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Photos from Vietnam Alumna’s Summer Program
We always advise potential participants and their families to speak to our references. They are the best spokespersons. The proof of VISIONS teen service programs abroad is "in the pudding," rather, in the unique program ingredients that are the VISIONS participants...
Top 10 Reasons to Volunteer in Nicaragua
TOP 10 REASONS TO SPEND JULY OR AUGUST WITH VISIONS NICARAGUA Community Service Abroad for High School Students 1. To live in the "most poignantly beautiful of places...The City of Mists...the Place of Refuge, the Eternal City, embraced in green and granite peaks...
Teen Volunteer Sends Books to Dominican Republic
Melanie Moskow, a 2010 participant in the Dominican Republic (DR), one of VISIONS teen summer programs abroad, is sending hundreds of books she collected to a home in the DR for girls affected by HIV and AIDS. Melanie, a student at North Broward Preparatory School in...
Remembering Sargent Shriver, Peace Corps Founder and Service Leader
"What is going to change the world today is the same thing that has changed it in the past: an idea, and the service of dedicated individuals committed to that idea." –Sargent Shriver Joby Taylor, Director Shriver Peaceworker Center and former VISIONS summer...
VISIONS Field Director is 2010 National Awards Honoree
Rich Webb, former VISIONS field director who established our program in Peru, is one of seven recipients of the 2010 National Awards for Citizen Diplomacy. Honorees are recognized “for their extraordinary work to increase American citizen engagement in international...
Airplane Rules
Airplane Rules––What are are they? All schools, camps, travel and academic programs, certainly teen volunteer programs, have clear guidelines for participants––protocols, do's and don'ts, and inside lingo for them. VISIONS participants quickly acquire a small...