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
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
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
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!
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
By Nola Godbert VE Volunteer from Hereford, England At the beginning of December I was finding it hard to get into the Christmas spirit in Chile. One reason is the fact that it is so hot and sunny, nothing like the English winters I always associate with the festive season. It also felt strange being […]
Hogar Fundación Promesa
By Elisabeth Hill VE Volunteer from New York, USA Every day at the hogar is completely different – some days are seemingly long, while some fly by. Some days the kids understand every word of my broken Spanish, and others they look at me like I’m crazy and roll their eyes at each simple phrase […]
Hogar Fundación Pléyades
By Ali Unger VE Volunteer from New York, USA I am volunteering at a place that we refer to just as the Jardín but which has a longer name that I only recently learned is a type of tree. The Jardín is a day care in a Toma (an informal settlement) that cares for on […]
El Jardín de Peñalolén
By Dennis Vega VE Volunteer from Lima, Peru Dennis volunteered with VE Global for four years. Today, he’s studying his PhD in Germany. Read the original post in Spanish, or click here for the English translation. Llegué a Chile proveniente de Perú con la única intensión de buscar un mejor horizonte, sin embargo mi experiencia ha […]
Mi Club Domingo Savio