Description

Blue-Med Africa is a Ghanaian Non Governmental, non profit, developmental and humanitarian organization made up of young and vibrant nurses, medical doctors, social workers and volunteers.

Blue-Med volunteers are the largest humanitarian responsible for using volunteers as a tool in national development in Ghana. We are noted for the first class treatment rendered to our volunteers. We belief in working at the grassroots level where healthcare and developmental projects are most needed and bring hope to the forgotten poor.

Highlights

* Volunteer in Hospital and Community Clinic*

Blue-Med Africa has a special placement for medical students ,Nurses, doctors, and students in general in our various hospitals, clinics and health centers to help Improve quality healthcare especially children, mothers and youth . Volunteers who have health care backgrounds and those that do not have but with wishing to work in health sector will be giving basic lessons before their placement.

Task To Be Performed

* Monitoring of vital signs
* Assisting with minor surgeries
* Dressing of wounds
* Admission and discharge of patients
* Assisting in community psychiatric health
* Health education

* Volunteer Teaching and Mobile School*
Blue-med Africa has made special provisions with some junior and senior high schools for volunteers to teach students English, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology etc. Volunteers are involved in both the cities and rural communities where teachers are badly needed.

It's surprising to see where these children live and are desperately ready to learn.

Task to be performed:

* Teaching (English, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology)
* Coaching and sports
* Games teaching
* Computing Instructor

*Volunteer Care and Orphanage*
Volunteers are placed at orphanages and care centers where they are assigned to different duties on rotational basis. Volunteers will spend time providing companionship to both orphans and children in the larger communities

Volunteers will help the orphans organize activities and also have the opportunity to listen to the life challenging stories of the orphans and even serve as a mentor. The orphans are led to places of interest to share and talk one-on-one.

Task to be performed:

* Teaching and helping in daily life skills
* Internet/computer instructor
* Creative play.eg.drawing/sketching, etc
* Music and dance
* Arts
* Sports and games

*Volunteer Medical Outreach/Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health*
Blue-Med Africa medical outreach team is a dynamic team of health care professionals dedicated to providing quality service to children, youth and the entire country.This team is made of medical doctors, registered general nurses, community health nurses, psychiatric nurses, pharmacists, social service workers, ect.

We have found out that, there is a profound lack of sexual health knowledge among the youth in Ghana indicated by the increase in teenage pregnancy and unknown STI/HIV/AIDS status. Blue-Med Africa therefore carries out weekly medical outreach to impoverished communities where youth lack access to healthcare. We organize adolescent sexual and reproductive health education in schools and communities at large. Therefore volunteers are needed to help us in these projects in order to reach more communities.

Task to be performed:

* Free blood pressure check
* Free blood sugar check
* Free HIV/Hepatitis B check
* Physical examination from head to toe of school children
* Referral of complicated cases to appropriate facilities
* Health education on tropical diseases & personal hygiene
* Education on STIs and safer sex practices
* Condom promotion and distribution
* Follow-up to referred cases both at the community level and schools.
* Child welfare clinic
* Wound dressing for school children

Travel Types

• Volunteering

Qualifications

Blue-Med Africa staffs will give you a week tuition on your programme of choice before your place but its advantageous when you have the idea for a programme.

Type of Programs

• Adventure Travel
• Community Service / Volunteerism
• Cultural Exploration

Languages

• English
• French

Cost in US$:

650

Cost Includes:

• Food
• Housing
• In-country orientation/Training
• In-country staff support
• Language instruction
• Medical services
• Registration fees

Program Fees Include:

* Accommodation
* Food
* Airport pick up and drop off
* In-country medical expenses
* 24/7 emergency support
* Training, In-country orientation
* Blue-Med Africa souvenirs
* 24/7 internet facility
* Cultural activities & project excursions
* Language lessons

What is not included?

* Flight & visa processing charges
* Vaccinations & immunizations
* Insurance
* Spending money

Experience Required

no

Volunteer Types

Typical Volunteer

Volunteers are the backbone of Blue-Med Africa.We are not complete without the aid of our volunteer.We are using volunteers as a tool in community development especially at the impoverished communities.

Age Range

14 to 100

Typical Living Arrangements

• Apartment/Flat
• Dormitory
• Home-stays

Participants Travel

Independently or in Groups

Typically Participants Work

in Groups of 5-20

Application Process Involves

• Disciplinary Clearance Form
• Online Application plus Application Assessment

Post Services Include

• Alumni Network
• Job and Internship Network

Blue-Med Africa's Mission Statement

1.Treatment, rehabilitation, and increase of awareness of HIV/AIDS, malaria, hepatitis, and tuberculosis 2.Vocational, technical, and information communication technology (ICT) training 3.Adolescent and reproductive health education 4.The promotion of community-based environmental hygiene through advocacy. 5.Medical outreach

Year Founded

2008