AFS Argentina Volunteer Abroad

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VOLUNTEER ABROAD Argentina

AFS Programas Interculturales Argentina offers the experiencie of living in one of the world´s most exciting city of Latin America, Buenos Aires, while picking up some spanish, helping local communities to build a better life and putting your skills and experience to good use, while developing new ones.

Conecting lifes, sharing cultures

About AFS Argentina Volunteer Abroad

The AFS Argentina Volunteer Abroad Program is a three months experience created for those who, besides discovering what makes Latin America, and more specifically Argentina, the way it is and improving the language skills, believes in change making, helping others, creating a new world.

This program is recommended for those who would like to gain experience volunteering in a Civil Society Organization (CSO) whether working on the field closely to the volunteers or at the Argentina combines South American traditions with strong European influences. It’s an elegant country that is rich in natural, cultural, and sporting resources and has a well-educated population.

Our projects are available for anyone interested in being part of a CSO, including those on a college break, gap year, career break, or volunteer vacation.

Options and activities in Buenos Aires

participant to find the perfect program based on his past experience, skills, and passion. Whether it is working with children, in community development, environmentalism, social entrepreneurship, or an abundance of others.

Buenos Aires is home to around 3 million people and has many European influences to create an eclectic city. It may be known for fashion, a Parisian feel, and a sizzling night life, but the city has many areas in need as well. Participants can use his individual skills to help others while gaining international work experience.

Highlights: Dates Start Date: End Date:

SH14 Feb 21th Apr 15th

NH14 Ago 21th Oct 15th

Age Range: 18 to 60 years old Placement: Exclusive apartments or university residence in Buenos Airesto share with onother AFS participant.

Hosting Fee: USD 3.300 Application deadline: Nov 15th (SH) - May 1st (NH)

Buenos Aires is the largest city of Argentina, and the second largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent.

Volunteer Work in argentinean organizations

Aldeas Infantiles SOS

Aldeas Infantiles SOS help families care for their children and provide quality alternative care for children who cannot live with their biological families.

Strengthen families SOS Family Strengthening Programmes help keep children in the care of their family. They support disadvantaged families at risk of separation by bolstering their capacity to protect and care for their children. Strengthening safety nets within the community is key.

The organisation have an individual plan for every child.

Aldeas Infantiles SOS is a federation of 116 autonomous member associations active in 133 countries and territories. Across five continents, members are united in pursuing the fundamental principles initiated by Hermann Gmeiner in 1949. In a world of religious and cultural diversity, the founder of SOS Children's Villages provided a formula that continues to be implemented and strengthened in the best interest of children.

VISION Every child belongs to a family and grows with love, respect and security.

MISSION Build families for children in need. Help them shape their own futures and we share in the development of their communities.

Web: www.aldeasinfantiles.org.ar Aldeas Infantiles SOS is active in 133 countries and territories. The variety of this international work is brought together by the umbrella organisation SOS Children's Villages International, which unites all of the autonomous national associations.

Fundaci贸n Ashoka Ashoka is a global organization that promotes entrepreneurship and social innovation. Facilitates bridges between different actors in society: people, social organizations, universities, companies and public sector to encourage processes that tend to impact more inclusive and sustainable world.

Ashoka forms the largest international network of Innovative Social Entrepreneurs. A global, independent non-profit organization that is leading the commitment to innovation and social entrepreneurship, building a society of citizens who are actors of change (Changemakers) organization.

Ashoka supports 3,000 social entrepreneurs working in 71 countries.

Mision Ashoka is based on the premise that the most effective way to promote positive social change method is to invest in social entrepreneurs with innovative, sustainable and replicable solutions to regional and global levels

Web: www.argentina.ashoka.org Ashoka pioneered the field of social entrepreneurship and generated opportunities for social entrepreneurs around the world to connect, collaborate, and provide value to one another, multiplying the capacity of each social entrepreneur to improve more lives and to change the world. Now the foundation are witnessing one of the most critical transformations of our time - the transition from a world of elites into one where everyone is a contributing changemaker. As the pace of change accelerates, this is the only way solutions can outrun problems. Join Ashoka in creating an everyone a changemaker world.

