Project for At-Risk Teenage Girls in Argentina

  Argentina

• Buenos Aires: 
Buenos Aires

Durations of Program: 2-4 weeks and 5-8 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 5-8 weeks
Dates: Flexible, year round

Description: Get to know the real Argentina while helping young women. This project aims at helping female teenagers and young adults by showing them how to re-integrate into Argentine society. All the girls who receive help here are young and find themselves in risky situations. The project offers workshops, homework support and emotional guidance so that these young women can feel secure and self-confident in themselves and their futures.

Volunteers can help in all areas including organizing workshops, recreational activities, homework assistance, and counseling. The most important thing a volunteer can provide is her friendship and guidance. It is important that the volunteers are open-minded and are aware that the situations the young women face are harsh realities and often very difficult.

Volunteers will stay with carefully screened host families for the duration of the program. Two meals a day with your host family are included in your stay.
**No meals are served on Sundays.

Our staff in the U.S. are experienced volunteers themselves who are happy to share their insight and expertise with prospective volunteers. Our partner staff in Argentina are friendly, caring and dedicated to ensuring that each volunteer's experience is the best it can be. You will be met at the airport and will receive a personal orientation to your new home and your project within the first few days of your arrival. A staff member in Argentina will be available to you throughout your program.

Highlights: Homestay with a carefully screened, Argentinean host family, two meals daily, support of friendly, experienced staff in the U.S. and in Argentina, comprehensive accident and medical insurance, 24 hour emergency support.

Qualifications: This project only accepts female volunteers. Minimum commitment is 4 weeks. Project does not operate during the months of December and January. Experience or education in counseling, teaching and/or childcare is helpful, but not required. An intermediate level of Spanish is required. Spanish lessons are available prior to the volunteer project in Buenos Aires for an additional fee.

Cost in US$: Program fees start at $1,490 for a 4 week program

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: CCI volunteers are all ages and come from diverse backgrounds. All are caring, flexible individuals who are interested in an authentic cultural experience rather than a typical tourist experience.

Age Range: 18 and over

This Program is open to American and Canadian Participants.

Participants Travel to Argentina Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Written Application

Center for Cultural Interchange's Mission Statement: Founded in 1985, the Center for Cultural Interchange (CCI) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of cultural understanding, academic development and world peace. Based in Chicago, Illinois, CCI organizes cultural exchange programs for participants of all ages, including high school abroad, independent homestay, internship, language study, eco-tours and volunteer programs in over thirty countries around the world.

Year Founded: 1985