Experience a different side of Buenos Aires as you help a local non-profit organisation working with the children of a disadvantaged inner city community. Volunteers will work at a community day-care program in a socially marginalised and impoverished area where, as a positive role model, you will inspire instant smiles on the faces of the kids you interact with.
The children are typically in school in the mornings and spend the rest of the day at the community day-care centre, an important resource for families as it allows them to work whilst providing quality supervision for their kids. By attending this program the children are kept busy and away from the many negative influences which exist here.
Some Spanish language ability will be of benefit, though it is certainly not a necessity as you’ll attend language lessons in the mornings and then practice your Spanish here at the project.
Snapshot
Start Dates : Sundays year-round
Price : AU$2,095 for 2 weeks, $2,565 for 3 weeks or $2,995 for 4 weeks
Minimum Age : 18
Fly In & Out : Either Buenos Aires airport (Ezeiza EZE or Jorge Newbery AEP)
What’s included: Airport pick-up service, accommodation, orientations, social activities, a week of ½ day Spanish lessons, local 24/7 support
What’s not included in cost: Flights, return airport transfer, meals
Accommodation: Private room in an apartment, shared with a local host.
Food: Self-catering
As part of our duty of care to the children, you will need to provide us with a Police Check / Working with Children Check prior to arrival in Buenos Aires.