MEDICAL VOLUNTEER IN TANZANIA
Hai district hospital found in Kilimanjaro where is the home of the highest mount in Africa. Safariparksoutreach with Hope Given foundation have a unique opportunities in Tanzania internship opportunities to Pre-med, nursing, Mental health and medical students interested in a outreach for medical placement. Its offer opportunity for volunteers to develop their carrie in Hai District hospital with more than 100 beds.
The hospital has several department includes Outpatient department(OPD), Theatre, Physiotherapy, Reproductive, Labour ward( Obstetric), Paediatric ward, General ward, ICU UNITY, Laboratory, Dental, Eye department, Radiology, Mental health unity, Orthopaedic, Pharmathetical department and CTC. Safariparksoutreach with Hopegiven recruits and places doctors, nurses, surgeons, midwives, and other medical professionals to work alongside local practitioners Kilimanjaro area in Tanzania. Our medical volunteering programs responsibility range from assisting local health care workers with regular health care to working with to help establish more sustainable standards of physical,mental health and nutrition awareness.
DAILY HOSPITAL ACTIVITIES
- Taking bed to bed round in the wards with local nurses and doctors as a daily routine to identify the progress of patients who admitted in the ward. This ward round includes prescribing new treatments, ordering investigations, providing health education.
- Attending morning report which scheduled during Monday to Friday with other health care provider for night updates. This session all medical team gets time to listen night report about the progress of patients who are in the ward, those who got referral in-out of the hospital, to know the total numbers of patients.
- Getting actively involved in the daily work of the hospital including treat patients, escorting them from one department to another and planned outreach to peri feral areas.
- Treating minor injuries and dressing which maybe being assisting a nurse or doctors to do a procedure depend the level of skills. In Reproductive department volunteer will help to provide vaccinations to adults and children.
- Assist to lift patients and clients from other department to another for-example from Outpatient department(OPD) to inpatient department(IPD), going for investigation to radiology and laboratory.
- Depend with your professionals, skills and knowledge you can get involved in medical discussion to treat patients and other clients .
- Doing routine patient vital signs checkups like measure Blood pressure, pulse rate, respiration,checking Body Mass Index(BMI) , check temperature and oxygen saturation.Vital signs are important because they give a healthcare provider clues about any underlying conditions that affect your health or show your progress toward recover. Volunteers advised to make sure that have their own personal medical equipment for-example lab coat, stethoscope, medical scrubs, appropriate shoes doctors and nursing tools which you can carry for your own.
VOLUNTEER REQUIREMENT AND SKILLS.
- Considered age is 18 and 85years or above at the time you apply the program. Medical students,graduates and general people looking to help can apply to join this Tanzania medical volunteering project. If you are looking to volunteer in a skilled role like Nurses, Doctors and other medical professionals you will need to provide certificates and your level of experience.
- Medicals volunteers with professional credentials, or those currently enrolled in medical/nursing school are invited to join our team. Your daily allocated will depend to professional, skills and knowledge to deal with patient health.
- Medical students Volunteers or Interns are not allowed to perform the major surgery for their own. Most of the time volunteers assist doctors and nurses at work.You can help out in simple but practical ways, vastly increasing your own knowledge and understanding of medical practice culture.
- Facilities within the hospitals and sometimes do not appear to look standard we would expect in developed world.
- You should be prepared to see some shocking cases, and try not to get emotionally involved with the patients. Your working hours will usually be decided on a weekly basis and most volunteers work from Monday to Friday and have the weekends free.Its diverse experience for volunteers
HOW TO GET TO OUR VOLUNTEERING AREA.
After you have booked and confirmed your volunteering with us , we advise you to book a flight which land directly to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) which is 18minutes driving from our area in Bomang’ombe . We organise our pick up from Kilimanjaro international Airport with included friendly fees.
The best way to get to Kilimanjaro is to arrive into Kilimanjaro Airport, which is considerably larger than both neighbouring airports and receives direct international flights. Currently, there are no direct flights to Kilimanjaro from UK or US. it is easy to transit through hub cities in Europe and the nearby countries of Kenya, Ethiopia and Qatar. The best and most reliable option is to fly direct to Kilimanjaro International Airport(JRO) from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) using KLM Airlines or Qatar Airways.
KLM are very professional and reliable when it comes to any baggage or delay issues (plus Amsterdam is a super cool city!). It is worth nothing that the return flight with KLM to Amsterdam is an evening flight and includes a short stop in Dar es Salaam. Ethiopian Airlines and Kenya Airways offer indirect flights to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) too.
Major airport across Europe and United States, both airlines fly direct to Nairobi in Kenya or Addis Ababa in Ethiopia (airport code ADD), and then connect to Kilimanjaro International Airport(JRO), usually with another stop in between.
The downside here is the connecting times and the reliability of these airlines, which frequently report delays and lost/stolen baggage, can be a nightmare for trekkers on a schedule. There is a direct flight from Hamad International Airport in Doha (airport code DOH) to Kilimanjaro International Airport(JRO). This is not a bad idea for travellers from Asia, Middle East and Europe as the flight options from Doha are reasonably priced.
PROGRAMS ORIENTATION
Orientation and Placement will be done the next day. Generally, your volunteer orientation is an overview of the project’s mission, expectations and introduction to the local community and project site. Following your arrival in Tanzania you will be given a presentation by the co- coordinating project team to prepare you for the work you will be doing. Minimum volunteering project is 2 weeks. 5-6 hours a day.
VOLUNTEER ACCOMMODATION
Volunteers are provided accommodation in a volunteer house or in a homestay accommodation managed by the local coordinating team. Three meals a day (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner) are provided. Accommodation is shared amongst volunteers on the ‘same gender sharing’ basis rooms. Wifi internet, warm water not guarantee.Bathrooms are usually shared.
WEEKENDS AND FREE-TIME
Over the weekends or evenings, participants are free to eat out and explore the different delights that Tanzania has to offer. We offer our free bikes to cycle to Chemka hot spring during your free time. We arrange Arusha or Moshi city day tours. We live near from Serval wildlife where you can interact with animals. After staying with us you can decide for safaris or Mt Kilimanjaro trekking.
No matter what your interests, there is always something for everyone to enjoy!
PROGRAM FEE: (USD$)
- 10% of fee will be paid before arrival by Western Union or other method.
- 2 Weeks- 300 USD
- 3 weeks- 440 USD
- 4 weeks- 580 USD
- 5 weeks-730 USD
- 6 weeks- 880 USD
- 7 weeks- 1000 USD
- 8 weeks- 1170 USD
THESE FEES COVER
- Accommodation in Host family
- Pick up to/from Kilimanjaro International Airport.
- Foods (breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.)
- Fees at hospital replacement
- Cover some PPE Eg Gloves.
- Transport Bicycle will be useful from our area.
- Certificate of Completion.
- Bottled drinking water.
- Hand book for notes
- Some cost will go to support our Community Library.
How it works
- Describe your dream trip
- A travel consultant will help curate your experience
- Confirm & start packing
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