Health Care Project in Ghana

  Ghana

• Accra: 
Accra

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 Monday of each month, all year.

Description: Efforts are underway to improve the health sector in Ghana. Ghanaian government and various NGOs are running a number of health facilities, hospitals, maternity clinics, children hospitals, HIV/AIDS wards, and alternative medicine clinics in the cities and rural areas. As a health volunteer with medical background, you will work along with the doctors and nurses. Depending upon your qualification and experience, you will take care of the patients, and provide first aid treatment. Sometimes you will be expected to participate in the health education programs of the hospital disseminating information on nutrition, sanitation, and other health related topics.

It is helpful for the volunteers to learn some Twi language, so our Ghana volunteer project also tailors one week Language and Cultural Immersion Program to learn the basic language, and about Ghanaian lifestyles and culture. The LAC is optional and runs in the first week after your arrival, before the start of your volunteer commitment. The LAC includes guided excursions to villages, markets and other areas of interest.

Highlights: Enjoy the land filled with sun dappled beaches, beautiful landscape, and lush green vegetation. Experience the multi ethno linguistic groups in this shore lined West African nation.

Qualifications: Volunteers in our Health Care Project need a combination of Health Industry experience and medical education. We happily accept med. students or long-term hospital volunteers. Military or otherwise trained medics also meet the Health Care Project qualifications.

Cost in US$: Starts USD699.

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, European and Worldwide Participants. This Program is also open to Families, Couples and Individuals

Participants Travel to Ghana Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Application Process Involves:

• 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