What makes Ashoka Fellows unique?

Ashoka Fellows are visionaries who develop innovative solutions that fundamentally change how society operates. They find what is not working and address the problem by changing the system, spreading the solution, and persuading entire societies to take new leaps. Much like the rare, top business entrepreneurs who redefine industries, social entrepreneurs persist however long the transformation takes. They are creative yet pragmatic, constantly adjusting and changing, with a committed vision that endures until they have succeeded

TECHO - Argentina TECHO is a youth led non-profit organization present in Latin America & the Caribbean. Through the joint work of families living in extreme poverty with youth volunteers, TECHO seeks to overcome poverty in slums.

TECHO is convinced that poverty can be permanently eradicated if society as a whole recognizes poverty as a priority and actively works towards overcoming it.

Therefore, TECHO pursues three strategic objectives: 1) The promotion of community development in slums, through a process of community strengthening that promotes representative & validated leadership, drives the organization and participation of thousands of families living in slums to generate solutions of their own problems.

2) Fostering social awareness and action, with special emphasis on generating critical and determined volunteers working next to the families living in slums while involving different actors of society.

3) Political advocacy that promotes necessary structural changes to ensure that poverty does not continue reproducing, and that it begins to decrease rapidly.

History In 1997 a group of young people began working towards the dream of overcoming poverty. The sense of urgency that existed in these slums massively mobilized them to build transitional houses together with the families that were living in these unacceptable conditions. This group of young people focused their energy on finding concrete solutions to the problems that the communities faced every day.

This initiative became an institutional challenge that today is shared across the continent. Since its beginnings in Chile, followed by El Salvador and Peru, TECHO undertook an expansion, and after 15 years has maintained operations in 19 countries across Latin America.

Mission Work Tirelessly to overcome extreme poverty in slums, through training and joint action of families and youth volunteers. Furthermore, to promote community development, denouncing the situation in which the most excluded communities live. And lastly, to advocate for social policies with other actors in society.

Web: www.techo.org

Fundación Tzedaká Fundacion Tzedaká was created in 1991 in the heart of the Jewish community. During its 21 years of existence, it has made real changes in the living conditions of thousands of vulnerable, at-risk Argentineans. The fight against poverty is the main goal of Tzedaká, and we do so through a unique social model based on networking and with an approach based on comprehensive and multidisciplinary intervention.

Combining the work of professionals and volunteers, it develops education, health, housing, childhood and seniors programs, thus providing effective and efficient solutions for thousands of citizens. Transparency, effective resource management and constant accountability are key pillars of the organization.

In short, it’s a committed Foundation that works with 600 volunteers, receives help from over 6,500 donors and relies on almost 100 professionals in different areas. We do all this to improve the lives of 11,000 people and thousands more throughout the country.

Mision "To protect the neediest members of the community by supporting, encouraging and developing social and educational initiatives".

WEB: www.tzedaka.org.ar

Program Facts * Requirements

- Age Range: 18 to 60 years old - Spanish Level: B1 (Threshold or intermediate): Can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc. / Can deal with most situations likely to arise while travelling in an area where the language is spoken. / Can produce simple connected text on topics that are familiar or of personal interest. / Can describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.

* CSO Placement Process

Complete full AFS CS Aplication, including: - CS 4a Community Project International Form - Resume/CV - CSO preference list - Letter of intention for the first CSO choice - Skype interview with AFS Argentina consucted in Spanish - CSO and area of work to be assigned based on aplicant´s interests, skills, etc.

* Logistics

- International flight tickets not included in the program cost - Domestic travel arrangements to/from international airport are included.

* Housing

- Exclusive apartments or university residence in Buenos Airesto share with onother AFS participant.

- Meals not included

* Support

- Complete medical coverage insurance - AFS emergency support available 24hs

* AFS Responsabilities

- AFS will provide counseling, support and supervision for participants.

- Welcome orientation in Buenos Aires - Monthly contact with participants - Placement in Buenos Aires City - Medical coverage insurance - Cultural activities during the program