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Volunteering

Interested in making a societal impact?  South America offers a number of charitable organizations that need YOUR help! 
A few hours a week can enrich your experience abroad and can make a world of difference!  

Here are only a few of many organizations operating:

ARGENTINA

• Fundación Argentina de Etoecología (www.etoecologia.org.ar) raises environmental awareness through direct action such as forestation, ground improvement, and water purification.
• Hogar Amparo Maternal (amparomaternal@fibertal.com.ar) works with young mothers and their children to create a place to stay and organize their daily tasks.
• Banco de Alimentos (www.bancodealimentos.org.ar) fights hunger and malnutrition by providing soup kitchens and raising awareness.
• South American Explorers (www.saexplorers.org) has a sizeable database of volunteering opportunities for eager travellers.
• Voluntario Global (www.voluntarioglobal.com.ar) predominantly runs educational projects for children and adults in the shantytowns in and around Buenos Aires.

CHILE

• Volunteers de la Esperanza (www.ve-global.org) works to provide shelters, schools and orphanages in Santiago.
• Agrupacion Medio Ambiental Torres del Paine (www.amatorresdelpaine.org) builds and maintains the trails in the Torres del Paine National Park, as well as the administration inside.

URUGUAY

• Karumbe (www.karumbe.org) is a highly recommended volunteer project that monitors and conserves sea turtles in 3 coastal locations in Uruguay.