2nd IAVE World Summit for Youth Volunteering, Barranquilla, Colombia

Geno, Mike and Brazilian Youth Ambassdors, Partners of the Americas

• American Fellows at the Youth SummitAubrey Crawford (Guayana), Svetlana Samayoa (Honduras), Efrain Somoza (El Salvador), Gabrielle Equale (POA American Fellows Director), Theresa McMenomy (POA American Fellows), Mike Lofstrom (IL-SP Partners)

Representatives from SENA, Bucaramanga, Colombia

Youth Summit “Break Out” Session, UNINORTE student volunteers and representatives from Peru, Venezuela and Ecuador

Representatives from Barranquilla Scout Volunteer Program

Bob Davis (Minneapolis, POA Youth Ambassdor Leadership Advisor), Anush Hayrapetyan (Armenia, winner of Youth Ambassdor leadership award)

Dinner in Cartagena, Michael Teoh, Mario Corona, Mario Sotomayor, Mike Lofstrom

Michael Teoh (Malaysia, Winner of the “Your Big Year” Youth Volunteer UNESCO award; and Lindsay Suggs (POA Program Director)

Mario Corona Dominguez (Mexico, POA International Board Member), Michael Teoh, and Mike Lofstrom (in Cartagena, Colombia)

Barranquilla and Cartagena, Colombia, IAVE Youth Summit, 11/2-6, 2011

Rob Scarlett, Minnesota – Uruguay Partners, Uninorte Campus

Opening Session, Barranquilla, Colombia, IAVE Youth Summit, sponsored in part by Parters of the Americas

Cartagena, Colombia, Walled city, fortress against pirate attacks in the 1700s

Cartagena, Colombia

Cartagena, Colombia

Mario Somoza (El Salvador, American Fellow), Eugenio Bonaventura (POA International Board member, and member Illinois – Sao Paulo Partners