Argentina

As an organisation we do a lot more than just sport and support the local community in a number of ways. Read on to find out how you can get involved with our project work in Argentina.

Sports Education
The Sports Education project has different areas we support.

The School of Excellence: A football-based project where the ball is used as a tool to promote all values associated with sports such as teamwork, self-respect, fair-play, structure, rule-following, and so on. The programme involves both boys and girls beginning from 6 years old and up to young adults. Our kids and young adults also have the opportunity to apply all the knowledge gained in a city-wide league that has matches every weekend.

Schools: In schools we appoint volunteers to join efforts with local physical education teachers in providing exciting and beneficial PE lessons. Schools we work with promote social inclusion in their syllabus and sports are used as a tool to encourage teamwork and values.

After-school programs: We support and appoint volunteers to meaningful after-school sports projects mainly based on football, hockey, handball and rugby, in collaboration with local NGOs who share our same values and goals.

Childcare
This is a mass participation project open to the community.

The childcare project is based on the idea that all children deserve a safe space to develop their skill sets. The placements are located within the slums, and the age of the children ranges approximately between 5 to 12.

Within the childcare project children can come into contact with foreign volunteers who each brings their own unique quality and background to the playground.

The focus of this project is on art and creativity and sports, to feed into the child imagination and spirit as well as teaching all values associated with sports such as teamwork, self-respect and fair-play.

Teaching and Education
The teaching and education program provides first hand support to public schools in the teaching of English as a second language, with ready-to-work volunteers providing in-classroom advice and the possibility for students to hear a native accent at all times.

A second element of this program is the School of English, which aims to provide people fourteen years old and up with the opportunity of studying a second language with quality teachers and volunteers providing a much needed hand and native language and pronunciation. This school is now open in two locations within the slums and more to come, increasing access to much-needed education in these communities.

Healthcare
Volunteers on the Healthcare project in Buenos Aires have the opportunity to work alongside established physicians in hospitals throughout the city.

Volunteers will have the chance to spend time in a variety of medical settings including walk-in clinics, surgical units, operating rooms, kinesiology centres, and more.

Because the project is based out of teaching hospitals, volunteers also get the unique opportunity to sit in on patient rounds and educational lectures with local medical students. It is a great opportunity to not only further develop medical skills, but also expand Spanish medical vocabulary.

Because of Argentinian law, volunteers are not allowed to touch patients without supervision of a licensed professional.

Volunteers can expect to begin their experience by shadowing and observing the local doctors until they become comfortable in the setting. Independence will increase with demonstrated knowledge and establishment of relationships with the medical staff.

Knowledge, prior experience, language skills, and length of volunteering will influence which aspects of care you will be able to partake.

Construction and Renovation
The aim of the Construction and Renovation project is to provide hands-on support in renovation and maintenance activities within local schools, NGOs or community buildings in Buenos Aires.

Eager volunteers coupled with materials donated by us improve locations otherwise unkempt for. People from these disadvantaged backgrounds therefore have access to these facilities bringing the community closer together.

Main tasks usually include painting and general maintenance activities, although these may vary from time to time.