Monthly Archives: June 2008

Ecuador Explored

          From Nate in the UP Office On January 2nd 2008, I arrived in Quito, the capital of Ecuador, where I would be spending the next…

From Volunteer Julian Wilson

Hi everyone, I wanted to let you know about a great blog written by one of our volunteers about his experiences doing dental work with United Planet in Peru. Take…

United Planet on YouTube!

Hi everyone, Out video guru Nate recently put together a couple of new videos for United Planet, featuring our Quest programs in Costa Rica, Romania and Japan. Take a look,…

Chile and Peru Fight Over Who’s the Papa of ‘Las Papas’

(from Amanda, Latin American Project Coordinator) Chile and Peru are currently in a standoff over which country can lay claim to the origins of the potato. Each country maintains that…

Katherine’s Trip to Turkey

(from Katherine Osgood, Short-Term Quest Manager) Last summer I traveled to Turkey to visit United Planet’s In-Country Coordinator in Istanbul and evaluate the country as a location for our volunteers. It…