Partnership with Voluntario Global
Asociación Civil Voluntario Global
Personería jurídica Número 0000 515-
REPUBLICA ARGENTINA
Project Profile:
Voluntario Global is grass roots organization working directly with and in impoverished districts and shanty towns in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Within the community centres that we use we know each and every person and their specific needs. This is our greatest asset, our greatest strength.
Our programmes are especially for those people looking to see, from the inside, the other side of Buenos Aires, what social exclusion really is, and those seeking to initiate change.
Our main objective is to promote a lasting change in the lives of the families that live there. Voluntario Global creates volunteer work programmes that match the skills and interests of volunteers to the local social organizations like us. We are an investor in people and their training, and we also communicate and join forces with other organizations so that we can create appropriate volunteering programmes. We always start by getting to know personally the people from each organization with which we operate, and with that knowledge and understanding we are able to improve and focus our programmes.
Longer stay volunteers choose from a variety of programs depending on their level of interest, available time and language level. Spanish fluency isn’t required in order to volunteer but certainly a rudimentary knowledge of the Spanish language is helpful.
Some programmes:
Computer Class: Adult Continuing Education.
Communication and Media: adult continuing education.
English Class and tutoring: elementary and secondary school children and adolescents.
Radio Broadcasting: Assist at a community radio station located.
Culinary Arts: Assist in the community centre kitchen, preparing traditional meals for students and staff.
Clinical Assistance Health: Working with local hospitals will serve the poor residents of communities by providing preventive health care and education.
Contact: Valeria Gracia (Coordinator)
Email: info@voluntarioglobal.com.ar
Website: www.voluntarioglobal.org.ar
Phone: 0054 – 911 – 6206 – 9639
Need for Material Resources
Voluntario Global can only survive by means of private monetary donations from the volunteers who work with us. The donations are used for administration, promotion and to purchase necessary equipment for the programmes and the community centres out of which we operate. Furthermore, a percentage of the money collected contributes to a “Banco Solidario” (a small no-interest loan fund for individuals in the communities we serve to access).
Low donations:
4 week: 150 American Dollars
2 months: 200 American Dollars
3 months: 250 American Dollars
After 3 months helping and working with us, volunteers will not be required to make further donations. You can continue helping with your time and your presence as your availability permits.