Location
  • Argentina
    • Cordoba
Length
1 to 52 weeks
Health & Safety

Program Details

Compensation
Unpaid
Timeframe
Fall J-Term Maymester Spring Spring Break Summer Winter Year Round
Housing
Host Family
Language
Spanish
Age Min.
15

Pricing

Starting Price
2610
Price Details
Cost varies depending on your chosen internships, and how long you stay. Visit the Projects Abroad website to learn more.
What's Included
Accommodation Some Activities Airport Transfers Meals Transportation Wifi
What's Not Included
Airfare Travel Insurance Visa
Feb 10, 2025
Sep 29, 2019
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About Program

Experience Argentina: Internships with a Latin Twist

Immerse Yourself in Argentine Culture

Live and work in vibrant Argentina, the heart of South America. Embrace the tango, savour delicious empanadas, and improve your Spanish with friendly locals. It's an unforgettable cultural experience that complements your professional development.

Medical Internships

Interested in a medical career? Gain clinical experience in our internship programmes. We offer placements in:

► Medicine (including an option to learn Spanish too)
► Dentistry
► Veterinary Medicine

Would you prefer to work with a grassroots organisation? Contribute to a variety of community projects focused on:

► Human Rights
► Radio Journalism
► Equine (Horse) Therapy

Launch Your Career with Projects Abroad.

Ready to combine professional development with cultural immersion? Visit our website to learn more.

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Impact 🌎


We are committed to sustainable practices that benefit local communities and the environment.

Our initiatives:

► Climate-positive projects
► Low-impact travel model
► Increased biodiversity

Partnering with Ecologi

We have partnered with Ecologi to offset more carbon emissions than we generate.

Planting trees for a greener future

We plant a tree for every volunteer who joins our projects.

Long-term impact

Our projects are designed to create long-term, positive change for communities and the environment.


Join Projects Abroad, a force for good connecting volunteers with communities. Build green futures, fight inequality, and empower locals on impactful adventures.

Visit our website to learn more about our impact worldwide.

Program Highlights

  • Be captivated by Argentina, a land of vibrant culture, stunning landscapes, and warm hospitality
  • Explore from the Andes to the Atlantic
  • A range of medical internships tailored to high school students and adults
  • Get work experience outside of the United States in medicine, dentistry, and veterinary medicine

Popular Programs

Human Rights Internship in Argentina

Gain practical work experience and help raise awareness of human rights issues in disadvantaged communities.

Medicine Internship in Argentina

Get medical work experience by learning directly from doctors in different hospital departments.

Dentistry Internship in Argentina

Gain dental work experience while shadowing and learning directly from dentists at a pediatric hospital.

Equine Therapy Internship in Argentina

Take part in an internship with children and horses and help with patients’ rehabilitation.

A Projects Abroad student receives Spanish lessons from an Argentinian tutor

What better way to pick up Spanish skills than on an immersive program in the heart of Argentina? Whatever your level is, you can learn and practice with a professional tutor and gain real-world practice while exploring the city of Córdoba. You can even combine part-time Spanish Language Courses with an internship or volunteer program!

Program Reviews

4.57 Rating
based on 7 reviews
  • 5 rating 71.43%
  • 4 rating 14.29%
  • 3 rating 14.29%
  • 2 rating 0%
  • 1 rating 0%
  • Growth 4.6
  • Support 4.3
  • Fun 4.6
  • Housing 4.85
  • Safety 4.85
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Evan
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Project in Argentina

My trip to Argentina was great. I highly suggest having conversational Spanish because it will give you more opportunities while you're there. Cordoba is a beautiful city, and there are a variety of things to do there. Projects abroad happily accommodate to your needs. I wanted a very hands off experience, so I didn't interact too much with the staff. Every interaction I had, however, was very positive and they pointed me to interesting activities and locations in the city and Argentina. Working at the hospital let me see medicine first hand, something that's nigh impossible in the US until you're over 18. I spoke Spanish well enough that I was able to form relationships with the staff their that allowed me to help with some of patient care as well.

