April 22, 2019

PartnersCampus Network Celebrates Global Youth Service Day

From April 12-14, the PartnersCampus Network served their communities for Global Youth Service Day (GYSD). GYSD is the only event in the world that celebrates the capacity for youth ages 5-25 and their communities to thrive...
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April 16, 2019

Best Practices: Virginia – Santa Catarina, Brazil Chapter

  Patricia and Dewey Brown with Partners President and CEO John McPhail at the Virginia-Santa Catarina 50th Anniversary Celebration The Virginia – Santa Catarina, Brazil Chapter’s Best Practices: Adhere to By-Laws and Regulations: Update the By-Laws in accordance with...
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March 22, 2019

Leveraging the Unique Skills of U.S. Exchange Alumni

I recently had the privilege of attending the inaugural Career Connections Seminar for U.S. exchange alumni. The Seminar provided career development workshops to leverage the unique skills that alumni of U.S. Department of State-sponsored exchange...
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March 8, 2019

International Women’s Day 2019

  March 8, 2019 Today, Partners of the Americas celebrates International Women’s Day. This year’s theme is #BalanceforBetter, which calls for gender equality around the world, including in workplaces, governments, and in the media. We...
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