Health Care Project in Kenya

  Kenya

• Nairobi: 
Nairobi

Durations of Program: 1-2 weeks, 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks and 9-12 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Dates: 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month, all year.

Description: Kenya needs health care volunteers to work in a number of rural health centers. As a health care volunteer in Kenya, you will assist the doctors and dentists in the center and provide medical treatment to the patients like dressing wounds and distributing medicine. You're responsibilities will also include education on health and hygiene issues from domestic abuse to HIV/AIDS. You will work a minimum of 20-25 hours a week.

It is helpful for the volunteers to learn some Swahili language, so our Kenya volunteer projects also tailor one week Language and Cultural Immersion Program to learn the basic language, and Kenyan culture and lifestyle prior to starting your volunteer work.

Highlights: From tropical beaches to spectacular scenery to rich culture to unparalleled wildlife, Kenya has everything in abundance. Meet the traditional Masai on their ancestral lands, and watch millions of wild animals in their natural habitat at Kenya's renowned game reserves. Volunteer in Kenya, the mosaic of East African cultures and traditions and explore a beautiful range of Kenyan habitat while experiencing the Kenyan rural life.

Qualifications: A qualified candidate for our Kenya Health Care Volunteer Project will have a combination of health care industry education and experience. We accept medical school students and long-term hospital volunteers as well as medical professionals or military and otherwise trained medics.

Cost in US$: Starts USD648.

What does language and cultural fee cover?
Language and cultural courses
Food and accommodations for 7 days
Training materials: books, paper, orientation package, TV, video, trainer, etc.
Local sightseeing/tourist site arrangements
Recreational activities
Village stay/host family
Cultural programs and additional activities
Travel related expenses (one week orientation)
Insurance

What program fee does not cover?
Airfare, Visa and Visa extension fee
Transfer to airport, airport taxes
Any personal expenses
Mineral water and soft drinks
Gifts to project staffs and host family
Laundry, Telephone, Immunization

Salary / Pay: Volunteer Job

Experience Required: no

Age Range: 18 or above

This Program is open to American, Australian, Canadian and Worldwide Participants. This Program is also open to Families, Couples and Individuals

Participants Travel to Kenya Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Resume
• Written Application

Institute For Field Research Expeditions's Mission Statement: The mission of our volunteer abroad program is to offer meaningful volunteer abroad opportunities for volunteers and to seek sustainable solutions for education, health, conservation, and development issues through international volunteering. We hope to achieve this goal by offering community orientated volunteer programs where the efforts of our volunteers go directly to the poor people and their communities. Many grass-root organizations working in developing countries are poor in resources. These organizations are doing a commendable job to address development, education, health, and conservation issues by launching a variety of programs but these organizations are in a great need of help and support. IFRE promotes these local organizations by making donations and sending volunteers.

Year Founded: 2005