Homeless Adults Shelters
Trip code: ARG4
Come to Argentina and work to help homeless people who have nowhere to turn to. Rustic Volunteer and Travel has collaborated with a local NGO that is helping the homeless have a decent life. To meet its goals, the NGO has three temporary shelter homes. They are "Casa de Maria", which houses up to 20 adults females from 30 to 60 years old; "Casa Felix", which can house up to 30 adult men younger than 60 years old; and "Casa de la Esperanza" which accommodates up to 25 adult males older than 60. The nature of these households is transitory. The NGO helps these people to move forward and achieve integration and reinsertion into society by re-establishing links with their families or with new people and groups.
The homes are coordinated and supervised by an interdisciplinary team from different service areas such as Psychology, Nutrition, Physical therapy and workshops are carried out for recreation and education, which will address the problems and concerns of homeless, both individual and collective levels.
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| Project/Volunteer's Life: |
Volunteers in the Homeless Adults Shelters project will be involved in various activities. Among them are:
Workshops: You'll participate in weekly activities that provide recreation and training, such as drama, music, crafts, dance, film, gender issues and others. These activities are important to expand the vision of deprived people. During the workshops, you can tell about your experiences from your home countries.
Treatment of Addictions: You'll work in the institution that provides treatment against addictions. They are primarily alcohol and drug addictions.
Micro Enterprises: You'll be part of the activity that provides skill training for micro-enterprises. You can also train on operational matters of a micro-enterprise (administration, advertising, etc.).
Therapeutic Assistant: You'll be involved in physical and mental therapy, when you'll accompany these people to their medical practices, and help them do paperwork in their health institutions and local healthcare.
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| Skills and Qualification |
Basic Spanish is required to volunteer in the project. No specific qualifications are required to join Homeless Adults Shelters project in Argentina. However, interested individuals should have a passion and eagerness to help less fortunate and homeless people. Volunteers are expected to be flexible, adaptive, patient and proactive. |
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| Meals/Accommodations: |
Rustic Volunteer Travel provides accommodation (two beds per room) and breakfast in a well kept house in a very quiet and safe middle class residential neighborhood which is less than 10 minutes walk to downtown. This situation allows participants to make friends fast and to immerse more easily in the local culture. The Tango classes are provided in this house, which also serves as our local partner's organization's office so you will have permanent access to our in country coordinators. |
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| Project Locations: |
Homeless Adults Shelters project is available in Córdoba. As South America's second largest country, Argentina is renowned for its heavily Italian and Spanish influenced culture, rich history of literature, Flora (subtropical plants) and fauna. Argentina's urban areas have a European look, reflecting the influence of European settlers as well as the traditional Spanish-grid style around a main square (plaza) However most of its cities offer most of the amenities you would expect from any city. Volunteers can organize different possible excursions during and after the project to visit places of interest. There is a tourist infrastructure already in place the volunteer can use during weekends. For example: architecture, museums, city tours, tango, sports, restaurants, art, folk music, festivals, hotels, and much more.
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