Volunteering with children in Buenos Aires

Help in a Kindergarten

This childcare centre is located on the outskirts of Buenos Aires. Facing an urgent need for a kindergarten, a local mother used her own resources to buy a land and build 3 classrooms and a playground. Thanks to donations and the contribution from various volunteers and neighbours, she managed to build a safe place for 60 children aged 3-5 to play, eat, share and start the first stages of their education. The kindergarten is an educational center where the kids can develop both intellectually and emotionally.

A full time teacher is training mothers and volunteers to help with educational activities : arts, music and sports. The children get breakfast and a warm lunch every day. The two main teachers, Lore and Vivi, are working every day with children to develop their sense of solidarity and mutual respect.

Volunteers Tasks: 

• Help the two teachers cook and serve the food, do the dishes, the cleaning or any other tasks there are to be done 
• Interact with the children through games, songs, drawings and workshops. 
• Help take care of the children. 
• Help to plan the activities in the kindergarten. 
• Teach the children numbers, the alphabet in Spanish, their first English words, etc. 
• Maintain personal contact and be a role model for the kids. 

This project is available for minimum 2 weeks outside school holidays (2 weeks in July and summer holidays in December-January). 

Teaching English

We offer various projects to teach English to children and adults for Native English speakers, we also have some School support projects for good Spanish speakers. 

Volunteer in an Orphanage

These 3 houses in the suburbs of Buenos Aires are the new home of around 40 children and teenagers. This shelter is registered as an NGO, it is not financially supported by the Government.

The kids all have different stories : some have been abandoned by their parents, others have been removed from their families because their parents have been imprisoned or are in rehabilitation due to psychological disorders.

This children center gives love and attention to the children who have lost their families. 2 staff members take care of 15 children and always need help in different areas.

This program is available all year long for a minimum stay of one month. During school holidays (December-January) volunteers will be working at the shelter from 5.30pm as the children spend afternoons in a summer camp.

Included in each package:

• Accommodation in a central backpacker hostel
• 20hr Spanish class / week, 4hrs a day over 5 days
• Volunteer placement in one of the projects in Buenos Aires : 100€
• Donation : 130€ for 2 weeks, 175€ for 3-4 weeks, 235€ for 5-8 weeks
• Not included: flights, meals, personal expenses, activities, tours, registration fees (US $100), travel insurance 

• 18 years min.
• Volunteers must attend spanish course (at least 2 weeks) prior to their placement.
• Native or fluent english for english teaching project
• The volunteer programme runs every monday (arrival on friday)
• Beginner to intermediate spanish level
• Location : Buenos Aires

CANCELLATION

Accommodation and Packages

• Bookings for accommodation and packages can be cancelled with no charge up to 72 hours before check in date
• If bookings are cancelled with less than 72 hours, the hostel will charge the first night of accommodation
• In case of a no-show, the hostel will charge for the whole cost of the reservation

Volunteer Work and Spanish Courses

• Bookings for Spanish Courses and Volunteer Work can be cancelled with no charge up to 2 (two) weeks before check in date.
• If these bookings are cancelled less than 2 weeks in advance, the hostel will charge for the first night of accommodation plus U$100 for the Spanish Course or Volunteer Work. If the booking is for a Spanish Course ​ and ​ Volunteer Work, the cancellation charge will be U$100 for each product.
• In those cases in which accommodation during Volunteer Work is at the Volunteers House bookings can cancelled with no charge up to 2 weeks before check in date. If you cancel with less than 2 weeks in advance, you will be charged 50% of the total cost of the booking.
• In case of a no-show the hostel will charge for the whole cost of the reservation

Non-profit association based in Argentina and dedicated to developing volunteer programs in Latin America. We aim to educate young people on how to be socially conscious and create a collaborative network among different social organizations. We create links between different social organizations. We promote decent employment for youth and the development of social consciousness. We see political activism as a necessary tool for citizen participation and the only way to generate profound changes that allow the establishment of a more just and egalitarian society. Volunteers enable the training and education of children, youth and adults in community centers and institutions.