Spanish Immersion and Volunteering in Buenos Aires and Patagonia - Road2Argentina

  Argentina

• Buenos Aires: 
Buenos Aires
• All Other Regions of Argentina: 
Mendoza,  Puerto Iguazu

Durations of Program: 1-2 weeks, 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks and 3-6 months
Typical Duration of Program: 5-8 weeks
Dates: Year Round

Description: Our Intensive Spanish Program is designed for both university students and travelers looking to learn Spanish rapidly, well, and in an immersion environment. With an average class size of 5-8 students, you will receive personalized attention from professors and ample opportunity to participate. Daily lessons emphasize a range of skills including: listening, reading, writing, oral comprehension, culture, current events and history.

Road 2 Argentina places you at a local volunteer organization where you will be given hands-on assignments that truly help those who need it most in Buenos Aires. At your placement, you will work directly with the staff, volunteers, projects and those the organization helps.

Volunteering Placements Currently Available in Buenos Aires:

- Teaching English to children and/or adults vocational training
- Working at a bakery that provides baked goods for resale, sold by local unemployed families
- Play time with children
- Community activities with children such as fútbol matches, birthday parties, hospital visits and toy drives
- Working at a "comedor" (soup kitchen)
- Working at a day care for infants and toddlers of underprivileged families
-Home construction

The Road2Argentina volunteering program in Patagonia takes place in the town of Junin de los Andes (a three hour bus ride from the city of Bariloche). At this placement, volunteers work and live at a rural school for children who would otherwise not have an opportunity to attend school.

Duties at this volunteer position include:

-Hard work (cleaning, wall painting, digging of ditches, farm works)
-Routine (book keeping, archiving and updating of documents,some work in the kitchen area)
-Intellectual support (helping children with school home work, teaching, designing, working on preparation of teaching material)

Highlights: Volunteering in Patagonia can be combined with a program in Buenos Aires. For example a one-month Spanish program in Buenos Aires followed by volunteering in Patagonia or a one-month volunteering program in Buenos Aires followed by volunteering in Patagonia. Transportation by bus from Buenos Aires to Junin de los Andes is included in the program.

Qualifications:
Basic Level of Spanish
Resume

Credit Available: yes

Experience Required: no

Age Range: 18 and up

This Program is open to American, Australian, Canadian, European, Kiwi, South African and Worldwide Participants. This Program is also open to Families, Couples and Individuals

Participants Travel to Argentina Independently or in Groups

Typically Participants Work in Groups

Scholarships are Available. Road2Argentina is now offering scholarships for our semester, volunteer, Spanish immersion, and internship programs. The scholarships are merit-based and are open to any program participant. Applying is easy! Just fill our Scholarship Application Form and meet the scholarship requirements as outlined in the scholarship section of our website.

Application Process Involves:

• Resume
• Written Application

Post Services Include:

• Job and Internship Network

Road 2 Argentina's Mission Statement: Road2Argentina is an organization that believes in the value of study abroad because each of our staff members has studied and/or worked abroad. Our expertise in the field is reflected in our top quality program selections and partnerships, both abroad and in Argentina. Our programs are high quality because we combine the best academic programs, internship and volunteer placements, housing and coordinators into one immersion experience. The Road2Argentina experience is unique because we offer an immersion experience that can be customized to fit your exact needs. Road2Argentina allows you to put together your own program combination so that you leave Argentina with knowledge, experiences, friends and memories that will last you a lifetime. Whether you want to volunteer, intern, study Spanish, take university courses, learn tango, or take a yoga or photography class, or whether you wish to live with a young Argentine, an Argentine family, or in a student or private residence, you will find your ideal program with us.