Healthcare Program

  Nepal

• Kathmandu: 
Kathmandu
• Pokhara: 
Pokhara

Durations of Program: 1-2 weeks, 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks, 3-6 months, 7-12 months, 1-2 years and over 2 years
Typical Duration of Program: 1-2 weeks
Dates: Whole year

Description: Are you over 18?
Then working under the supervision of the resident doctor and general pysician, the nurse will provide care and treatment to disadvantage patient. The nurse will attend to patient admitted for a wide range of illnesses and trauma. There are also many opportunities for the nurse to work with the hospital, sub-health post staff and teach them about proper sanitation and health issue in the hospital and health post and sub-health post. RHP Nepal aims to mobilize group volunteers in rural place where people do not have access to any health institute as their government is not able to provide health services. On the other hand rural people are reluctant to go to hospital and other modern health service as they are influenced by superstition and orthodox thinking. They visit witch doctors when they suffer illnesses.

RHP Nepal categorizes Health Program in three settings:

Work Camp: In this progra, Volunteers will be deployed to work in health camp for certain time 1 day to 10 days. Volunteer will work with their Nepali counterpart who assists Nepali and foreign volunteer. Volunteer's responsibilities are to distribute medicine, consult about health care, raising awareness for health and sanitation.

Working in Health Institute: Volunteer will be assigned in sub health post, hospital and other health institute whether these are run by government base or community base in local or urban settings.
Volunteer will work with the Health assistant, doctor or nurse. They will work daily 3 to 5 hours 6 days a week.

Teaching Health and sanitation: Volunteer will teach Health Education to school children in a school for about 1 to 2 hours each day for six days (Saturday is the day off).

Highlights: Those who are open minded so they can do somehing for the society. They can spend time with people who need their help.

Qualifications: Volunteers must have general knowledge about health care. Can provided good treatment to patient.

Cost in US$: U$ 300 dollar

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: Volunteer must be frank and open minded.

Age Range: 5/10 years.

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

Typically Participants Work in Groups

Application Process Involves:

• Resume
• Written Application

Health and Sanitation Issue ( Health care Program)'s Mission Statement: The Rural Health Program was established to provide low cost treatment to the poor men, women and children in the rural areas of Nepal. The health program provides counseling on family planning, TB treatment, HIV/AIDS, vaccinations and general medical treatment. We are also a non profit organization, which has the purpose of providing the best service to the people who want to enjoy a great experience by working as a volunteer in Nepal.

Year Founded: 1998