Posted on March 2, 2009 by blogando
Gabriele Wentzel, one of the Paraguayan Youth Ambassadors in Newton, has been writing notes on her thoughts and experiences while she is visiting the U.S. I thought some might enjoy reading what she has written, so I am going to post them here:
by Gabriele Wentzel
Hosted by Jeannette, George and Megan Leary
Day free to [...]
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Posted on February 26, 2009 by blogando
Pictured here are this year’s Paraguayan Youth Ambassadors at the Wichita airport where they arrived yesterday to begin their stay in Kansas. Five students will be going to Newton High School and five will be going to Riley County High School. They are also accompanied by two adult sponsors, Cristina Escriba and Graciela Ocampos from [...]
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Posted on December 5, 2008 by blogando
Immediately after returning to Paraguay, and moved by the useful things that they learned about community projects and volunteer work, the 2008 Paraguayan Youth Ambassadors (YAs) started implementing a project they created, called “Jóvenes Líderes al Servicio de la Comunidad” (”Youth Leaders at Community Service”).
As a group they worked with a school located in [...]
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Posted on August 12, 2008 by blogando
The Youth Ambassadors would like to announce the launch of their new blog site on the World Wide Web – Change Reaction: Stories of Youth-led Change in the Americas! These young people have some outstanding stories to tell about positive change in their communities and how they’re utilizing their new skills and resources to impact [...]
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Posted on July 6, 2008 by blogando
We are very pleased to announce that Parendi Birdie, Lawrence High School senior, and Paraguayan Youth Ambassadors host in 2008 AND Tess Wilson, 2008 Topeka High School graduate (and granddaughter of KPP past president Nan Wilson) have been selected to attend the 2008 Women2Women Cultural Connection & Leadership Program. Their extraordinary involvement in leadership [...]
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