Meet Eva Brockmann, a volunteer from Germany who spent her time in Buenos Aires helping at a kindergarten. Like many volunteers from around the world, she wanted to improve her Spanish whilst doing something meaningful for the local community. Therefore, her day was full of games, tidying the toy's room, and sticky hugs. Playing time was during the morning, and she was surrounded by books and little "Hola, como estas " during the afternoon.

As many Voluntario Global volunteers, Eva stayed at the Volunteer´s House, a space dedicated to strengthening the volunteer work. Besides having a place for communication and exchange of the everyday work with other travelers, the Volunteer´s House is a place where activities for all members of the Voluntario Global community can be organized! 

This kindergarten is located in the south of the city, in an area called Zabaleta, inside the Barracas neighbourhood. Zabaleta is one of the areas with the least resources, its main problems include the lack of a proper sewage system which leads to disastrous floods on rainy days.

At this childcare placement the kids are all different ages, ranging from 2 years to 6. Interaction is a big part of their day - they share between them all of the toys as well as the love of the volunteers who visit them. Being able to play with the volunteers is very fun for them and helps in their early learning and development.

As well as having toys such as dolls and blocks and little cars to play with, the children get to spend their time racing down the slide and kicking a football around. If everything goes as expected, in a near future this institution will belong an outdoor playground to spend the warm springs playing non stop.     Kindergartens are a main priority in Zabaleta due to the amount of working parents who are unable to take their kids to work with them. Most of these childcare institutions are organised by people from the community for people in the community. Sometimes, they are just other mums with an extra room who can help their neighbours by taking care of their most precious treasures - those little smiles.

Lunch is served at noon by the local coordinators who ensure every kid finishes their meal while trying to avoid any kind of food fight among them. Volunteers like Eva are always a tremendous help for local coordinators, they collaborate by watching the kids, picking up the plates, and preparing them for nap time. An extra pair of hands is invaluable!

The argentinian expresion "Panza llena, corazón contento" (full stomach, happy heart) couldn´t be more appropriate.