The theme during April’s Festival de Arte was “Soy Yo” (“This is Me”), in which the volunteers let self-reflective art workshops with the kids in their placement organization prior to Festival. And during Festival, the kids’ artwork was displayed, with the best, most thoughtful pieces, given awards. Festival is also a time for the kids to express […]
Festival de Arte
Check out the winning design of our alumni T-Shirt competition. Congratulations to alumni volunteer, Jen Spindler from the September 2010 class, whose T-Shirt is now available to buy in the VE merchandise store. Available in a range of colors in both women’s and men’s styles, make sure to get yours today. $5.00 from every purchase […]
By Tom Bricks Einhorn VE Volunteer from Connecticut, USA Coming from the United States, the sports that people think of as relevant and important do not always reflect the opinion of the rest of the world on the same matter. Here in Chile, they tend to be more in line with the rest of the […]
Hogar Fundación Promesa, Liga de Deportes
By Briana Flynn VE Volunteer from Massachusetts, USA Almost seven months ago I landed in the Santiago airport and the reigning emotion was panic. I didn’t know my address in Chile for the immigration papers. That, and I was about to become a daily fixture in the lives of 30 girls, some my own age, none […]
Hogar San Francisco de Regis
By Benedicte Carriere VE Volunteer from Ontario, Canada To be honest, I approached last weekend’s Jornada with mixed feelings. While a retreat with VE volunteers and staff with the goal of resting, re-focusing and bonding seemed like a great, and much needed, idea I couldn’t help but think of previous, not so enjoyable, retreats I […]
Jornada
By Michelle Newman VE Volunteer from Pennsylvania, USA Soledad* was writing out rows of letters for the afternoon homework session. As a 10 year old who cannot read, letters and words do not yet hold meaning for her. Still, Soledad’s love of stories and language is not muted. She loves being read to and often […]
Hogar San Francisco de Regis
Recently, NYU Stern´s MBA Executive Program students donated $2,000 USD to VE Global as a part of their upcoming trip to Chile! They chose VE due to the love and support we provide for children at social risk and our commitment to having volunteers with different backgrounds from all over the world. As a part […]
VE Supporters
By Amy Yellen VE Volunteer from California, USA Wednesday February 22nd was Carnaval, the kids’ prize for completing their summer reading goals during ¡Vamos a Leer! It was a fun day of games, limbo, lunch, and pool time in La Florida. It was fun to get to meet all the kids (all hogares came to the […]
Hogar San Francisco de Regis
VE is creating a T-shirt for all its alumni volunteers so we are launching a competition asking them to come up with an exciting new design! Check out the details of the competition here. The winning T-shirt will be available to buy on our online merchandise store and the winner will receive one for free. […]
My first week working at Promesa was a great introduction into the ups and downs of volunteering with children at social risk. After my first day I felt so stressed, frustrated with Spanish, worrying about my Spanish ability, and super overwhelmed. However, it wasn’t actually a bad first day, more so just overwhelming. Right as […]
Hogar Fundación Promesa