GEDE Health Center
Kenya
Durations of Program: 1-2 weeks, 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks and 9-12 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 5-8 weeks
Dates: January - December
Description:
Volunteers' main duty is to help out in all areas as possible, it's mainly based on a rotational basis and it's really busy at the center, so a lot is learned and achieved at the same.
Highlights:
This is a Health Center located on the upper part of northern coastal region where curative services are offered to the community. It is headed by a Clinical Officer called Mr Mwaniki who over sees the center's operation and its main referral hospital is Malindi General District Hospital. It has outreach programs which are done by Afya 11 - a community NGO in Kenya. Services offered are the following:
* ANC offers curative services
* Out-patients offers pharmaceuticals
* Family planning offers maternity, wards and in-patients
* Pediatrics offers children examination and immunizations The health center has 6 nurses and 2 clinical officers. All are invited to come experience, join and help in treat the tropical diseases that are examined here.
Qualifications:
This area is open to:
* all Nurses - Interns and Professionals
* Doctors - Interns and Professional
* Community Health Workers
* and finally the pre-medical students
Cost in US$: 4weeks = 800 USD
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Cost Includes :
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- Food
- Housing
- In-country orientation/Training
- In-country staff support
- Pre-departure orientation/Training
- Registration fees
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Experience Required: no
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Volunteer Types :
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- community health
- family planning
- health
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- health care
- health education
- nursing
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Age Range: 18 yrs - 70yrs
This Program is open to
American,
Australian,
Canadian,
European
and Worldwide
Participants.
This Program is also open to
Families, Couples and Individuals
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Typical Living Arrangements :
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Participants Travel to Kenya
Independently
or
in Groups
Typically Participants Work
Independently
or
in Groups of 2 per group
Application Process Involves:
Post-Program Services Include:
- Exit Debriefing Abroad
- Alumni Network
- Job and Internship Network
Touch Africa International's Mission Statement: To empower orphans and vulnerable children with quality knowledge to enable them contribute positively towards our national development.
To provide shelter, care and education to our children.
Revolves around issues of poverty, particularly the lack of education, economic opportunity and environmental concerns. Our goal is to train people to be effective business entrepreneurs, community leaders and global citizens through organizing of community work camps, internships, volunteer programs, community development projects and educational tours which focus on Four key issues of our work foundation namely
Reducing poverty; Increasing global cooperation; Sustainable development; equality & social justice; Environmental conservation and protection; we believe in giving everyone a chance to contribute to a better society by organizing affordable programs as listed above and we ensure that they are interactive ,enjoyable ,educative and most of all life changing in short meeting real people in the real world to bring a real change in peoples lives.
Year Founded: 2005
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