Fiji
Dawasamu Community Project
Locally led education and health work across a district of traditional coastal villages.
Focus area
Healthcare & Public Health
Community health education and hygiene workshops, guided by local health workers. Volunteers support health education and do not provide clinical care or treat patients.
The work
What the work involves
Public health placements support the education side of community health: hygiene and nutrition workshops, school health sessions, outreach days and the preparation behind them, always planned and led by local health workers.
One line we hold everywhere: volunteers do not provide clinical care, diagnose, treat patients or handle medication, whatever their qualifications. Communities deserve licensed local care, and health education is where visiting volunteers genuinely help.
Typical tasks
- Hygiene and handwashing workshops in schools and communities
- Nutrition and health education sessions, planned with local health workers
- Support for outreach and vaccination-awareness days, in non-clinical roles
- Teaching materials and session preparation
- Health-adjacent community work: water, sanitation and wellbeing projects
Fit
Who it suits
- You have health training or a genuine interest in public health work.
- You can accept the boundary: education and support, never clinical care.
- You communicate clearly and enjoy teaching as much as medicine.
Projects
Where this work runs
Each destination offers only the areas that reflect its partner’s real, established work.
Before you go
Requirements
Confirmed step by step after you apply; nothing is due until your requirements are complete.
- A criminal record check before placement, as the work usually includes schools and community groups.
- No clinical qualifications are required, and clinical work is never part of the placement.
- Minimum age 18. There is no upper age limit.
- Travel insurance covering the whole placement. It is required and not included; GoAbroad insurance is an optional add-on, and your own policy is accepted with proof.
- Applications close 60 days before your start date.
- Visa eligibility is confirmed during qualification, before your application proceeds.
FAQ
Questions people ask
I’m a medical or nursing student. Can I do clinical work?
No. Volunteers support health education and do not provide clinical care or treat patients, whatever their training. If you want clinical experience abroad, a supervised elective through your school is the right route; this is not that.
What does a typical health placement week look like?
School hygiene sessions, community workshops, preparation time with the partner’s health workers and occasional outreach days. The partner plans the schedule around the community’s needs.
Do I need health qualifications to apply?
No. The work is education and support, so clear communication matters more than a certificate. Health training helps you plan better sessions and is worth mentioning at your screening call.
Ready for healthcare & public health work?
Applying costs nothing and gets you a screening call that works both ways.