Description

Help at a community center where people that live in extreme poverty assist to get help to satisfy some of their basic needs: food and clothing. You will be helping with all sorts of tasks that keep this center working efficiently to protect children, teenagers, adults and elders of an impoverish neighborhood in Cordoba.

Walk a block in these people's shoes and you'll see how vulnerable they feel, how much they need your help and how much you can do for them. Volunteer!!

Highlights

* Work at a community center that assists people of all ages: children, teenagers, adults and elders.

* Assist on any of the many areas that this center offers: the soup kitchen, the wardrobe, with workshops or just being a friendly ear or giving advice.

* Relate to a tough Argentinean reality and get to know it from the inside while giving your best and helping them change their situation.

* Get a fresh perspective of how much you can do with so little!

Qualifications

For this internship your level of Spanish must be intermediate. You also require previous studies in humanistic or social fields, like: teaching, pedagogic, social work, sociology, psychology or communication.

Intern Types

• Social Work
• Education
• Communications
• Psychology

Languages

• Spanish

Cost in US$:

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Program Fees Include:

- 24 hour telephone line to assist you with personal, social, legal, and other personal problems that you may have during your stay in Argentina.
- After finishing the internship you'll receive a certificate awarded by the host organization, and a certificate of participation in COINED International Internship program.

Experience Required

no

This Program is open to

Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel

Independently

Typically Participants Work

Independently or in Groups

Application Process Involves

• Phone/Video Interview
• Resume
• Written Application

Typically The Application Process Time is

2 business days

COINED Argentina's Mission Statement

We are a global organization with intercultural DNA, leaders in Latin America on the International Education field. We are passionate for what we do and our mission is to develop Life-Changing experiences. With that in mind we offer International experiences in the Education, Languages and Work fields that make exchange accessible to our participants. All of our programs are life-changing experiences and involve a full immersion whether taking a trip abroad or receiving someone from another culture. With Intercultural Centers in 32 cities in 13 Latin American countries we are specialists in programs that have Spanish as the main ingredient. Our Experiencias en Espanol involve over 5000 participants per year.

Year Founded

1971