What to Expect

Amizade participants should expect the following:

  • The unexpected
  • An intense and authentic cultural experience
  • Community-based service work
  • Fun recreational activities
  • Challenging debate and rigorous coursework (for service-learning students)
  • The opportunity to try new things
  • Meeting new and different people
  • A knowledgeable site director
  • A flexible learning and working environment
  • Personal reflection
  • A powerful and realistic examination of service
  • More questions than answers