Volunteer
What you need to be an AMIGOS volunteer:
- 16 years old by September 1,2008
- Completion at least 2 years of high school Spanish (or native speaker of Spanish)
- Passport
- $2,000 family fee (some financial assistance is available to reduce this fee)
- Participation in all chapter fundraising activities
- Successful completion of all AMIGOS paperwork and training competencies
- Six to eight weeks in the summer
What you get as an AMIGOS volunteer:
Our Amigos Leadership Training will prepare you to be a strong leader in Chicago as well as an effective ally to community leaders in Latin America. The members of our Training Circle are all AMIGOS alumni and have the skills and perspective to guide your preparation.
During training you will:
- Enhance your communication and leadership skills
- Improve your language skills
- Learn about Latin American cultures and politics
- Apply principles of assets-based sustainable community development
- Develop fundraising abilities
- Complete and go beyond CPS or university required service-learning hours
Your monthly leadership training will include:
- Local service-learning activities
- Cultural activities and language tutoring
- Service and leadership opportunities
LANGUAGE TUTORING
Here's how it works:
Our trainers are well aware that each volunteer enters our program with his or her unique experiences with Spanish or Portuguese. We also know just how important excellent language skills are for leadership not to mention a great summer immersion experience.
Our Community Leadership Training will be progressively in Spanish. We match volunteers with native speakers of Spanish to practice
conversational skills