Medical Aid to the Vulnerable Groups and Rural Communities of Macas City

  Ecuador

• All Other Regions of Ecuador: 
Morona Santiago

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

Description: The project is located in the Oriente (Amazon Jungle) in the city of Macas and it will extend to all the rural communities of Morona in the province of Morona Santiago.

Project Description
Volunteers will do social service with regards to health, helping especially with the children and the shuar groups (indigenous people) that live close to Macas and the zone behind Trans Cutucú. They also give service by working with medical brigades.

Volunteer Work Activities
Volunteers will give medical attention in the doctor's office of the patronage and also make medical brigades in the rural sector.
(The volunteer will receive a little direction from the director of the civil hospital of Macas)

Volunteer Time
The center is open year-round, and the volunteer will work 8 hours a day, Monday through Friday.

Highlights: Ecuador Volunteer Foundation is a non-profit organization that offers volunteer work opportunities abroad in social, environmental, educational and community areas around Ecuador. The main focus of our programs is to offer a cultural exchange experience to each volunteer in all of the projects that at helping and working together with the local people.

Qualifications: 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 in this project; therefore the volunteers we are looking for should be nurses or doctors. An intermediate level of Spanish is required. If the volunteer is not at this level, Ecuador Volunteer could help him/her to find the best program to improve his/her Spanish skills before starting the project.

Cost in US$: free

Experience Required: yes

Medical knowledge is needed in this project; therefore the volunteers we are looking for should be nurses or doctors.

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

Participants Travel to Ecuador Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently Or in Groups

Application Process Involves:

• Other

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