Volunteer Nurses in the Amazon Jungle

  Ecuador

• All Other Regions of Ecuador: 
Morona Santiago,  Rural Areas

Durations of Program: 9-12 weeks, 3-6 months, 7-12 months, 1-2 years and over 2 years
Typical Duration of Program: 3-6 months
Dates: Inquire for more info.

Description: Volunteers in this project will work as nurses' assistants. They will work in the Emergency and Surgery units in a small medical center in the city of Macas. The project is located in the Oriente (Amazon Jungle) in Macas and it will extend to all the rural communities of Morona in the province of Morona Santiago.

Volunteers will do social service relating to health, and they will also be helping with the children and the Shuar groups (indigenous people) that live close to Macas and the zone behind Trans Cutucu. Volunteers also offer their services by working with medical brigades and they will travel to other communities to rid the indigenous people of parasites.

Highlights: The volunteers will give medical attention in the doctor's office of the patronage and they will also make medical brigades to some of the rural sectors about once every two months. (The volunteer will receive a little direction from the director of the civil hospital of Macas)

Volunteer Profile: This project is looking for the help of men and women from the ages of 24 to 50 years old who are willing to stay for at least three months. Medical knowledge is needed for this project; therefore the volunteers we are looking for should be nurses or doctors.

Qualifications:
- Volunteers should have medical knowledge and experience (college graduates or medical students in at least their third year)
- Volunteers must be between 24 and 50 years old
- They must be willing to stay at least 3 months in the project
- Volunteers must have at least an intermediate level of Spanish

Cost in US$: 200 USD

Experience Required: no

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

Participants Travel to Ecuador Independently

Typically Participants Work in Groups of 4 persons

Application Process Involves:

• Phone Interview
• Physical Exam/Health Records
• Resume
• Written Application

Ecuador Volunteer Foundation's Mission Statement: We are Ecuador Volunteer, an international nonprofit organization founded in 1999 committed to the provision of volunteering opportunities in social, educational and community development in Ecuador. Voluntary work opportunities based around Quito and main programs offer experiences of cultural exchanges, work and help with local people. We arrange voluntary placements in the environmental or community area. The environmental involves working in nature on a wide variety of projects, the community works are about helping street children, elderly people and educating people. We dedicate ourselves to alternative solutions to these problems, to make a difference and create a better world in Ecuador.

Year Founded: 1999