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Argentine: Asociación civil Engranajes
About the local hosting organization
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.
Presentation of the programme
Brief description and main aims:
The Engranajes Civil Association is part of the work and organisation process carried out in the neighbourhoods of Béccar and Boulogne, which began more than 14 years ago. It allowed the mobilisation of excluded young people, the recovery of their potential and the improvement of their quality of life. The result was the implementation of two Community Cultural Centres (CCC): Joven Creativo and Puertas al Arte; where free classes and workshops in Music, Dance and Arts in general are offered. Engranajes embarks on its path of self-management, seeking to transform the reality of its community through art and social organisation.
Main Activities:
The activities carried out in Engranajes are: -Music, visual arts, theater, dance and photography workshops for youth from an inclusive perspective. - Space for debate, discussion and participation, which contribute to the impact on social policies and articulate and promote initiatives that strengthen social networks in neighborhoods. - Accompaniment in school support. -offering snacks to children and young people.
Volunteer tasks:
The activities planned to be carried out are:
- Help in daily activities.
- Collaborate in food processing and delivery to the children.
- Search for materials and supplies needed for the workshops.
- Planify and carry-out recreational and educational activities for children and youth.
In general, the task of the volunteers consists in collaborating with the project activities and accompanying the young people who participate in them.
In terms of time work, the proposed schedule consists of:
- Physical participation in the project for 3 days a week for 4 hours a day. (The Project works Monday, tuesday and thursday from 17 a 20, wednesday and Friday from 11 a 15 hs)
- One day of planning, evaluation and reflection tasks that can be done in the office or at home.
- Finally, one day to receive training in thematic seminars that contribute to their contribution to the project.
Local accommodation
In Subir al Sur volunteer's house.
About the project location
The project is located in the urban area of the district of San Isidro, 27 km from the city of Buenos Aires, in the Province of Buenos Aires. Its population is approximately 307,165 inhabitants. The population of Bajo Boulogne is clearly urban and is divided into:
a) humble population that lives below poverty levels and that in recent years has suffered serious economic problems and job loss (in-situ migration) and
b) indigent population.
Extra info about the project
Participation fees:
2.100 EUR/6months
3.4000 EUR/12 months
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