Serving Impoverished Families, Cordoba

Project Details

This non-profit, non-governmental organization provides services and protection to the part of Cordoba’s population that suffers from extreme poverty. The principle objective of the project is to promote a sense of dignity thus transmitting a feeling of self-worth to each individual as well as provide them with the means and knowledge to improve their own situation.  The project consists of a food distribution program, a small pasta factory to generate income and teach professional skills, a second-hand clothing shop, a day-care center for around 70 children and a variety of community workshops.

Volunteer Responsibilities

Help is needed in all areas of the project. Volunteers can work on the food program, in the pasta factory, with the children in the day-care, help organize clothes in the shop, or assist in workshop development and implementation.

Location

The project is located in the city of Cordoba, about 10 hours northwest of Buenos Aires. All volunteers will be taken to their host family upon arrival and given an orientation within the first few days.

Accommodations and Meals

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.

Requirements

Minimum commitment is 4 weeks. Experience or education in counseling, teaching, community development 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 Cordoba for an additional fee.

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Feel free to contact us by phone toll free (in the U.S. only), 1-888-ABROAD-1 (888-227-6231).

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