Volunteer opportunities in South America
Expanish Volunteer offers a range volunteer projects for those wishing to volunteer in South America. Projects include: Teaching English, Working in the Community and Working With Underprivileged Youth.
Expanish Volunteer, in collaboration with carefully selected NGO’s and volunteer organizations in South America, offers a wide variety of volunteer opportunities in Argentina for those volunteers who are looking to travel abroad and lend their skills, knowledge, strengths, and abilities to improve the quality of life in local communities in Buenos Aires.
Volunteer Opportunities in Argentina
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Volunteer Program Information
Orientation
All of our volunteers in Buenos Aires have the support of an Expanish volunteer coordinator, who will be based at Expanish. Volunteers receive a volunteer program orientation on the Friday before they begin their placement. Orientation includes a detailed program overview, itinerary, welcome package, and the chance to meet fellow volunteers. On the first day of a student’s placement they will be escorted to their placement by the volunteer coordinator to their project site.
Spanish Language Level Requirements
All volunteers must complete a minimum of a two weeks Spanish course at Expanish before beginning their project. To ensure they meet our minimum Spanish level requirements. Expanish offers Spanish course options for all levels from beginner to advanced.
Expanish offers volunteer opportunities for all levels, including those with basic Spanish (following minimum two week requirement). However, volunteers should be aware that the type of interactions with the people they volunteer with through their volunteer work, and the tasks they undertake may be at a more basic level.
Culture Shock
In an effort to make your volunteer placement as comfortable as possible, Expanish Volunteer places a culture shock rating on each one of its volunteer placements in order to make volunteers aware of the degree of intensity of the placement.
- Low: Volunteers will volunteer in an easily adaptable environment.
- Medium: Volunteers may face challenging situations in an environment that is different than what they are accustomed to.
- High: Volunteers will have to deal with challenging and sometimes intense situations where a proactive attitude and the ability to adapt will be necessary.
Free Time
Volunteers are encouraged to participate in cultural activities, skill workshops, and excursions, offered by Expanish, outside of their volunteer program in Buenos Aires. These will complete the cultural immersion experience and serve as an excellent supplement to all volunteer programs.
General Eligibility
Volunteers must meet the eligibility requirements of each individual volunteer placement, as well as:
- Age: Be a minimum of 18 years old
- Time: Minimum commitment six weeks (one month volunteer + two weeks spanish)
- Language: Beginner to intermediate level of Spanish depending on placement
