Lattitude placements suit individuals with a can-do attitude who are willing to make the most of their placement and above all enjoy it.

For applicants from the UK, we have a number of bursary schemes available for volunteers from a variety of backgrounds.

Our bursary scheme and funded placement projects reduce the barrier of cost for young people experiencing financial problems. They are designed to help young people who would not otherwise be able to afford to go.

Caring placements are in an institute for children who are unable to be looked after by their parents. There are many children from one family as they do not want to split the families up. The children range from babies to 16 years old. The older children living in the house do all the housework and look after the children. There is a very strong community atmosphere in the centre and you soon become one of the family.

All the volunteers who have been there have loved it and don’t want to leave! However, as it can be expected, these placements are tougher and more demanding than other, and not for the faint hearted.
Locations

Lattitude teaching placements are nearly all in the west of the country, never far from the Andes. They stretch from Salta in the north, close to the Bolivian border, to Neuquen in the south, the largest city of Argentine Patagonia, and going eastwards to Buenos Aires and Cordoba.
Skills required

A good level of Spanish is necessary for this rewarding work. The nature of the work requires Volunteers to have a good command of conversational Spanish - a minimum of UK GCSE standard. However if you have no Spanish but are willing to learn, you may also be considered.

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Lattitude Global Volunteering has placed over 25,000 17- 25 year olds in volunteer projects since 1977. We are passionately concerned about the issues facing us all in the world and about the positive impact on the communities in which we volunteer. Lattitude is an organisation with attitude. Responsible, exciting, different...