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September 18, 2015

What Works! Brings Together Students From Across the Americas

This past 10th and 11th of September, Partners members, volunteers, board members, and staff gathered from all over the Americas in the beautiful state of Oregon for our What Works! conference hosted by our Oregon-Costa...
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September 15, 2015

#WhatWorks2015: Recap and Photos

Thanks to all Partners chapter members, staff, volunteers and conference speakers for making #WhatWorks2015 such a success! And a special thanks to the Oregon-Costa Partners for hosting the event! There were many highlights, including insightful seminars about...
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September 1, 2015

Partners Teacher Leads Beautification Effort in Panama

When I was selected to be one of the 18 English teachers for the inaugural Panama Teacher Match program through Partners of the Americas, I knew I was in for an adventure. I had requested...
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August 28, 2015

A Week in the Life of a Mother Leader

Marie Guerline Ostine is a Mother Leader each and every day of the week. Living in Carrefour, one of greater Port-au-Prince’s four districts, Ms. Ostine continually serves her neighbors by providing nutrition and health education...
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August 28, 2015

Feed the Future-supported Farmer-to-Farmer Trainings Pave the Way for Guatemalan Mushroom Production Lab

At Asociación Visión Maya, expectations for the Farmer-to-Farmer (F2F) trainings could not have been higher. Based in Sololá, Guatemala, Visión Maya is an association of almost 200 oyster mushroom producers – over half of whom...
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August 25, 2015

Partners & One World Play Project: A Life-Changing Partnership

When the children of the community of Tiracancha, resting high in the Andes Mountains in Cusco, Peru, received 50 indestructible One World Futbols, they rejoiced at the fact that they will never have to scavenge...
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August 21, 2015

U.S.-Brazil Exchange Expands Coach Training for Blind Athletes

As executive director of the U.S. Association of Blind Athletes (USABA), Mark Lucas has met scores of people involved in sports—he’s even met Brazilians. “The Brazilian people are so incredibly friendly and insanely passionate about...
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August 18, 2015

Sport for Community Participants Reunite to Run Girls’ Soccer Camp

Camilla Orlando continues to be an active Emerging Leader of Partners of the Americas’ Sport for Community program (S4C). This summer, the Brazilian returned to the United States to work with Olympic gold medalist and member of the...
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August 14, 2015

Joven Lucha por la Sustentabilidad de Yucatán

Actualmente trabajo en los proyectos de mi agrupación que son pláticas en escuelas sobre temas ambientales, colocación de botes de basura en zonas públicas, operativos de limpieza y reciclaje de desechos (basura), limpieza de playa,...
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August 7, 2015

La ilusión de triunfar, aún difícil para el más fuerte

Aún recuerdo como hace seis meses, cuando estaba comenzando mi semestre de pre práctica, soñaba con conseguir una oportunidad laboral envidiable para muchos y enriquecedora para mi. Era un sueño que sabía tenía que cumplir....
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