Red de voluntariado Hospitalario
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About the project
Red de voluntariado Hospitalario
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Subir al Sur, founded in 2006, is an Argentinian NGO, promoting peace and intercultural education through voluntary service. Subir al Sur organises work camps as well as mid and long-term individual volunteering projects (including EVS), and is a member of CCIVS, the Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organisations, and a former member of Youth Action for Peace. In summer 2012, merged with the Fundación SES, a NGO founded in 1998, promoting and developing different strategies that strive for the inclusion of teenager and youngsters with fewer opportunities. The four main focus areas are: Education, Employment, Youth-Centred Activities, and Networking and Alliances. Subir al Sur became a member of ICYE in 2017.
💼 What the programme involves
- The volunteers accompany patients who are alone, especially children when their
parents need to run errands.
- Help provide food to patients who are unable to feed themselves.
- They collaborate with the community’s needs during the processes of
hospitalization, diagnosis, and treatment.
- The volunteers offer guidance and support during consultations and in managing
appointments for patients and/or their families.
- Participate in prevention and awareness campaigns for various diseases.
- The volunteers assist by providing clothing, hygiene items, books and magazines,
games and toys, and anything else that can makelong hospital stays more bearable.
- Collaborate with healthcare staff in preparing materials for sterilization, pharmacy,
and emergency services.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Will stay at Subir al Sur volunteer's house.
📍 About the location
This project is located in Buenos Aires. The surface of the City of Buenos Aires is approximately 200 km2 and its perimeter is 60 km. It borders to the south, west and north with the province of Buenos Aires, and to the east, with the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires has a population of 2 890 151 habitantes people, of which 54% are women. The population density is more than 15,000 inhabitants per square kilometer. The complex infrastructure of Buenos Aires makes it one of the most important metropolises in the Americas. Although its per capita income is one of the highest in the region, it is estimated that 5.7% of the city's inhabitants live in shantytowns, where more than half of the population does not have a legal title. land ownership, nor does it have regular access to at least two of the basic services.
⚠️ Requirements
- Intermediate Spanish level
- Sensitivity to family and personal problems
- Flexibility to adapt to the structure and way of working in Latin America
- Teamwork
- Creative and motivated person
- Equipped to provide sincere companionship and affection
- Listening capacity
- Predisposition to work with sick people and elderly people
It is important to note that the volunteers are not authorized to preform any technical task, for which the hospital already has staff.
ℹ️ Additional information
Participation fees:
2.100 EUR/6months
3.4000 EUR/12 months
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📅 Available sessions
ICYE/ARG-25
01/01/2023 at 00:00 → 31/12/2023 at 00:00
ICYE/ARG-25AUTO-EXT
01/01/2024 at 00:00 → 30/12/2024 at 00:00
ARICYE725
31/12/2024 at 00:00 → 30/12/2026 at 00:00
ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–99 years old
Solidarity donation
450.00 EUR
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Argentina
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Argentina Peso (ARS / $)
Exchange rate
1 ARS = 0.000579 EUR
Rate as of 31/05/2026
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
🗣️ Languages spoken