Description

Nurse volunteers will be able to experience all aspects of how a rural clinic operates. Specific tasks include weighing patients, taking vital signs, giving injections, working in the lab, assisting in the pharmacy, caring for patients on the wards (giving water, compresses, assisting doctors), and updating the medical records.

Volunteers who are nurses will also have the chance to travel with the clinic staff on outreach services to the surrounding rural villages. This will be a great chance for volunteers to explore the area and to experience rural life. Duties on these visits may include organizing patient flow, weighing babies, and providing first aid training.

The clinic also does outreach services to local schools and community groups. Nurses that will be volunteering will be able to create and give presentations on hygiene, nutrition, sexual health, HIV, malaria, and any other topic that the volunteer and clinic staff feel is relevant and will benefit the locals.
In the end, this is a great opportunity to share ideas with the local staff (nurses and Doctors). By a way of teaching them new methods and learning new skills from this placement.

Volunteers are encouraged to initiate their own projects. Why not develop a binder with useful information and handouts on HIV, malaria, nutrition, or medications?
You can also work with the schools to teach health and hygiene. Be creative - there are many impacts you can make as a volunteer!

Highlights

The Nsaba Health Clinic is responsible for providing quality health care to the people of Nsaba and its neighboring villages. The clinic offers a number of services including a general medical ward, maternity and outreach services; health promotion talks to schools, community groups and outreach programs to rural villages that do not have a medical center in their community.

Public rural health clinics play an important role in the Ghanaian Health Care System. They provide medical attention to individuals who may not otherwise be able to access health care because they cannot afford to travel into the city or afford the hospital fees. Also, because the doctors and nurses are seen around the villages frequently, the people from the rural community feel more comfortable talking to them and are more likely to share all of their symptoms with the doctors. This makes diagnose and treatment more effective.

The Nsaba Clinic is in need of Nursing volunteers all year round as the demand for extra assistance is very high. Nurses who are willing to help with patient care, work with the doctors to provide consultations and who are interested in public health outreach programs are greatly needed. This clinic is in need of enthusiastic volunteers as they are under-staffed and would really benefit from having extra nurses to help provide better care.

Qualifications

Volunteers with a medical background or are trained nurses are encouraged to apply for this placement.

Minimum Education

High School

Intern Types

• Medicine

Languages

• English

Cost in US$:

USD 3,245 for 8 weeks; USD 205 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

Volunteers should be patient, able to work in a changing environment, outgoing, friendly, and self-motivated.

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