As Tatiana Melnic of the Children’s Center – Viiturul, said, “the children’s future is our future.” Can’t we say the same about the future of Moldova and our own? After all, we live in an increasingly interconnected world.

Laurie Lundeen, a middle school Spanish teacher from Indianapolis, IN, traveled to Santiago and Valparaiso, Chile in May and June of 2010. She returned to Santiago this winter to visit and reconnect with the place she fell in love with, as well as the many people who touched her heart during her original trip with United Planet.

Sydney Yovic, an avid traveler and Medical student born in Sydney, Australia, completed a Healthcare Quest to Chile in 2010.  Read what she had to say about her two week trip…we hope it will inspire you as much as it has inspired us!  My experience in Chile was like a vacation for my soul. [...]

This was one of the best experiences of my life. I was a little unsure whether or not I was making the right decision before going, but I would do it all again in a heartbeat, in fact when it was time to come home I didn’t want to leave.