By Jacolien Kisteman VE Volunteer from Zwolle, Netherlands Read the original post in Dutch or click here for the English translation. Op het moment dat ik dit schrijf zit de eerste oriëntatie week bij VE Global er al weer op. Een week die voorbij is gevlogen. Een week die ontzettend gevarieerd, interessant en leuk was, […]
Archive: September, 2012
Art and Technology Grant from American Tower!
American Tower has recently teamed up with VE in an effort to support Art and Technology! With their generous support, we will improve our Festival de Arte program with exciting new features like art kits for volunteers to take to their placements and a larger budget for use in exciting, creative workshops for the kids. […]
VE SupportersWhy I Extended my Stay in Chile
By Jessica Wilcox VE Volunteer from Nebraska, USA I arrived in Santiago, Chile in September 2011. Having made the minimum four month commitment with VE, I planned to stay until the middle of January. When that date was approaching, I decided to stay until the end of February. And when February came and went, I […]
Extended Stay, Hogar Fundación PromesaVE in Pictures: Liga de Deportes August 2012
This month’s theme at Liga de Deportes was the Olympics! The kids learned all about the Olympic games and good sportsmanship and then took part in their own Olympic competition. Split into three groups, they competed in long jump, 25-meter sprint, and rythmic gymnastics. Then gold, silver, and bronze medals were handed out to each team […]
Liga de DeportesNew Volunteer Class: September 2012
Our September 2012 Volunteer class started their orientation this week! Hailing from Australia, Chile, Germany, the Netherlands, Venezuela and the United States, this amazing group is already impressing us with their insight and enthusiasm. After 10 days of orientation, with trainings from VE staff as well as Chilean social service professionals, our “newbies” will get […]