Prisoner Reintegration Project

Project Details

This association fosters the social and professional reinsertion of ex-prisoners into society. This is achieved by promoting human dignity, family counseling, and skills training. The center offers workshops on social and technical skills as well as offers emotional support. One of the largest initiatives is to teach the ex-prisoners how to repair and operate PCs giving them the tools to then open their own businesses. All the computers that are fixed during the training sessions are then donated to needy schools around the city.  The project also operates many programs inside prisons to help educate current inmates to start the reintegration process early.

Volunteer Responsibilities

Volunteers can work with the PC project including teaching the prisoners new computer programs. Help is also needed with public relations, organizing new workshops, teaching English to prisoners and helping the project secure more financial resources for further program development and support.

Location

The project is located in the Recoleta neighborhood in Buenos Aires City. 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. Education in social work or experience working with prisoners 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.

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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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