Description

Volunteers helping with this placement may be asked to assist in a variety of tasks including weighing the patients, taking blood pressure, updating or creating new charts, helping with basic assessments and helping transfer individuals to the CENIT hospital if required.

Volunteers will also be able to provide information to the patients on proper nutrition and hygiene or family planning.

A very important responsibility in the Street Outreach Clinic is to assist people with poor health to gain access to knowledge and/or the required treatment.

In addition, you may have the opportunity to update the educational materials that are used as tools to teach people about important health topics and to conduct health workshops in the markets.

Highlights

This organization provides a variety of support services to individuals living in and around Quito. The Street Outreach clinic is one of seven different health initiatives that CENIT has developed and is currently implementing. Each program focuses on different challenges related to health yet all have the same aim, which is to improve accessibility to adequate health care.

The Street Outreach Clinic Program is dedicated to providing primary health services to individuals that do not have access to health care. This program is comprised of a group of volunteers and nurses who go as a team to the markets in Quito and provide medical assistance to anyone who is in need. Two days a week, the teams go to one of three markets in Quito to provide on-site care.

This service is very important to many individuals who work in the markets because it provides individuals, who have limited economic resources, and who are unable to leave their work site to visit a hospital, an opportunity to have access to health care. This program currently sees over seventy patients a week, approximately 75% of whom are female.

Volunteers are needed to join the groups and travel to the markets with the health care professionals.

Qualifications

Volunteers are required to have a basic background in medicine and should have some experience working with patients. Volunteers should understand the importance of keeping information confidential and should be able to act professionally.

Volunteers will be required to speak Spanish at their placement as many of the patients that they will be working with will have little or no English skills. Therefore, in order to be effective you will need to be able to converse in Spanish effectively.

Minimum Education

High School

Intern Types

• Health Sciences
• Medicine

Languages

• English

Cost in US$:

USD 3.295 for 8 weeks; USD 250 each additional wk.

Cost Includes:

• Emergency evacuation services
• Food
• Housing
• In-country orientation/Training
• In-country staff support
• Language instruction
• Pre-departure orientation/Training
• Written materials abroad
• Written materials pre-departure

Program Fees Include:

Upon arrival in country our staff will pick you up at the airport and return you to our Orientation Center for a safety briefing and general country orientation. For this program you are required to complete one - 4 weeks of language training and orientation which is included in the cost of the program. At the end of that week you will transfer to your placement to begin volunteering. Our staff are available to assist you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week should you require help of any kind.

Experience Required

yes

CENIT is looking for volunteers who are flexible, open, positive, helpful, and are able to take initiative within their projects. Volunteers who are working with the Street Outreach Clinics should be interested in conversing with individuals from various backgrounds and be comfortable working in various environments.

Volunteer Types

Typical Volunteer

We believe everyone can contribute by volunteering. Recent graduates from high school, college or university, professionals taking a career break, recent retirees, individuals or groups who are interested in a change and the chance to enrich their own life and the lives of others. If you are 18 years or older you can apply for any of the placements available. If you are from 16-18 years old you may apply for placements near our Volunteer Abroad Office and Residence, so that we are able to give you more support. Both students and professionals are needed for placements in all our countries.

Age Range

18+

This Program is open to

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

Typical Living Arrangements

• Dormitory
• Group living
• Home-stays

Participants Travel

Independently or in Groups

Typically Participants Work

Independently or in Groups of Depends on the placement

Application Process Involves

• Letters of Reference
• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Resume
• Written Application

Typically The Application Process Time is

24-48 hrs

Basecamp International Centers's Mission Statement

We believe international volunteering promotes cross-cultural learning that helps create global awareness, understanding between cultures and provides the platform for positive change. Our volunteers have taught in schools, provided disaster relief support for the International Red Cross, conducted essential research to improve the management strategies of threatened environments, built homes for impoverished people, provided vocational training and programs for street kids and have worked in co-operation with hundreds of local organizations to distribute aid and improve the quality of life for people throughout Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Year Founded

1998