Description

This clinic serves a poor indigenous population with few other options for care. This modern facility is located on the grounds of a Catholic mission in the pueblo of Guadalupe. There are three examining rooms, an operating theater, two dental suites, optometric services, a pharmacy, and a laboratory. They have also organized mobile health fairs to other remote under-served regions. A hospital can be reached in two hours.

Highlights

Volunteers have come from the United States, Great Britain, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Canada, Austria, Australia, Germany, Ecuador, and Ireland. Surgeons have generally been accompanied by an anesthesiologist and nurse. Volunteers of all faiths are welcome. Knowledge of Spanish is helpful; however a bilingual nurse is on premises. Health care workers may come for a minimum of two weeks or for several months. Transportation is not covered but lodging and meals are supplied, with a separate residence overlooking the river valley and Andes.

Qualifications

Internists, pediatricians, family physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, dentists, gynecologists, otolaryngologists, general surgeons, ophthalmologists, and anesthesiologists are being recruited to volunteer at a rural health clinic in the tropical highlands of Ecuador along the Peruvian border.

Languages

• Spanish

Cost in US$:

Inquire for more information.

Cost Includes:

• Food
• Housing

Program Fees Include:

Room and board are provided for free.

Experience Required

no

Volunteer Types

• Dental Volunteering
• Health Care
• Hospital
• Medicine
• Nursing
• Professional Services

Age Range

25 to 65

This Program is open to

American, Australian, Canadian and European Participants. This Program is also open to Families, Couples and Individuals.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Apartment/Flat
• Dormitory

Participants Travel

Independently

Typically Participants Work

Independently

Application Process Involves

• Resume
• Written Application

Typically The Application Process Time is

1 week

Post Services Include

• Job and Internship Network

Clinica Misional: Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe's Mission Statement

Rooted in the healing ministry of Jesus Christ, and open to all needy persons, the Mission Clinic works to provide quality sustainable health and dental care to those people who live in the Parroquia Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe in Zamora-Chinchipe Province and the other underserved citizens of southern Ecuador.

Year Founded

2001

Clinica Misional: Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe is a roman catholic based organization. We do not require our participants to be of the same faith. Our volunteers will not be involved in religious proselytizing.