Centro Latinoamericano de Aprendizaje-Servicio Solidario (CLAYSS)
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NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE IN SOUTH AMERICA[18]
Research on NYS in South America is only beginning. CLAYSS offers this preliminary report of 63 programs. We will appreciate comments, amendments and additions to be suggested.
COUNTRY | TYPE | SERVERS | PROGRAM | COMMENTS |
| ARGENTINA | SERVICE-LEARNING | Primary and high schools students[19] | Programa Nacional Escuela y Comunidad | Federal Program 1997-2001. Gathered 4,000 schools, 375.500 students K-12 (currently not funded) |
| Escuelas Solidarias-Ciudad de Buenos Aires | State Program. 120 schools with service experiences (2001). Offers teacher training and technical assistance. | |||
| Proyectos de Servicio-Santa Fe | Service-learning curricular requirement for Secondary Schools. | |||
| Premio Escuelas Solidarias- Jujuy | State Program. First called 2002. | |||
| Provincia de Buenos Aires | Mandatory State Curriculum includes 'Proyectos de investigación e intervención comunitaria', open to service-learning projects | |||
| University students[20] | Programa Prácticas Solidarias en la Educación Superior | Federal Program 2000-2001. Gathered 65 Universities doing service-learning programs (currently not funded) | ||
| Buenos Aires University- Programas de Extensión | Voluntary Service-learning Programs in Faculties of Agronomícs, Veterinary, Odontology, Medicine, Social Work | |||
| Belgrano University | Law School. Mandatory service-learning at 2 Free Law Assistance Centers organized by University. | |||
| Universidad Católica Buenos Aires-Programas Solidarios | Each career or chair develops its own voluntary project. | |||
| Universidad Favaloro | Medicine School. Mandatory service at rural or needed communities. | |||
| Universidad de Mar del Plata | Health School. Mandatory service-learning program associated with hospitals and NGOs. | |||
| U Católica de Córdoba-Programa de Voluntariado Universitario | Voluntary service-learning projects in poor communities of the region | |||
| Universidad de Tucumán | Architecture. Design popular housing adopting local constructive traditions. | |||
| Youth | SES Grupos Comunitarios de Estudio | Teenagers in risk of dropping out from school study together and organize community service. They receive small scolarship. | ||
| TRANS NATIONAL | Youth-Adults | Cascos blancos (White Helmets) | Professional volunteering. Work with UN Forces in humanitarian assistance. | |
| LOCAL CIVIL SERVICE | Youth-Adults | Bomberos voluntarios | Volunteer Firemen receive training and are ready to provide service as needed | |
| Voluntariado hospitalario | Volunteers receive training and work on established positions in public hospitals no less than once a week. | |||
| BOLIVIA | SERVICE-LEARNING | Youth - University students | Opción Bolivia | Part of Opción Latinoamérica. University students volunteer in needed communities. Receive training. |
| Universidad Nur.Programa de Liderazgo Moral. | University students volunteer in needed communities. Receive training. | |||
| BRASIL | SERVICE-LEARNING | Primary and high schools students | Rede Pitágoras | Private Schools network promoting service projects |
| Premio Escola Cidadà | 203 schools presented service-learning experiences oriented to Citizen engagement to contest organized by 'Klick Educaçao', and Internet educational site. | |||
| Gincana da Ciudadanía. | Service-learning Program organized by Instituto Pró-Ação pela Cidadania Jovem in Rio de Janeiro (1999-2000) and now in Santos (2001-2002). Main goals: Environment, Peace, Quality of Life and Health. | |||
| Clube do Jornal. Comunicacao e Cultura | 111 schools in 24 cities in Ceará State. 1322 youth envolved (13-18 years old) | |||
| University students | Programa Universidade Solidaria | 4000 students of 160 Universities doing service in 250 communities | ||
| Opçao Brasil | Part of Opción Latinoamérica. University students volunteer in needed communities. Receive training. | |||
| Universidad de Caixias do Sul | Service projects in Schools and the local community | |||
| NATIONAL | Youth | Servicio Civil Voluntario | Oriented to vulnerable youth. Offers training and academic studies. National Government Program working in 24 districts 150 NGOs in charge of Program local administration | |
| INTERNATIONAL-LOCAL CIVIL SERVICE | Youth-Adults-Elders | GAPA-Bahia | Support Group for the prevention of AIDS. Volunteers receive training and work no less than 4 hours a week. | |
| INTERNATIONAL | Youth-Adults | Amigos de Iracambi | Rainforest conservation projects for 3-6 months. | |
| CHILE | SERVICE -LEARNING | Secondary schools students | Liceo para todos | Service-learning projects performed by 120 of the poorest Schools in the country |
| Peer Tutoring: national program promoting peer tutoring in the schools with worst academic performance | ||||
| Secondary schools students | Proyecto Montegrande | Service-learning projects performed by 10 of the more innovative Schools in the country | ||
