Dear readers, As we kick off our Global Ambassadors Summer Exchange Program, I am so excited to introduce to you our new SOS Global Ambassadors who will be participating in online exchanges and supporting SOS throughout the summer. Meet the SOS volunteers of Team 3: Nick Phillbin Nick is currently studying to get his Masters …
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Dear readers, As we kick off our Global Ambassadors Summer Exchange Program, I am so excited to introduce to you our new SOS Global Ambassadors who will be participating in online exchanges and supporting SOS throughout the summer. Meet the SOS volunteers of Team 2: Vanessa Vuong Vanessa is currently in her second year of …
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Dear readers, As we kick off our Global Ambassadors Summer Exchange Program, I am so excited to introduce to you our new SOS Global Ambassadors who will be participating in online exchanges and supporting SOS throughout the summer. Meet the SOS volunteers of Team 1: Daniel Dunn Daniel is currently in his third year of …
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Hola amigos, Durhan College along with the Journalism – Mass Media program proposed a semester-long Faculty-led Classroom Abroad. The project was led with collaboration between the Journalism – Mass Media program and Students Offering Support (SOS), specifically Guate Groundswell youth mentors in Las Arrugas, Guatemala. Students in the Journalism – Mass Media program hosted virtual …
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Hola amigos, COVID 19 has changed our lives and priorities. Before the pandemic, students in Canada had the opportunity to travel to Guatemala to work on different projects and to experience what the life of our Guatemaltecos youth is like. This year, following international and national restrictions, to avoid the spread of Covid 19 we …
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Dear readers, This week, I got to sit down with SOS Alum Kari Griffore to talk about her past experiences with SOS and her most recent fundraising efforts to support the community Chuacruz, Guatemala. Kari was president of the SOS Windsor Chapter and traveled to Chuacruz on an outreach trip in August of 2018. There, …
Hola amigos, Goodbye February, welcome March! March is officially the end of winter and the beginning of spring. For me it is a beautiful month with the mix of cold and warm days, sometimes seeing snowstorms and sometimes seeing it melt all at once. Meanwhile, in Guatemala, the temperature also fluctuates significantly at this time …
Dear readers, It has been three weeks since we’ve wrapped up our Carleton exchanges with our youth mentors from Guatemala and I am so excited to share with you a little bit about our time together. For one full week, the Carleton students and youth mentors met regularly every morning to immerse themselves in the …
Welcome February; our second month of the year, and also a very important time in Guatemala. In February, the popular festivals in Guatemala are divided into several dates: February 20 is the day of the Marimba, a musical instrument that is the country’s national symbol. February 26 is the National Cultural Heritage Day. On this …
Dear readers, My name is Jensen Arsenault and I am the program coordinator for online exchanges. I began my journey with SOS in September 2020, developing a curriculum focused on cultural competencies that would serve as a set of pre-exchange modules before students participated in online exchanges. This project felt like the perfect opportunity to …
