ASB Argentina
We are a group of 20 Northwestern students planning to spend our spring break doing community service in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Schools from around the country are teaming up with Hillel Argentina to help improve the surrounding communities in Buenos Aires. We are dedicated to alleviating third world poverty and improving the plight of the international Jewish community. We will be working with both interfaith and Jewish community organizations on projects dealing with education, infant care, literacy and more. We will be partnering specifically with an under-resourced school to improve the quality of education for its students by painting murals in outdoor play areas, improving the music-education facility, and building a library so the students can access books and improve literacy. We will also volunteer in a childcare center that serves underprivileged families. By completing our service projects and spending time with the people of Buenos Aires we will prove to them that those facing the challenges of third-world poverty are not alone.

We have been fundraising so that we can make a donation to one of the causes that we will be working with (to be determined). If you are interested in making a donation, please contact Shauna Perelman at perlman.shauna@gmail.com. Please note that she will be out of contact while we are on the trip from March 20-28.

And don't forget to check out what our friends are doing on the ASB Cuba trip at http://asbcuba.tumblr.com!
March 18, 2009
ASB Argentina’s exciting itinerary!

Friday 20

10.20 AM - Arrival (time at the hotel for check in and accommodation)

1PM - Lunch at Hillel house

3 PM - Visit Tel Aviv Jewish Day School

            - Meeting with the director for an introduction about the institution.

            - Recognising the place

5 PM - Back to the Hotel to prepare for Shabbat

7.30 PM - Shabbat services (Choice between conservative and orthodox synagogues)

9 PM - Shabbat Dinner at Hillel house with Trinity, Towson and Texas Hillels.  


Saturday 21

10 AM - Breakfast

Optional: Morning Prayer services

[Free Lunch / lunch boxes]

Afternoon: Free Time, optional walking tour

9 PM - Habdala at the Hotel

10 PM - Dinner at El Lazo Kosher Restaurant (free pizza and pasta) with Texas, Trinity and Towson universities.

* Argentinean BBQ extra cost: 45 PESOS (15 USD) per person

Night Out with Argentinean peers at the moishe house (www.moishehouse.org)


Sunday 22

10.00 AM - Breakfast

11.30 AM – Group Debriefing at Hillel

12.30 AM – Lunch at Hillel with Texas group and Argentinean peers

2.30 PM - City tour: Palermo and Recoleta

            Free time at the handicraft markets

7 PM – Dinner with peers at Hillel house

9 PM - Back to the hotel

Optional: night out


Monday 23        

7 AM - Breakfast at the hotel           

9 AM - Tzedek Project: painting Tel Aviv Jewish Day School

1.20 PM - Lunch boxes

2 to 4 PM – continue with the tzedek project / cleaning

5 PM Argentinean local contexts Introduction at Palermo University (Social, Economy and Politics)

7 PM - Group debriefing (coordinated by the American staff leader)

7.30 PM - Dinner at Hillel Down Town

8.30 – Optional: Night out


Tuesday 24 (holly day in Argentina)

9 AM - Breakfast

10 AM – City tour at San Telmo and La Boca

Touristy and fancy areas located next to poverty focuses.

Free time at the handicraft markets

1 PM - Lunch at Hillel         

 2 PM - Tzedek Activity with LIFE Argentina           

          - Meeting with their staff for an introduction

- Paiting the soap kitchen at Ciudad Oculta’s the shanty town, one of the poorest areas in Buenos Aires.  (www.lifeargentina.org)

8 PM - Dinner at Hillel

9.30 - Back to the hotel


Wednesday 25

10 AM - Visit AMIA building – the central institution for the Jewish life in Argentina.

11.30 AM - Visit “Baby Help” – JDC program that takes care of children from 0 to 3 years old.

1 PM – Lunch at Kosher Mac Donald’s (Abasto Shopping Mall)

4 PM - Visit to the holocaust museum

6.30 PM – Group Debriefing at Hillel

7 PM – Dinner at Hillel

8.30 PM - Group debriefing (coordinated by the American staff)

Back to the hotel

Thursday 26

7 AM - Breakfast

9 AM - Work on the Tzedek Project: painting Tel Aviv Jewish day school

1.20 PM - Lunch Boxes

2 PM – cleaning

3.15 PM – Visit to the Jewish Museum

5 PM - Back to the hotel for shower

6.30 PM - Dinner at Hillel

8.00 PM - Tango Show / Tango lessons

            Extra Cost:

- 270 PESOS or 78 USD includes: Tango lesson + Dinner + tango show

- 180 PESOS or 53 USD includes:  open bar, tango lesson, show and transportation.

- 95 PESOS or 30 USD includes: tango lesson, show and transportation

- 15DLS per person: Tango lessons at Hillel House


Friday 27

7 AM - Breakfast

9 AM - Finishing the Tzedek Project

1.10 PM - Lunch at the school.

Afternoon: Special activities with pupils

3.30 PM - Shabbat brachot at the institution

4.30 PM - Back to the Hotel to prepare for Shabbat

7.30 PM - Shabbat services (they can choose between a conservative and an orthodox synagogue)

9 PM - Shabbat Dinner with Argentinean peers at Iaacov House, a special hostel for Israeli backpackers. (www.iaacobhouse.com.ar)


Saturday 28

10 AM - Breakfast

11 AM - Check out

1 PM - Lunch at Iaacob House.

3 PM - meeting at the Hotel’s lobby to pick up the luggage

4 PM – Departure to the airport