Applications are now open for students, mentors, and educators to join our Guatemala Youth Leadership and Language Exchange Program. Apply here

Filters
Categories
Sort By
Search
Categories
Sort By
Search

News and Stories

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://partners.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/liliana_0-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" alt="" decoding="async" />
July 28, 2015

Liliana Hincapie receives Medal of Merit for advancing disability rights in Colombia

Liliana Hincapie Salazar has always had a passion for volunteering, specifically working with people with disabilities. So when she became a preschool teacher in 1981, she took responsibility over the school’s special education program. Shortly...
See more
<img width="150" height="150" src="https://partners.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Haiti1-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" alt="" decoding="async" />
July 27, 2015

A Look Inside the Haitian Coffee Industry

Coffee is a beloved beverage in the U.S. It’s hard to turn a corner in most major American cities without encountering the aromas from a nearby Starbucks. But while a majority of Americans consume coffee...
See more
<img width="150" height="150" src="https://partners.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Chantay20Pic202-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" alt="" decoding="async" />
July 24, 2015

Full Circle – “Círculo Completo”

It’s amazing how life can often come full circle, and my experience as one of the inaugural fellows of Panama Teacher Match proved just this. This past winter, I embarked on a journey to be accepted into Panama Teacher Match,...
See more
<img width="150" height="150" src="https://partners.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/REM1-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" alt="" decoding="async" />
July 23, 2015

100K Strong and the REM Factor in Social Entrepreneurship

While at the Second Hemispheric Workshop on 100,000 Strong in the Americas I participated in a series of “What Works” sessions and listened intently as international educators who had both won or lost in our open competitions...
See more
<img width="150" height="150" src="https://partners.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Baseball-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" alt="" decoding="async" />
July 10, 2015

Baseball Exchange Promotes Cultural Understanding and Friendship

The Santo Domingo Stars – a baseball team of young men from the Dominican Republic aged 11 to 13 years old  – visited Lebanon and Nashville, Tennessee from May 27 to June 1st. While there, the team had the...
See more
<img width="150" height="150" src="https://partners.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Torreyes-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" alt="" decoding="async" />
June 29, 2015

Dodgers Prospect Credits Sports Exchange with Paving Path Towards Success

When Ronald Torreyes was only 14 years old, he set off on a trip he now deems the “opportunity of a lifetime.” It was the first time he left his home country of Venezuela and traveled to...
See more