Description

Help provide much needed assistance in understaffed medical facilities of Livingstone. This is "hands on" and assistance to the staff. The afternoons are spent helping with local community projects. Whether you help beautify a building or volunteer with a reading club or on a farm, your assistance will make a difference in these communities.

Highlights

As a GeoVisions volunteer it is possible to:

* Provide assistance to a very understaffed medical establishment
* Weigh babies
* VITALS: blood pressure, temperature and weight of patients
* Provide basic education through "Health Talks"
* Visit bed ridden or immobile patients across Livingstone.
* Provide basic advice, comfort and assistance to community members with little or no access to clinics or hospitals. This may include first aid, discussions regarding the importance of hygiene, healthy diet and exercise, etc.
* In the afternoon, it is possible to help in the local community (or choose to continue at the clinics):

* Build, paint, refurbish schools and clinics
* Elephant pepper project (seasonal)
* Home based care/farming. This is visiting patients who may have HIV, TB, or malaria. The volunteers bring medical supplies and help them with setting up farming initiatives, as well as actually helping on the farm.
* Reading club
* Art Club
* Adult LIteracy Club

Qualifications

All volunteers must be 18 years old or older. Volunteers need to have a desire to learn about another culture and teach about theirs. All interested participants must complete a GeoVisions application.

Languages

• English

Cost in US$:

Please see website for pricing.

Cost Includes:

• Food
• Housing
• In-country staff support
• Medical insurance
• Written materials pre-departure

Experience Required

no

Volunteer Types

• Community Development
• Community Health
• Medicine
• Volunteering

Age Range

18-40

This Program is open to

Worldwide Participants.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Guest House

Participants Travel

Independently

Typically Participants Work

in Groups

Application Process Involves

• Online Application plus Application Assessment

GeoVisions's Mission Statement

GeoVisions is committed to help individuals develop global skills to succeed in the twenty-first century. These skills will ultimately lead to greater cooperation and understanding among nations and peoples of the world. We are committed to treating every person on a GeoVisions program with respect, and devoting our energies to helping participants meet their individual and collective goals.

Year Founded

2001