Placement Overview - Full

This is your chance to combine a passion for community work and culture in an incredible city. A city which is more European than South American in flavour. Here you will find cobbled streets, tango, street performers, faded colonial architecture, the famous Argentina steak and The Marias Irish Pub.

Your Experience

Volunteers will work in a variety on different worthwhile community projects where help is needed most from community centres in poorer slum areas of the city and nurseries to children's homes.

Placements are allocated after arrival to each volunteer by a volunteer coordinator based on the volunteers interests and skill level.

As a volunteer you will help to fill a gap and will assist Monday to Friday on your placement. You do not need to prepare yourself especially for this placement other than try to brush up on your Spanish or learn a few phrases before you arrive.

Each month a 3 to 5 day humanitarian trip is organised to the tropical north of Argentina, close to the Brazilian border to hand out supplies and resources to poorer indigenous Guarani communities. A trip to visit the Iguassu Falls is usually included for those interested. Allow approximately £100 for the trip Please contact us for more information.

Volunteers usually stay together in a shared volunteer house or appartment. Homestays if requested in advance, can be arranged for volunteers wanting to improve their Spanish. This project is often combined with the Brazil project. A coach between the two costs approx. £70 each way.

At A Glance

Argentina is a vast country where all the attractions are on a huge scale. Buenos Aires with its tango, colourful Boca district, lively nightlife and world famous cemetery La Recoleta-all a must-see.

Time permitting, a long weekend would allow a visit to the sub-tropical Missiones region on the Brazilian border to visit the remarkable Iguassu Falls. A return coach can cost as little as £50 return for the 30 hour journey.

Climate: Mostly temperate; subtropical in the far north, cold-temperate in the far south. Seasons are the reverse of those in Europe (higher temperatures October to April-for beaches at Mar del Plata arrive December-February).
Ski season June to September.

Festivals: Tango festival Buenos Aires late February, Gaucho festivals early/mid November.

Time difference from UK: GMT -4 hours