Mi nombre es Ksenia, tengo 18 años y soy voluntaria a largo plazo en VE Global. El pasado mes de septiembre empaqué mis maletas e hice el viaje de 7000 millas de Leicester en el Reino Unido a Santiago de Chile. A la llegada fui entrenada por VE antes de comenzar a trabajar en una […]
My name is Ksenia, I’m 18 years old and I am a long-term volunteer at VE Global. Last September I packed my bags and made the 7000 mile trip from Leicester in the UK to Santiago de Chile. On arrival I was trained by VE before starting work at a ‘Residencia de Protección para Madres […]
It’s been a month and a half since I started working at VE Global, almost half way through my internship already! How time has flown. My main task has been updating VE’s guidelines on how volunteers respond to critical incidents in the childrens homes. Sometimes things don’t go to plan when working with […]
He estado en Chile 4 meses trabajando en el Hogar San Francisco de Régis y en poco tiempo tendré que volver a mi país. La experiencia ha sido increíble así que no quiero irme todavía. Me ha encantado trabajar en San Francisco porque la experiencia me ha ayudado a crecer como persona. Tengo muchos recuerdos […]
We are pleased to announce that Flic Jeyes is the new Program Director at VE Global. Flic first began working with VE as a volunteer at Domingo Savio in 2013 and ended up volunteering with the children for six months after extending her stay. After returning to the UK, she came back to Santiago in […]
Over six years ago, Tandem Santiago Language School and VE Global formed a partnership which is still going strong today! For every student who enrolls in classes at Tandem, $2.500 pesos ($US 5) is donated to VE in order to help us continue our work with children at social risk in Santiago. Tandem also offers VE […]
By Pippa Davies, Development and Communications Intern, September 2015 I have now been working at VE for over six months, and this means that I have had the chance to go to two Jornadas! Any VE antiguo will know that the Jornada weekend is a special one and knowing that this would be […]
By Dorothee Sassin, VE Global Volunteer, September 2015 Read the original post in German below, or scroll down for the English translation. Wie ein Sechsjähriger zu meinem Vorbild wurde Als ich mich vor fünf Monaten zum ersten Mal auf den Weg zur Förderschule Colegio Anakena machte, hatte ich keine Ahnung, was mich hinter dem weißgestrichenen, […]
With our new January volunteers now settling into their work in our partner organizations, it’s the perfect time to reflect on their 10 days of orientation and what it means for the volunteers and their work with the children we support. We welcomed the volunteers to our office at the beginning of January and […]
By Peter Roth, VE Global Volunteer, September 2015 Recently, I video chatted with my close friend Brianna, who introduced me to VE Global. We could only talk for a moment, and she was so excited to hear all about the kids, VE Global, and my life here in Santiago, that before I knew […]
