We are excited to announce the appointment of James Lunt to the VSP Global Board of Directors. James is from Pelham, NY and attended St. Lawrence University,...

Tia Martha is a legend in these parts; there’s really no other way to put it. If you’ve ever looked at our social media, dating all the way back to 2014, yo...

As promised, Barbara is up next in our review of program graduates turned Tíos. As you might imagine, she has changed a lot since the first years of the prog...

While this is long overdue, we’d like to say goodbye to Tía Chelsea, who returned to the states after nearly three years in Valparaiso. Chelsea came to us th...

Sadie Townsend, a beloved member of our team, recently left us to return to the states. While we are excited for her as she begins the next chapter of her li...

This past year, the VSP welcomed two new, full-time staff members, Nick and Carla, to the team. Both came to the program through very different avenues, each...

This month, all of us here at VSP find ourselves saying “Adios” to Emily Leighton. Tía Emi has been a part of VSP since October 2014. She started as an int...

There’s something about the city of Valparaíso that makes it hard for interns here at Valpo Surf Project (VSP) to want to leave when their one-year commitmen...

Recently the Valpo Surf Project won a grant from the regional government to support community development. The project was launched this past week and will l...

As we near the end of June many of our current volunteers are nearing the end of their time here in Valparaíso. A majority of our volunteers are study abroad...

Greetings from intern orientation! Arriving during Chilean summer vacation has given us time to get oriented, so we’ll be ready to hit the ground running as ...

The Valpo Surf Project (VSP) team is composed of a variety of individuals. From the co-founders of the organization to the interns and volunteers, each perso...

With the hard goodbye of two of our beloved interns also comes the excitement of the arrival of two new individuals. This July we welcomed Varun Konanki and ...

This July marks the finale of two of our interns time here at VSP, Dean Thompson and Emily Leighton. We are sad to say goodbye, but are excited to see where ...