| University students | Opción Latinoamérica Chile | University students volunteer in needed communities. Receive training. | ||
| University students | Adopta un hermano. FUNASUPO | Formative Tutoring for boys and girls in situation of social vulnerability, in charge of students of superior education. | ||
| University students | Práctica País-Tesis País FUNASUPO | Offers the possibility of developing PhD. thesis or University professional practices in poor rural areas, assisting Servicio País Servers. | ||
| NATIONAL SERVICE | Recently graduated professionals | Servicio País. FUNASUPO | Professional service in isolated or very poor communities. | |
| INTERNATIONAL SERVICE | Youth -Adults | Fundación Chol Chol | Professional volunteering for no less than 3 moths working with Mapuche population. | |
| LOCAL CIVIL SERVICE | Young Community Leaders | Programa 900 Escuelas | Tutoring for at-risk children in the poorest schools | |
| Youth -Adults | Voluntariado hospitalario | Volunteers receive training and work in public hospitals | ||
| Youth-Adults | Bomberos voluntarios | Volunteer Firemen receive training and are ready to give service as needed | ||
| COLOMBIA | SERVICE-LEARNING | University Students | Opción Colombia. Experiencia Semestral | University students volunteer in needed communities for six months. Receive training. |
| Red de Solidaridad Social | Seven Universities Students and Professors work along the NGO 'Red de Solidaridad Social' to help relocating people forced to leave their homes because of internal war. | |||
Programa Interdisciplinario de Apoyo a la Comunidad. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. | Students, graduates and professors work on community projects. | |||
Recuperación de la Cultura Alimentaria - Universidad de Antioquia. Carrera Agroalimentaria. Medellín | Nutritional education for vulnerable populations. They are helping to lower malnutrition in Medellín. | |||
Programa de Proyección Social. Universidad Externado de Colombia. Facultad de Administración de Empresas | 8 Projects including support, promotion and technical assistance to non profit organizations and micro-enterprises | |||
| INTERNATIONAL SERVICE | University Students | Opción Latinoamérica | University students volunteer in needed communities. Open to South Americans and others. | |
| ECUADOR | SERVICE -LEARNING | University Students | Opción Ecuador | Part of Opción Latinoamérica. University students volunteer in needed communities. Receive training. |
| Teachers Faculty students | Campaña Nacional de Alfabetización 'Monseñor Leonidas Proaño' | 800 young people developed this literacy program for 4 months | ||
| INTERNATIONAL SERVICE | Youth-Adults | Cordillera Tropical | Volunteers at wildlife sanctuary from 1-9 months. | |
| Youth-Adults | Fundación Cabo San Francisco | Volunteers in community services and the conservation of the flora and fauna of the region | ||
| Youth-Adults | Fundación Jatun Sacha | Volunteers for Jatun Sacha biological station conservation activities and projects. | ||
| Youth-Adults | Voluntarios de Occidente | Volunteers in Educational, Agriculture, Health, Culture and Ecology projects. | ||
| LOCAL CIVIL SERVICE | Youth-Adults | Voluntariado hospitalario | Volunteers receive training and work on established positions in public hospitals no less tan once a week. | |
| PARAGUAY | SERVICE -LEARNING | Primary and high schools students | Escuelas Maristas | Service-learning activities in schools directed by Maristas Order. |
| LOCAL CIVIL SERVICE | Youth-Adults | Bomberos voluntarios | Volunteer Firemen receive training and are ready to provide service as needed | |
| PERU | SERVICE-LEARNING | University Students | Perú Promesa, Responsabilidad Social | Four Universities take part of this Service-learning Program organized by Centro de Investigación de la Universidad del Pacífico - CIUP and SASE, and funded by W. K. Kellogg Foundation. |
CEMPOS. Universidad Católica de Santa María. | Law Students best students work at Free Law Assistance Centers organized by the University. Other CEMPOS projects include service in rural and marginal urban with health, education, law assistance, economic assistance to micro-enterprises, and others. | |||
| INTERNATIONAL SERVICE | Youth-Adults | APECA PERU | Promotion of education and conservation in the Peruvian Amazon rain forest | |
| URUGUAY | LOCAL CIVIL SERVICE | Youth-Adults | Acción Voluntaria de Hospitales | Volunteers receive training and work in public hospitals |
| VENEZUELA | SERVICE -LEARNING | Secondary School students | Education Law: requirement of 60 hours of service for Secondary School students | Service-learning activities organized in each Secondary School |
| 'Liceo de Vacaciones'- Fe y Alegría | Peer tutoring during Summer vacations. | |||
| University Students | Opción Venezuela | Part of Opción Latinoamérica. University students volunteer in needed communities. Receive training. | ||
| LOCAL CIVIL SERVICE | Youth-Adults | Acción Voluntaria de Hospitales | Volunteers receive training and work in public hospitals |