Description

Volunteers/internees in this programme could work in a hospital, clinic or teaching hospital either by supporting the local doctors and nurses or working on their own. Your work could include prescription as well as given medicines, taking care of patience, giving injections, changing bandages, taking blood pressure, weighing babies, and contributing to education about basic prevention and nutrition depending on your level of skills and knowledge.

Highlights

Our Vision is to use the energy, resources and the creativity of volunteers to improve the life of the people in our rural areas. It also recommends that there should be a proper and better education and other developmental issues to mankind in all spheres of life. It is for these reasons that Alive Foundation has been formed to champion the cause of volunteerism in Ghana and to promote the provision of services to humanity on voluntary basis.

* Aims & Objectives
The following are the aims and objectives for establishing the organization:
1. To promote developmental processes in deprived communities by offering voluntary services.
2. To inculcate the spirit of volunteerism into the youth.
3. To provide education on HIV/AIDS menace.
4. To promote cultural advancement through intercultural exchange programmes.
5. To promote women empowerment through skills acquisition.
6. To provide any other social and educational programmes

Qualifications

Medical volunteers/internees could be either studying or professionals already in the field. This includes doctors, nurses, EMT's, medical students, and nursing students.

Intern Types

• Health Sciences
• Medicine
• Nursing
• Food Science and Nutrition

Languages

• English

Cost in US$:

3 weeks= USD 650, 4-weeks= USD 850

Program Fees Include:

i) Detailed Placement Information: You would be furnished with detailed placement information to enable you find-tune in your project before arrival.

ii) Airport Pick up/ Drop of: You will be met on arrival and also drop-off for departure at the airport.

NOTE: You are expected to communicate flight schedules to enable us meet you at the airport at the right time.

iii) In-Country Orientation An orientation course will be organized to introduce you to the programme. The orientation course will be held on topics such as host family conditions, climatic conditions, safety issues, religion, culture and other related topics.

iv) Food: The fee paid covers three meals in a day- breakfast, lunch and dinner. The food will be nutritious, healthy and locally available.

v) Accommodation: You will stay either in a single room or shared room in a clean, comfortable and decent room either in a hostel or with a host family.

vi) Mini-Insurance: An insurance cover would be provided to cover minor medical bills.

vii) 24 Hours Staff Support: While you enjoying the services that we provide, we remain devoted to maintain your safety. As such, we provide a comprehensive staff support any time a participant is enrolled in our programme.

Experience Required

no

Volunteer Types

Age Range

+18

This Program is open to

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

Typical Living Arrangements

• Home-stays
• Independent living
• Other

Participants Travel

Independently or in Groups

Typically Participants Work

Independently

Application Process Involves

• Resume
• Written Application

Alive Foundation's Mission Statement

Alive Foundation is a voluntary non-governmental and non-profit making organization based in Kumasi, the Garden City of West Africa- Ghana. It was founded by a group of volunteers who set out to bring the resources of Ghana and the International community to the most deprived communities of Ghana. The organization is registered with the Registrar Generals Department, as a Non-Governmental Organization (N.G.O.) and it has been incorporated into the Ghana Companies Code 1963 (ACT 179) and issued with certificate number G. 12, 984. The organization is also registered with the Department of Social Welfare with Registration number D.S.W. / 2172. The mission of Alive Foundation is to bridge the wide gap in education, health and community development that exist between cities, towns and villages in Ghana through volunteer services. We believe that volunteers from within and outside a community can play a critical role in correcting this imbalance of resources that exist in our rural areas.

Year Founded

2000