In July 2015, 17-year-old Paige Johnson, along with ten other youth from across the U.S., traveled to Colombia for two weeks to participate in the unprecedented State Department-funded U.S Youth Ambassadors program there. During her...

I first visited Panamá in 1989 to see my Salvadoran aunt who had started her family there. However, I first experienced Panamá in 1979 as a child in Orange County, California through the loving and...

Since 1960, the United Nations dubs each year a new topic that deserves international awareness or appreciation. In 2015 we celebrated the International Year of Soils, and this year, the United Nations has declared 2016...

Last summer, Colorado-Minas Gerais Partners launched “Improve Your English,” a teacher exchange program for English teaches in Colorado and Brazil. Improve Your English initially brought four Brazilian middle school English teachers to Greeley, CO, where they...

“Farmer-to-Farmer puts a face on U.S. foreign assistance,” the Honorable Douglas Bereuter, former Member of Congress and Farmer-to-Farmer founder, remarked to the room of staff and volunteers who had gathered to celebrate the program’s 30th...

Happy International Volunteer Day to all volunteers! If you are a volunteer, take today to celebrate yourself as the world recognizes your selfless contributions and expertise. Here at Partners of the Americas, we know our...

Jamie Rocha, Director of Sport Strategy at GlideSlope, served as a mentor during a Partners of the Americas Sport for Community (S4C) program to several Brazilian emerging leaders in the sport for development field. In...

It has been very rewarding for me to have supported the Youth Ambassadors Program as a Coordinator in 2014 and 2015. Rewarding, not only because I’ve had contact with youth who participated in the program...

Happy Thanksgiving from Partners of the Americas! As the holiday season gets underway, Partners wants you know how thankful we are for the key role you play in this community. Whether it be volunteering your...

This post originally appeared on Partners of the Americas’ Agriculture and Food Security blog. Between plant disease, pests, and changing weather, farmers face more than enough challenges related to growing, harvesting and producing their crops. Once...