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Celebrating Independence Day and 50 Years of the Paraguay-Kansas Bilateral Relationship
His Excellency Mr. Lee McClenney, U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay Mr. Harry Wing, President of the Board of Directors Partners of the Americas Her Excellency, Dr.Alicia Pucheta, Vice President of the Republic of Paraguay His Excellency,...
See moreOur Efforts Towards Reducing Child Labor in Latin America
Since 2002, the International Labor Organization (ILO) has designated June 12 as World Day Against Child Labor. The day is designed to bring governments, nonprofit organizations and civil society together to highlight the struggles...
See moreMust Include Volcanoes: Introducing, Yogi Super Foods
With his silver-streaked beard and fashion scarf, seated in Sukhasana (a yoga meditation pose), Marco Barbi may seem like an unlikely candidate to help kickstart the Guatemalan economy. For starters, he is Italian, married...
See moreAdvancing the Business Development and Sales of Fabretto Youth Centers in Nicaragua
Johnson Ndi traveled to Nicaragua, to support our Farmer-to-Farmer (F2F) host, Fabretto Foundation, with multiple seminars on business development and sales. As part of this F2F assignment, Mr. Ndi visited and led trainings at...
See moreDesafiar los estereotipos cara a cara / Challenging Stereotypes Face to Face
Click here to read the English story (Caption: Ruben Gerardo, Youth Leadership Intern, touring Washington DC with 2017 Colombian & Venezuelan delegation of Youth Ambassadors) Durante el semestre de otoño de 2017, viajé desde mi...
See moreFarmer-to-Farmer 2017: Year at a Glance
For the past 23 years, Partners’ Farmer-to-Farmer (F2F) program has transformed lives in 30 countries across Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa. F2F connects specialized volunteers from the United States with farmers, cooperatives, agribusinesses, extension services,...
See moreJasson Albernaz: A Pioneer for Change
A little bit goes a long way with Jasson Albernaz. Despite having minimal resources, Jasson Albernaz has changed the lives of hundreds of children in his community in Cochabamba, Bolivia with just “love, time, and...
See moreRhode Island and Colombian Institutions Team Up to Build Affordable Prosthetics
Laura Parra, a University of Rhode Island (URI) senior, always wanted to return to her home country of Colombia to give back to the community in some way. Never did she imagine she would be...
See moreWhy do you volunteer?
What do you love about volunteering? For Luz Adriana Restrepo, “volunteering with Partners taught me the spirit of giving, no matter where you are from…the warmth, the human quality, and the spirit of service is...
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