{"id":37170,"date":"2025-12-16T08:30:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T13:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fulbright.edu.co\/for-the-first-time-the-enhancement-seminar-featured-a-service-day-in-which-etas-participated\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T08:51:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T13:51:52","slug":"for-the-first-time-the-enhancement-seminar-featured-a-service-day-in-which-etas-participated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fulbright.edu.co\/en\/for-the-first-time-the-enhancement-seminar-featured-a-service-day-in-which-etas-participated\/","title":{"rendered":"For the first time, the Enhancement Seminar featured a Service Day in which ETAs participated."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>As part of the Enhancement Seminar 2025, Fulbright English Teaching Assistants (ETAs) participated for the first time in Service Day, a day dedicated to volunteering and community service.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p><em>This initiative embodies Fulbright&#8217;s global mission: to foster mutual understanding, build relationships based on respect, and give back to the communities that generously host our scholars throughout Colombia.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p><em>Service Day also coincides with the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence, honoring a longstanding national tradition of contributing to the public good and strengthening communities through shared responsibility.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p><em>The ETAs and the Fulbright Colombia team volunteered with several partner organizations, including:<\/em><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Mother and Child Adoption Home ( Casa de Adopaci\u00f3n de la Madre y el Ni\u00f1o)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Casa Imagina<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Community initiatives in Ciudad Bol\u00edvar with the Sal del Mundo Foundation (Fundaci\u00f3n Sal del Mundo)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>And in Soacha with the Apoyar Foundation<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><em>Through these activities, the ETAs celebrated fundamental values such as collaboration, 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