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Tag: Chile

Home Posts Tagged "Chile" (Page 4)

Gracias, volunteers, you truly are the best!

April 5, 2011United PlanetChile, international volunteering, Latin America, volunteer abroad, volunteer work

So many of our volunteers who travel to Chile come back and rave about their experience; we thought we should let you see how much United Planet’s Chilean Country Coordinator, Paul, raves about the volunteers.

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University of Idaho sends a group to Chile to help rebuild in wake of earthquake

February 1, 2011United PlanetChile, Group Volunteer Trip, international volunteering, Latin America, non-profit, Team Stories, travel, United Planet, volunteer abroad, volunteer experience, Volunteer Story

The University of Idaho recently sent a group of 13 students and two professors to build houses in Chile. The decision was a response to Chile’s devastating 8.8 earthquake in February 2010, the fifth strongest in recorded history, which had left thousands of Chileans homeless.

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Can’t Get Enough of Chile!

January 19, 2011United PlanetChile, United Planet, volunteer abroad, volunteer overseas, Volunteer Story, volunteer work

Laurie Lundeen, a middle school Spanish teacher from Indianapolis, IN, traveled to Santiago and Valparaiso, Chile in May and June of 2010. She returned to Santiago this winter to visit and reconnect with the place she fell in love with, as well as the many people who touched her heart during her original trip with United Planet.

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Healthcare Quest, Santiago, Chile 2010

January 12, 2011United PlanetChile, volunteer abroad

Sydney Yovic, an avid traveler and Medical student born in Sydney, Australia, completed a Healthcare Quest to Chile in 2010.  Read what she had to say about her two week…

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Santiago

August 2, 2010United PlanetChile, Latin America, Santiago, travel, volunteer abroad, volunteer in chile, Volunteer in Latin America, Volunteer Stories

Written by Sydney Yovic, a Short-Term United Planet volunteer in Chile. My quest to Santiago, Chile was one of the most incredible experiences of my life. That statement may seem…

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My Chilean Quest

July 1, 2010United Planetchildren, Chile, Latin America, local culture, non-profit, teaching, Teaching English Abroad, United Planet, volunteer abroad, Volunteer Story

When the sunrise over the snow-capped Andes welcomed me to Chile, I knew I was in for a truly humbling and life-changing experience. I was not disappointed.

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