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Argentine: Public Hospital Network
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
The Buenos Aires Government, through the Ministry of Health, guarantees medical care for all people who live and travel through the City of Buenos Aires. The health system is public, free and of quality. The main objective is to help the day-to-day work of the hospitals and to spend time with the patients. There is a network of hospitals in which volunteer activities can be developed:
- Hospital Angel H. Roffo - Oncology specialty.
- Hospital de Ninos Ricardo Gutierrez - Children's specialty.
- Hospital General de Agudos Parmenio Pinero - Acute Care Hospital.
The activities planned to be carried out are focused in covering the basic needs of a hospitalized person. That includes:
- Prepare activities like games or reading sessions
- Containment and support for family members.
- Collaboration in Internment Rooms, External Offices, Pharmacy and Sterilization.
- Outpatient Orientation.
- Delivery of clothes, personal hygiene items, toys, books and diapers
- Administrative support
In terms of time work, the proposed schedule consists of:
- Physical participation in the project for 4 days a week for 4 hours a day ( To be defined with the coordination of the project according to the profile and interest of the volunteer)
-Finally, one day to receive training in thematic seminars that contribute to their contribution to the project.
Local accommodation
Will stay at Subir al Sur volunteer's house.
About the project 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.
Extra info about the project
Participation fees:
2.100 EUR/6months
3.4000 EUR/12 months
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