Medical Volunteer Projects

Volunteers on this combined medical/wildlife conservation project will gain firsthand experience of healthcare in a developing country together with the opportunity to care for and protect wildlife in trouble from all over Namibia that find a safe haven at this sanctuary.  They will have the chance to work with the project doctor in a medical centre in Windhoek and also at the remote outreach clinic for the Bushman people.  The wildlife conservation element of the programme takes place at an internationally renowned wildlife project where volunteers will work up close with a wide range of African wildlife, including lions, leopards and the beautiful tame cheetahs! more...

This project is based in an amazing rural community near Fishhoek/Simonstown on the outskirts of Cape Town, where volunteers can become involved in local medical and community development initiatives. Volunteers will assist and observe in local clinics and communities in Red Hill, Masiphumelele, Seawinds, Fish Hoek and Ocean View each morning and in various rural pre-schools and day care centres through the afternoon community work. This project is ideal for volunteers with a medical background or interest, or who may be embarking upon medical studies within the next year.
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This project is based in the amazing setting of the iSimangaliso Wetlands Park  – recently designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site – and offers volunteers the opportunity to gain a unique insight into medicine in rural South Africa, and make a real impact on the local community. more...

Situated in Livingstone, a stones throw from the world famous Victoria Falls, volunteers gain a unique insight into the field of medicine in Zambia by assisting the medical staff in three Livingstone Clinics. Volunteers may help on the maternity ward, in the under fives department, with AIDS support groups or community outreach. Volunteers will also spend time on worthwhile local community projects. This is a great project where volunteers not only play an integral and hands-on part in helping with the health care needs of this Zambian community but will also leave with a real insight into medicine in a third world country. A ideal project for anyone thinking about a entering a medical profession!
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This immensely worthwhile project offers volunteers an opportunity to experience "real" Africa in ways that will never be forgotten. Volunteers with a medical inclination can help in the Kikuyu Hospital, a busy place treating more than 350 patients each day where there will be opportunities to observe eye surgery or to help in the maternity unit or on orthopaedic wards. HIV and AIDS has created more than one million orphans in Kenya and the orphanages and homes in Limuru welcome volunteers who can offer much needed one-to-one attention for the youngsters - aged between 4 and 10 years of age - many of whom are suffering from developmental problems and who need a little love and care to come into their young lives. Or decide to make a real difference to the lives of the people who live in the slums of Nairobi where mortality is high as is unemployment and disease. Here volunteers can help in the local clinic or accompany the medical staff on visits to rural communities. The list is endless - and volunteers are desperately needed to help with all these projects.
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