153 people found this review helpful.
Response from

Hi Evan,
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave this excellent review. Projects Abroad and the local community really appreciated your help on the Medicine project in Argentina. We hope to see you again soon on one of our projects or internships.

Ines Mariani, Country Director for Argentina

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Tom
4/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Radio journalism Argentina

I spent a great month on the radio journalism project in Argentina. The radio station was great. The boss, José, was engaging and helpful and gave me plenty of chances to contribute to the programme on any topic that interested me. The family who I lived with were also very welcoming and looked after me very well. However, the radio station is based in Unquillo, a small city about an hour away from Córdoba where projects abroad is based. The staff had very little knowledge of Unquillo and were unable to help me with a few issues, particularly how the buses between the two cities worked. Also all of the other volunteers were based in Córdoba city meaning that it took time and money to go and see them. The projects abroad team in London did not inform me of this so that was slightly disappointing. Having said this, it did mean I spent more tome with my host family getting to know them and speaking Spanish, which was good. Overall I would recommend the project, provided that you are happy to live far away from the other volunteers.

What would you improve about this program?
More accurate information about the project beforehand.
A more knowledgeable and experienced team in Córdoba.
166 people found this review helpful.
Response from

Hi Tom,

Thank you for taking the time to review your project!

I’m really glad to hear that you enjoyed your Radio Journalism internship in Argentina! It really is a fantastic internship – I remember when I was discussing it with your mum not too long ago, I was tempted to sign up myself as well!

José is so passionate and supportive of all of our volunteers, and it’s wonderful to see that you were able to contribute. I’m sure that your input was really appreciated! I’m also so glad to hear that you got on so well with your host family. I know it can be quite a daunting endeavour to go halfway across the world and stay with a family that you’ve never met, but it’s always worth it to have that really unique and rewarding cultural immersion experience.

Oh no, sorry to hear you felt that our staff in Cordoba were unable to help you with your travel between Unquillo and Cordoba. This is something that I will absolutely feedback to Suzy, our Head Office Co-ordinator for Argentina.

In your ‘My Projects Abroad’ web page we always ensure the details of your accommodation address and project site address are clear, so everyone knows. This does make a good point that it may be useful for us to highlight to future volunteers in case things were not understood.

Once again, we really do appreciate your feedback, and I hope to speak with you again in the not too distant future to plan your next adventure!

Best,

Emma
Projects Abroad - Project Expert UK

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Franziska
3/5
No, I don't recommend this program

For unqualified High School Graduates, NOT for advanced students or professionals

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159 people found this review helpful.
Response from

Dear Franziska,

Thank you very much for your message. We are very glad you enjoyed your time with us and was able to learn through your experience in Argentina. I am very sorry to hear that you did not feel the experience met your expectations. As you know at the end of their stay we ask each volunteer to complete a survey about the experiences with us and their project. We usually receive positive reviews about your project. Volunteers working on the same project as you over the past year have given scores of over 80 on average. However, I regret that you did not find your project as rewarding as we both would have liked.
It may not always be possible to see the impact of the work on the beneficiaries we work with on a shorter stay. However, in the long term, we strongly believe the work we do with our local partners makes a significant impact on the lives of the beneficiaries.
The work our volunteers do in partnership the services for the homeless you mentioned makes a real difference to the lives of the homeless. In 2018 we helped to provide over 1800 people with meals. Providing homeless communities with food and providing information to support services has a huge impact on their lives. We are also extremely proud of our work with the church group you mentioned, where homeless people are come and take part in various types of art activities. We believe these connections make a positive difference in the lives of those who attend and also provide an opportunity to educate the homeless about their rights and the services available to them. We also work with a detention center for young women in Argentina, which I understand you took part in. Our aim is to promote human rights and empower young women thereby building relationships and a yearly programme of workshops and activities.
Thank you for the feedback regarding the teaching project. We work with a variety of schools throughout the year in Argentina, including public schools and always try to allocate our volunteers to the most appropriate placement given their skills, experiences, and interests.
Thank you again for this feedback.
We are not able to go into details regarding your friend who traveled with us in Bolivia, as this involves personal and confidential information about one of our volunteers and we must respect their privacy. However, we would like to say that we do feel what happened is misrepresented in this review. Projects Abroad is built on inclusivity, and will always strive to provide a safe and welcoming space for all our volunteers, as well as for the local families and communities we serve. I hope you understand why we can not discuss this further.
I wanted to address some of the concerns you raised about where your money goes. A proportion of your fee is used to fund direct costs of the ground. This includes your accommodation, food, transport, insurance and the cost of having a local team there to support you. The fees also cover the costs of the support services we offer to volunteers before their departure and to cover the costs of running a global business.
We do not offer significant financial support to every organisation, as we do not want placements to become reliant on us. Instead, we do use the revenue from all volunteers to run our own projects and to make larger donations to projects. We can be confident we will continue to make these payments regardless of how volunteer numbers for different projects fluctuate. I have included some examples below.
Volunteers fees have been built a school in a remote village in Ghana and continue to pay for the salary for all staff. We entirely fund an Early Learning Development centre in Madagascar. We run a pre-school in Tanzania. We entirely fund nutrition projects in Fiji, Samoa and South Africa. We run free legal clinics for people living in townships in South Africa who may be unable to access legal aid otherwise. In Cambodia, we also fund our own Microfinance and Public Health programmes. These are just some examples of the great work we do. You learn more about our impact around the globe please take a look at our Global Impact Report from 2017 - https://docs.projects-abroad.ie/uk/global-impact-report/global-impact-report-2017.pdf
Thank you again very much for your feedback
Best wishes,
Somi
Projects Abroad - Operations Director

