{"id":1928,"date":"2013-10-22T19:09:27","date_gmt":"2013-10-22T19:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/?p=1928"},"modified":"2026-10-08T15:37:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T15:37:19","slug":"volunteer_buenos_aires_argentina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/volunteer_buenos_aires_argentina\/","title":{"rendered":"A Roof for my Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mente-archive-context\"><p>This account describes a past volunteer experience. It does not guarantee a current partnership, placement or activity schedule; confirm current opportunities with your advisor.<\/p><\/aside>\nOver the long weekend, a group of Mente Argentina participants joined NGO \u201cTecho Para Mi Pais\u201d (A Roof for my Country) to work on Construcci\u00f3n Masiva. Teaming with over 1,500 other volunteers, they built over 200 homes for displaced people in the outskirts of the city in the villas (slums).\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/920593_10151993704974874_50943357_o.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 40px), 760px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/920593_10151993704974874_50943357_o-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/920593_10151993704974874_50943357_o-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/920593_10151993704974874_50943357_o.jpg 2048w\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1931\" src=\"https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/920593_10151993704974874_50943357_o-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"920593_10151993704974874_50943357_o\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nFor three days and nights, volunteers slept in the halls of a nearby school, and dedicated each day to constructing homes, side by side with the families who now live in these homes. Each home had 6x3M timber frames and clad houses, each on 15 stumps, equipped with a door, 3 windows, insulation, and a metal sheet roof. With astounding results, Techo Para Mi Pa\u00eds&#8217; developed a construction plan that provided more for these families than they could have imagined.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1402293_10151993708469874_1775884488_o.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 40px), 760px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1402293_10151993708469874_1775884488_o-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1402293_10151993708469874_1775884488_o-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1402293_10151993708469874_1775884488_o.jpg 2048w\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1933\" src=\"https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1402293_10151993708469874_1775884488_o-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"1402293_10151993708469874_1775884488_o\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nPhuong Nguyen, who is in Buenos Aires for an Architecture and Community Service Internship with Mente Argentina writes, \u201cThe family expressed tears of joy to now just have a roof over their heads. I have never experienced such warrior passion and social activism in a country&#8217;s youth for changing their country&#8217;s social situation than here amongst the very young Argentines. Such an admirable and inspiring quality in the youth of this nation. I wish for all of us to be half as empowered as what I had experienced of the Argentines this weekend. Small daily actions for big future change!\u201d\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1052530_10151993710119874_910936444_o.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 40px), 760px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1052530_10151993710119874_910936444_o-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1052530_10151993710119874_910936444_o-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1052530_10151993710119874_910936444_o.jpg 2048w\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1934\" src=\"https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1052530_10151993710119874_910936444_o-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"1052530_10151993710119874_910936444_o\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nThis has been a moving and even life-changing experience for all Mente Argentina participants involved in the project. We are both honored and proud to have been part of this incredible project.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1403742_10151993718814874_1205176546_o.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 40px), 760px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1403742_10151993718814874_1205176546_o-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1403742_10151993718814874_1205176546_o-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1403742_10151993718814874_1205176546_o.jpg 2048w\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1932\" src=\"https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1403742_10151993718814874_1205176546_o-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"1403742_10151993718814874_1205176546_o\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" \/><\/a>\n\n<!-- mente-internal-linking:v1:1928:start -->\n\n<section id=\"mente-related-reading\" class=\"mente-related-reading\" aria-label=\"Related reading\"><h2>More student experiences and practical guides<\/h2><p>Explore more articles in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/connect-and-grow-with-mente-argentina\/\">Student Stories &amp; the Mente Argentina Community<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Continue with these related guides and experiences:<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/why-volunteer-in-buenos-aires-with-mente-argentina-christina-usa\/\">Christina\u2019s volunteering experience<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/why-volunteer-in-buenos-aires-with-mente-argetina-anne-france\/\">Anne\u2019s volunteering experience<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.menteargentina.com\/blog\/meet-mente-participants-marie-and-her-internship-volunteer-program\/\">Marie\u2019s internship and volunteering experience<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/section>\n\n<!-- mente-internal-linking:v1:1928:end -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This account describes a past volunteer experience. It does not guarantee a current partnership, placement or activity schedule; confirm current opportunities with your advisor. Over the long weekend, a group of Mente Argentina participants joined NGO \u201cTecho Para Mi Pais\u201d (A Roof for my Country) to work on Construcci\u00f3n Masiva. 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