Jana Baumer's Internship Experience in Buenos Aires

I am Jana. I'm from Germany, and I did an internship program with Mente Argentina. I was working with a child population, street children, and also with older people. It was really nice. I could do a lot of things with the boys, especially the street children, and I had the opportunity to accompany a psychologist. I also study psychology, so that was really good for my professional path. At the house of the school I was able to come with a psychologist, and he worked with the boys, doing the interviews when they came in to find out where they came from and what the situation of the family was like. So basically we were preparing them for what was going to happen next to them, how to deal with baby problems, all kinds of things like that. My accommodation was really, really great. I never expected anything that nice. I was living in Palermo in a shared house. The house was really nice. Everyone had their own bathroom and a shared kitchen, really nice. And Palermo was also a really good area with a lot of supermarkets, a lot of shops, and the bus stations and subway stations were very close and very safe. You could walk around during the night alone without any problems. They were really good. I went to Tigre on my first day, which was really, really nice, getting to know the area and meeting some people, some company to move around. Also, whenever there was any problem, I could call someone. It was really good to have someone here. Buenos Aires is a great city. I love the whole city. It's so interesting whenever you go to another barrio. It looks completely different. The people are very nice. When you just go to a shop or you sit in a taxi, everyone is always talking to you, and you meet so many different people and get to know so many different stories.