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Volunteering: Helping and Making Friends
The city of Bariloche and its outskirts suffers from a substantial amount of poverty and human need. Aside from the practical purposes of helping others, it is invaluable for young adults to be given the chance to cross a vast array of barriers - economic, social, cultural, and lingual - and develop the capacity to extend themselves to others. If the student approaches our volunteer projects with enthusiasm and kindness, these experiences usually turns out to be powerful and uplifting for everyone involved.
We are involved in a variety of ongoing volunteer projects. This past year our students have worked with children and toddlers in a children's hospital; been kitchen assistants in a malnourishment prevention center; played with kids in an orphanage; renovated a school playground; and taught English to high school students.
Though it is often considered the most sophisticated and advanced country in South America, Argentina still resembles a Third World Country in many ways. After the economic crash of 2002, millions more Argentines became impoverished and now struggle to maintain basic food and shelter. Much more than the average tourist, students who volunteer are able to have a first hand understanding of the realities of poverty in Latin America.
"Argentina was the best thing that ever happened to my son. Thanks so much"
- A parent from our 2005 trip
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