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By Fey Josephs VE Assistant Director of Operations from Pennsylvania, USA My name is Fey, otherwise known as the vegan godfather of VE, as the new volunteers like to call me. I was a four month volunteer back in September 2010, yet still find myself living in Santiago, now working full time for VE Global […]
El Jardín de Peñalolén, Extended Stay
By Nola Godbert, Marketing and Communications Coordinator and Jamie Ensey, Director of Resource Development It´s an exciting time at VE to see so many of the children we work with enthusiastic about ¡Vamos a Leer! and reading. Many of the children run up to us asking for new books and can’t wait to post their […]
¡Vamos a Leer!
VE’s new Assistant Director of Operations, Kristen, and Programs Intern, Hillary, started today! After a few weeks of training, they will be replacing Faith and Lily, who are both returning to the United States very soon. Although we are sad to say goodbye, we know Faith and Lily are off on a new adventure and […]
Last night we had a Welcome Dinner for our 13 new volunteers who have travelled from Canada, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and the US to come and work for VE. We are excited to have them here! Today is their first day of orientation where they will learn all about living in Santiago, but we have […]
Orientation
By Jarrod Bastin VE Volunteer from Perth, Australia As I sit in my apartment and glance at the slowly deflating balloon animals (that I have been trying to teach myself how to tie) piled up in the corner, I wonder how I could ever go back to what’s considered a normal life? How can I […]
Mi Club Domingo Savio
We have recently formed an exciting new partnership with UK-based company, Chileno. They sell handmade Chilean artifacts such as jewelery, accessories and bookmarks and a percentage of their profits go to help VE Global´s work here in Chile. Visit their website to see the full-range of beautiful products you can buy to support VE.
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