March 2021
A deep dive into public health and misinformation in Brazil
This blog post was written by Amizade participant and Connecticut…
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5 artists to connect you to Brazil’s culture
Isolated at home? Luckily, there are ways to explore a…
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COVID-19: Taking action miles away from home
Daniel Alexander is Amizade’s Marketing and Communications Coordinator. Originally from…
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Alternative Break in the Amazon: Get to Know Santarém
In May 2019, Sierra Viands traveled to Brazil to serve…
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Reflecting on 26 days in Brazil with Amizade
Last month, Rudy Sanchez, along with 8 other students from…
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Summer Service in Brazil: Part 2
In May of 2013, students from West Virginia University Honors…
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Summer Service in Santarem
In May of 2013, students from West Virginia University Honors College traveled to Santarem, Brazil with Amizade Global Service-Learning. While in Brazil the students learned about the challenges of providing health care in the Amazon region and even spent 5 days on a river boat visiting and serving Quilombo river communities. Thank you Nikul, Cameron and Kartik for sharing your experience with us!
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UCLA Medical Program in the Amazon
This past July, six students from UCLA spent 10 days with Amizade Global Service-Learning and Amizade’s community partner, Fundação Esperança, traveling along the Trombetas river on a medical boat that provides health services to isolated communities.
+ READ MOREAmizade Welcomes a Delegation from Santarém, Brazil
On August 31, 2011, Amizade will welcome for the first time a delegation of 6 individuals from Santarém. From Amizade’s point of view, the delegation represents a powerful advance in the hope for bilateral exchange. West Virginia University is a central player in the realization of this vision. In May of 2010, Amizade’s site director in Brazil, Nathan Darity, hosted Mike Lastinger, Associate Provost for International Academic Affairs and George Lies, Grants Administrator for the Office of International Programs both of West Virginia University, for a three-day visit composed of meeting with local universities. The visit opened doors to negations about university-level exchange of students and professors. Now, 15 months later, members of the academic community in Santarém are traveling to the US in the hopes of clarifying a mechanism for exchange as well as exploring opportunities for international research and collaboration.
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