Volunteers

I just wanted to share a little bit about the program, Projects Abroad, and give you a better idea of what I've been up to!

Projects Abroad has a website here, and some stats, such as that they have 13+ types of projects, including medicine, teaching, care (orphanage work), and sports, and are located in 24 different countries on 5 continents. Most people volunteer abroad, but you can also work abroad if you have professional experience, such as doing a rotation here if you are a doctor.

So right now in Argentina, they have about 40 volunteers, and most stay for a month or 2, although some only stay for 2 weeks and can stay as long as 4-5 months. Now, the majority are from the US because, as you know, it is summer there, and students are on holiday. In addition, there are some girls from England, a girl from Australia (usually more, and 2 people that left right when I got here), a guy from Ireland, a girl from France, and a girl from Norway, and I'm sure more will come. Usually, there are a good amount of people from Holland here, it's pretty popular for them and people in England to take a gap year before starting university. My room mate for the first 2 weeks was from Holland, but she was traveling almost that whole time, and we only shared a room for one night - she left 30 minutes after I got there!

In the grandma's house right now there is another medical volunteer from the States, Sebastian. He's pretty chill, and we work together in the clinic. Today a volunteer came back to her house to visit for about a week - He had stayed there for 5 months through Projects Abroad, traveled and worked in Peru for about 2 months, and is going back to Australia next week. And on Sunday, another volunteer is coming back to visit Bebe for I think a week. And, also on Sunday, we are getting another volunteer in my house, a girl, Liz, from the US. So we will have a full house on Sunday for dinner! I'm looking forward to it, it's always easier with more than 1 volunteer to not be the odd one out. I'm sure I'll have more updates to come, as volunteers cycle and the groups change, and new people are always arriving and others leaving.

That's all for now!
Chao and besos!