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Requirements & Costs

Requirements

To serve as an AMIGOS Volunteer in Latin America, you must:

Participation Fee

The Correspondent Volunteer (CV) Participation Fee for 2010 is $4,600. Chapter Volunteers should contact their local chapter for fee information. Fundraising support is available, and you may be eligible for financial aid.

The Participation Fee includes:

  • Round-trip international airfare from your gateway city
  • Food, lodging, and transportation in Latin America
  • All project related supplies
  • Training materials and workshops
  • Veteran supervisory Project Staff
  • 24-hour emergency On-Call Communications System during the program
  • Supplemental short-term international medical insurance

Additional Participation Expenses:

  • Immunizations and medical examinations
  • Passport/visa fees
  • Airfare to U.S. gateway city (only for CVs)

Questions?
AMIGOS Voices

“AMIGOS is an extraordinary opportunity to take calculated risks in service of learning and growing. With great risk comes great reward. So, risk challenging yourself more than you thought you could. Risk embarrassment by testing your Spanish, risk trying new foods, and dancing to new music. Risk being open to personal feedback and making positive changes. Risk being a leader among your peers.”

–Jennifer Langdon, Organization Development Consultant, Shell Exploration & Production Company