Application Guide
The 2024 Campo Amigo Program Application is now closed.
Check back this fall for the 2025 application!
Please follow the 6 simple steps below in order to complete your AYUDA application:
Required Reading:
Make sure you are familiar with the 2024 Campo Amigo Dominicano Program. Visit our 2024 program page, explore our program catalog, and review the AYUDA Volunteer Core Competencies to best understand program details and volunteer requirements & expectations.
Learn more about AYUDA’s history and the importance of youth empowerment & diabetes education.
Learn more about our social entrepreneurship program component through the Frequently Asked Questions: Fundraising & Training.
Prior to filling out the application, it is advisable that you download a preview so that you can prepare the written answers in advance, as you will be unable to save an incomplete application.
Complete and submit the AYUDA Online Application.
Ensure that you have submitted the $35 application fee (fee payments can be made on the application or by sending a check directly to our accountant’s office - AYUDA, c/o JF Kearney & Associates, P.A. Certified Public Accountants, PO Box 8537, Gaithersburg, MD 20898). If mailing a check, please include the applicant’s name in the memo field.
If you would like to provide a resume/CV to supplement your application, please upload it to the application or email it to the attention of the AYUDA Director of Operations, Arianna Tuomey (atuomey@ayudainc.net). Submission of a resume/CV is optional.
You may either have one professional reference directly submit one letter of recommendation to Arianna Tuomey (atuomey@ayudainc.net) or provide the contact information for two personal references on the online application. Personal references may be a former or current professor, employer, or applicable professional (e.g., doctor, health worker, non-profit staff, etc.).
We are honored that you are considering applying to the 2024 AYUDA program – we look forward to reading your application.
What happens next?
Once you submit your completed application, you will receive confirmation that your application has been received. Once reviewed, you should expect to hear from an AYUDA representative within one week. Please be ready with suitable times you could be available for two phone interviews, one with AYUDA Staff and one with a previous or experienced AYUDA volunteer, to further explore questions you may have about the program and AYUDA.
Application Decision
Volunteers will be selected by the Volunteer Selection Committee using a specific protocol based on suitability for the experience, skill set, potential for growth, and diversity of the volunteer team. The Committee will include AYUDA board members, Staff, Program Leaders, Volunteer Mentors, volunteer alumni, and local partners. While AYUDA strives to select the most qualified volunteers, the Volunteer Selection Committee will also take into account the diversity of the program in terms of volunteer:
- Educational diversity (high school, college, graduate, post-graduate students, and professionals)
- Diabetes diversity (volunteers with and without diabetes)
- Cultural and geographic diversity
Selection criteria for volunteers:
Overall fit and commitment to AYUDA
Specific skills and qualifications for our programs
Adaptability
Level of energy and motivation
Multicultural outlook
Spanish language proficiency (preferred)
If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact Arianna Tuomey at atuomey@ayudainc.net.
Information for Parents
Parents of the volunteers who participate in our programs have thoughtful questions, which we try to best address on the page below. If you or your guardian have questions not answered on this page, please feel free to reach out to our staff.