When Claire Orner first learned about the opportunity to volunteer with Partners’ Farmer-to-Farmer Program in Guatemala, she was immediately interested. Claire, along with her husband Rusty, and two sons, Walker (16) and Ashton (13) are passionate advocates...

Carlos* nació en 1995 en el norte de Honduras. Viene de una familia disfuncional, su padre no se hizo cargo de él, su madre falleció cuando él era muy pequeño y nunca la conoció. Es...

It always starts with an exchange. Through exchange and fellowship programs, Partners of the Americas provides individuals and organizations the opportunity to connect across borders, serve new communities, and ultimately change their life and the...

Eating is an agricultural act. The link between food and culture has been always present. How we pick and mix ingredients, their origin and seasonality define human behavior, helping sculpt culture. In recent years, advanced...

Edited and Published by: Pamela Picon, Intern, Partners of the Americas Foreword by: Abraham Cisne, Senior Program Officer, Youth Engagement Partners is proud to highlight that last year´s Youth Ambassadors (YA) program funded by the...

Partners’ Youth Ambassadors Program, a U.S. State Department sponsored cultural exchange program, brings together youths of limited means and/or with limited international experience, ages 15-18, to build understanding among countries, increase leadership skills, and prepare them to...

I’ve been a member of the Partners of the Americas’ family since my participation on the Youth Ambassadors program in spring 2010– five years ago. By that time I had just turned fifteen, and I...

Give a young person the chance to travel, and they’ll likely never be the same. I saw this firsthand in the conversations I had with former Youth Ambassadors (YA) and YouthLead SENA participants in a recent 10-day trip to...

During the fifth quarter (October – December 2014) of the ECPA Fellows Program, Maria Paz Gutierrez and David Williams traveled to Colombia and Honduras. Grant agreements were signed for Janaki Alavalapati and Dan Kammen, who will be implementing their projects throughout 2015....

I arrived in Indianapolis on a warm morning on Sunday, September 28th. I remembered that morning. I was anxious because everything there was new for me. In my first week, I stayed with former U.S....