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Noreen
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Incredible experience

My experience with Projects Abroad in Argentina was absolutely incredible! From my first point of contact with them, I was sure I made the right choice, and felt supported every step of the way. Upon arriving, I quickly felt at home with the Human Rights and Law team and the rest of the members in the office. The field placements were truly unique and meaningful. I wouldn't change anything about my experience, except for maybe the fact that I wish I could have stayed longer. My host family was incredibly welcoming and my coworkers made every day worth it. It isn't easy to work in Human Rights and Law; nevertheless I would recommend this to anyone willing to try. I felt as if though I was able to make a small difference every day, and gained as much back. Since returning home, I constantly refer back to my experience and have taken it forward with me every day since.

173 people found this review helpful.
Response from

Dear Noreen. It's great to hear you had such a wonderful time volunteering in Argentina! We do set up our programs so that each volunteer is able to contribute and mark a difference in the community they are helping. Hopefully you can join us again some time soon and keep on spreading your generosity and talents!

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Emily
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Law & Human Rights, Córdoba, Argentina

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What would you improve about this program?
The Human Rights project is do-able for anyone, even if you don't know much Spanish, but you get so much more out of the project if you can speak Spanish. Projects Abroad advertises the project as being for any Spanish level, which is 100% true, but I think volunteers that can speak enough Spanish to communicate with the vulnerable populations we work with will gain more from this experience.
162 people found this review helpful.
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Robert
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Medical Internship - Projects Abroad Argentina

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What would you improve about this program?
My only suggestion would be to place volunteers slightly closer together, but everything else was amazing!
160 people found this review helpful.
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cactusjp
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

An amazing experience in Argentina!

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What would you improve about this program?
If I had to change one thing about this program it would probably be the pre-trip preparation. I know in part the reason why I didn't feel very prepped would be my own lack of preparation, but I felt like they could have sent us more detailed maps/schedules/things to bring for our volunteer work/and other things like that. They did great once we got there, but I sort of felt like I was coming in a little less prepared than I like to be.
158 people found this review helpful.

Questions & Answers

Hi Smriti. Emilia is right! We have High School Special specifically designed for volunteers between 15 and 18 years old. These projects offer additional supervision from staff, as well as social activities for your group to get to know each other and explore the country you are visiting.

Dear Prestos. Our prices vary depending on the program, destination, and number of weeks you decide to stay. Your fee will cover your food, accommodation, placement, airport pick-up and drop-off, full coverage medical and travel insurance, and 24 hour support from our local staff. Unfortunately, flights are not included in the cost. However, we do have a Travel Team that can help you arrange...