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The Universidad Autónoma (UA) is dedicated to promoting the well being of Santiago residents and the surrounding community. Because of this, UA works with an extensive network of community and support groups, providing a wide range of volunteer opportunities for students on this program. At the end of the semester, a certificate of completion is awarded to students who volunteer with agencies such as:
Corporación ConstruyeThis is an organization dedicated to renovating and making home improvements for low income senior citizens. It has helped over 200 senior citizens who lived in houses that had deteriorated and were in need of serious repairs. The goal of Corporación Construye is to improve the quality of life of these senior citizens who may not have the support of their families, and to improve their emotional well-being, ensuring that they have the opportunity to be heard. http://www.corporacionconstruye.cl
AyudArte
AyudArte was formed by advertising students at Universidad Autónoma. Its volunteers work with low income and at-risk children in Puente Alto in southwest Santiago. They conduct workshops related to the arts, such as theater, music, dance and visual arts. They also organize parties for Halloween, Christmas and other holidays and hold a summer camp.
Fundación Las Rosas
This is a Catholic foundation that has nursing homes and assisted living facilities for low income and/or disabled senior citizens. It provides housing and services to independent, semi-independent and dependent senior citizens who are living in poverty and do not have family to take care of them. Fundación Las Rosas has over 40 houses with 2,400 residents throughout Chile.
http://www.flrosas.cl/
María Ayuda
This organization's work is dedicated to the prevention of child abuse and rehabilitation for abused and abandoned children to help them grow and develop in a dignified way. María Ayuda works with both children and their families to fortify family bonds to therefore prevent the abuse from happening again. The organization has homes for children while they are recovering from abuse and at the same time works with the family over a period of 1-3 years with the goal that the child(ren) will successfully reintegrate into the family. It also has an after-school program, a center for teen mothers and educational programs about child abuse.
http://www.mariaayuda.cl/
Fundación Súmate
Fundación Súmate focuses on the education of at-risk and low-income children and youth. It does this through various projects. One is educational reinsertion through its four schools throughout Santiago, which aim to educate students who have not attended school for reasons of extreme poverty or other social problems. Another project focuses on the provision of scholarships for students to attend technical institutes of higher education. A third project pairs sponsors with at-risk students who help them by paying monthly educational costs. A fourth project consists of an employment training program for at-risk youth.
http://www.sumate.cl/
World Vision Chile
World Vision is an international Christian organization dedicated to assisting children in situations of poverty. It has many projects, working with schools, children and families. It conducts employment training workshops, complements formal education and has an early intervention program for families with infants and young children, among others. It also has a program for people who wish to sponsor an at-risk child. Additionally, World Vision provides relief efforts in the wake of natural disasters, first focusing on the provision of food and emergency supplies and later on definitive solutions for affected children and families.
http://www.worldvision.cl/
For more information about volunteering, contact your IFSA-Butler program advisor.
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