Spanish courses and projects with communities
Spanish courses and projects with communities
Spanish courses and projects with communities

Useful information

Go to the capital of Argentina for a gap year abroad! After a month of Spanish lessons, you have the choice between different volunteering projects with the local community. You will grow out of the many exchanges with the local community, and from this immersive experience within an international team. Contribute to community development and benefit from personal development by acquiring many soft skills.

Team work
Listen and communicate
Coordination
Environmental awareness
Community life skills
Improve your Spanish

IN SHORT

Buenos Aires

From
 6  
to
 12  
weeks

Anglais Débutant

Program description

Doing a gap year abroad on this project allows you to observe the way of life of the locals in addition to strengthening your Spanish. Within this community made up of a bakery, a textile center, a training center for adults and tutoring for children. Every day, the canteen of this center serves breakfasts, lunches and coffee breaks to all members of the community and to the children.

Like all of our programs for a gap year abroad in humanitarian work, this project in Argentina allows you to benefit from a professionalizing experience while having a positive and lasting impact on local communities.

An immersion program with courses

Participants first attend daily Spanish lessons for 4 weeks in Buenos Aires. This allows them to strengthen their language skills in order to live the most enriching experience in immersion with the locals.

Volunteers live together and help prepare meals with local volunteers. There is always work for everyone, with or without experience since the tasks also extend to service and cleaning. This project is an excellent way to discover the culinary specialties of Argentina but also to meet a large number of locals with the daily visit of the members of the center… A 100% human experience!

Volunteer projects in Buenos Aires

Volunteers who leave for a gap year abroad have the choice between 4 projects according to their areas of interest. We ask about 15 to 20 hours per week with local and international volunteers depending on the project. Volunteers are expected to have a real commitment and adaptability on all volunteer assignments to create a positive experience for both you and other volunteers.

Some practical information:

– Start of missions: every Monday

– Location of projects: throughout the city (on average 1 hour of transport)

– Flexible schedule according to needs: morning or afternoon

In order to improve their Spanish and acclimatize to the accent and vocabulary of Buenos Aires, we recommend that volunteers take one or two weeks of Spanish lessons before taking a gap year abroad, in Latin America.

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An immersion program with courses

Participants first attend daily Spanish lessons for 4 weeks in Buenos Aires. This allows them to strengthen their language skills in order to live the most enriching experience in immersion with the locals.

Volunteers live together and help prepare meals with local volunteers. There is always work for everyone, with or without experience since the tasks also extend to service and cleaning. This project is an excellent way to discover the culinary specialties of Argentina but also to meet a large number of locals with the daily visit of the members of the center... A 100% human experience!

Volunteer projects in Buenos Aires

Volunteers who leave for a gap year abroad have the choice between 4 projects according to their areas of interest. We ask about 15 to 20 hours per week with local and international volunteers depending on the project. Volunteers are expected to have a real commitment and adaptability on all volunteer assignments to create a positive experience for both you and other volunteers.

Some practical information:

- Start of missions: every Monday

- Location of projects: throughout the city (on average 1 hour of transport)

- Flexible schedule according to needs: morning or afternoon

In order to improve their Spanish and acclimatize to the accent and vocabulary of Buenos Aires, we recommend that volunteers take one or two weeks of Spanish lessons before taking a gap year abroad, in Latin America.

Host organization

Founded in Argentina, our partner NGO leads humanitarian missions throughout Latin America. Their goal is to educate young people, create a collaborative network and create bonds.

We see political activism as an indispensable tool for civic engagement, and as the only way to bring about change and achieve an egalitarian society. Volunteers participate in the education of children, adolescents and adults in different institutions and community centers.

Our NGO is accredited and a TIES member. Since its inception in 1990, TIES has been a governing body for ecotourism activities around the world. This organisation ensures that the standards and norms of responsibility and solidarity in tourism are applied by all its members.

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We see political activism as an indispensable tool for civic engagement, and as the only way to bring about change and achieve an egalitarian society. Volunteers participate in the education of children, adolescents and adults in different institutions and community centers.

Our NGO is accredited and a TIES member. Since its inception in 1990, TIES has been a governing body for ecotourism activities around the world. This organisation ensures that the standards and norms of responsibility and solidarity in tourism are applied by all its members.

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Strong points

Explore the mythical city of Buenos Aires
Contribute to community development
Help disadvantaged neighborhoods
Working as a team with the locals

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