LETTER FROM FORMER STUDENT

This student particpated in 5 of the Institutos programs during December 2005 and January 2006; Otavalo, Travelling Program, Ranchero, Selva, and Galapagos. Please feel free to contact here with any questions you may have.

Dear Eugenio,

Thanks for arranging a fantastic program for me, I enjoyed every day of my visit to Ecuador. I wanted to ask if I could have complete mailing addresses of the families I stayed with in Ecuador and the mailing addresses of my teachers. I would like to send thank yous.

I also wanted to let you know that I enjoyed my last week at the FBU Hacienda very much. I believe FBU is doing a great service to the communities and to the students their programs serve, and I am planning to go back and volunteer in one of their teaching programs (hopefully later this year).

I hope your programs continue to work with FBU, placing student/volunteers or referring past or current students to their programs. While involved in your language program I was introduced to other students who were interested in volunteer opportunities in Ecuador after their Spanish studies; at the time I didn't know about FBU or else I would have referred them to their programs - I believe the students in your language programs would benefit from knowing about FBU volunteer programs.

Thanks again, Ardina Greco
amg2028@columbia.edu