VOLUNTEER OPORTUNITIES
Many volunteers choose Argentina to volunteer or to improve their Spanish due to its people's hospitality and cordiality, the warmth which foreign visitors are received with, its immense tourism possibilities and its low cost of living.
ORPHANAGE:
Many of the children we work with in Argentina have been orphaned or abandoned by parents who cannot afford to support them, or need extra support and attention due to mental or physical issues. As a volunteer you will provide that added extra element of individual care and attention that every child needs, but which the staff in the organizations we work with rarely get the chance to provide.
You will find there is a role for you whether you are volunteering during your Spanish Course, a summer vacation, a career break, your annual leave or if you are no longer working and you want others to benefit from your experience. All we ask is that you have energy, enthusiasm and a commitment to seeing the work through.
Minimum stay: 1 week
Cost: Free
Spanish level request: Basic
Dogs Shelter:
Spanish level request: Basic
The objectives of the charity shall be:
· a) Whenever possible, to give shelter to unwanted, stray, sick or injured cats/dogs.
· b) To provide veterinary treatment for sick and injured cats/dogs.
· c) To find suitable new homes for any rescued cats/dogs at the refuge.
· d) Where possible, attempt to find homes for unwanted cats/dogs at the request of cats/dogs’s owners without first bringing the cat/dog into the refuge.
· e) To rise the standard of care, by owners, for cats/dogs by means of education and advice to members of the public.
· f) To ensure that any cat/dog in care at the refuge is neutered.
· g) Whenever possible, subject to the availability of funds, to ensure that all cats/dogs at the refuge are micro-chipped before leaving the refuge for the purpose of being re-homed.
· h) Whenever possible, subject to the availability of funds, to assist in the cost of neutering cats/dogs where their owners are on low income.
Minimum stay: 1 week
Cost: u$s 50 ( Volunteer fees are used to purchase food, medication & veterinary fees)
Spanish level request: Basic
National Park Nahuel Huapi:
Volunteer programs in National Park Nahuel Huapi take place during January & February. Applicants must previously fill out a form (speaking Spanish is required) read and accept the rules. The arrangements must be made in advance since you will have to do some paperwork, we recommend you apply one month in advance (by email). For these programs, you must work 30 days, at least.
Volunteers will assist the tourists, help with the maintenance of the tracks and of the historical museum, patrol the tracks to detect problems, and related tasks. Volunteers will be sharing a house at the Park with other local (Argentinian) volunteers who are training to be park rangers. Each volunteer will buy their own food (approximately US$ 20 per week). Volunteers need a police clearance check to volunteer at National Parks in Argentina.
Minimum stay: 1 month
Cost: Free
Spanish level request: Advanced