Children with Disabilities Project
Project At A Glance |
Location: Córdoba, Argentina
Start Point: Córdoba
End Point: Ingeniero Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport Córdoba (also known as Pajas Blancas)
Duration: 2-12 Weeks
Hours: 20-30 Hours per week
Room: Local volunteer house
Date: First and Third Monday of each month |
With a large number of Argentineans living in poverty, it is often an arduous task to be able to adequately provide for even a healthy child. When a child is born into an already-impoverished family, the newly-born child brings even more difficulty to the strained household when he or she has some form of debilitating disability. Much like the limited healthcare system existing within many developing nations, individuals requiring special needs are often left by the wayside.
IFRE collaborates with a locally-operated service provider for disabled individuals supplying various level of support for disabled Argentineans such as: physical and occupational therapy, education and recreational activities. Volunteers will assist the already-emplaced staff in providing assistance to these young, disabled children of Argentina .
 Skills/Qualifications
Beginner to intermediate knowledge of Spanish is preferred. No specific qualifications are required to join the Children with Disabilities project in Argentina . However, interested individuals should have a passion and eagerness to help less fortunate and disabled children. IFRE offers free Spanish lessons to volunteers in Córdoba. Volunteers are expected to be flexible, adaptive, patient and proactive.
Volunteers' Responsibilities
Volunteers will assist the sometimes-exhausted, present-day staff members who provide a sense of hope and significantly important services to various disabled youth of Argentina . This project can often be both emotionally-trying and difficult at times reminding volunteers of the strength they must possess to be able to adequately and effectively participate in this project. Alongside the grateful staff members working at this particular center, volunteers will assist in a number of ways: caring for and serving as a companion to the disabled, escorting the children on various field trips, assisting in physical/occupational therapy sessions, helping the children with gardening, arts and crafts, creativity-based activities, sports, as well as lending a helping hand in the center's kitchen (preparing and serving meals, routine clean-up, etc.).
Room/Food
 IFRE manages living accommodations within a regional guesthouse located in a charming neighborhood within the city of C ó rdoba . The city of C ó rdoba boasts a number of exciting opportunities for volunteers wanting to see a city with a bright future which still maintains reverberations of its colonial and culture-rich past. C ó rdoba's plentiful cultural has produced a number of influential writers, its own musical styles (known as the cuarteto' in addition to tastes of classical, jazz, rock, pop and electronic), abundant monuments, lively festivals, enthralling theaters and a pulsing nightlife. Volunteers reside in accommodations which are located just minutes from the downtown area. This unique living situation is often quite conducive to fellow volunteers becoming acquainted with each other. Furthermore, Spanish AND Tango lessons are provided for participants in these living accommodations which also conveniently double as our local operator's headquarters ensuring constant contact with in-country coordinators. |
