Argentina is one of the continent's safest countries and, as long as you take a few basic precautions, you are unlikely to encounter any problems during your stay. Indeed, you'll find many of the more rural parts of the country pretty much risk-free: people leave doors unlocked, windows open and bikes unchained. More care should be taken in large cities and some of the border towns, particularly the northeastern ones, where poverty and easily available arms and drugs make opportunistic crime a more common occurrence.
By Argentine standards, Buenos Aires is currently suffering something of a crime wave, and incidents of violence and armed robbery are definitely on the increase. It's sometimes difficult to know how much local anxiety is due to a genuine increase in crime and how much to middle-class paranoia but, in general, serious crime tends to affect locals more than tourists. Nevertheless, you should not take unofficial taxis from the airport and you're advised to be wary when taking a taxi from areas where serious money circulates (the new casino for example). Though Buenos Aires doesn't really have any "no go" areas, avoid walking around the quieter neighbourhoods after dark.
As an English teacher in Buenos Aires, you have the unique opportunity to really make an impact on the lives of disadvantaged children of the city. They will look to you not only as a teacher, but also as a mentor, making this an extremely important and rewarding volunteer role.
This rewarding and worthwhile youth outreach project gives you the opportunity as a volunteer to play the role of mentor and teacher to children and young people in Buenos Aires.
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Gap Year for Grown Ups provides Career Break Voluntary Projects and Culture & Language programmes throughout South America and Central America. They have the best available Community voluntary projects as well as a number of Conservation Volunteer Projects to choose from. Combine these voluntary work placements abroad with learning Spanish in South America.
For useful volunteer travel advice to South America from Gap Year For Grown Ups, use the following links:
