Description

This skilled volunteer internship is tailored towards dental students looking to gain valuable hands-on experience by working alongside professional dentists. The internship enables participants to perform hands on work and assist dentists in their work. More experienced students also have the opportunity to perform tasks ranging from scaling to fillings, depending on their level of experience and education.

Categories of Placements include: Private clinics, dental departments in public hospitals, and in checkup camps.

Highlights

At the dentist internship, volunteers help professionals in their daily work and activities. Responsibilites and duties will vary in relation to an individual's level of experience and education. Work is 5-6 hours per day, 5 days per week. However, these hours may vary according to the volume of patients visiting the clinic or the location of the hospital. Responsibilites can include:

* Spending time in local schools promoting oral hygiene
* Raising awareness of certain dental problems such as gum disease.
* Assisting with dental check ups
* Hands-on work performing tasks such as scaling, extractions, and fillings
* Helping professional dentists with general task

Qualifications

- Must be a dental student, faculty member, or professional
- Good level of English
- Full travel and medical insurance
- Immunizations (consult your doctor)
- CV / Resume
- Must be 20 years old and up

Languages

• English

Cost in US$:

830

Cost Includes:

• Food
• Housing
• In-country staff support
• Travel while in host country

Program Fees Include:

- Accommodations
- Three meals per day (vegetarian)
- 24-hour in-country staff support
- Internet access (at local project office)
- Guided half-day tour
- Yoga class once a week
- Airport pick-up and drop-off

Experience Required

yes

Must be a dental student, faculty member, or professional

Volunteer Types

Age Range

20yrs+

This Program is open to

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

Typical Living Arrangements

• Home-stays

Participants Travel

Independently or in Groups

Typically Participants Work

Independently

Application Process Involves

• Phone/Video Interview
• Resume

GoEco - Volunteer Abroad's Mission Statement

(1) Encourage ecological and volunteer tourism that promotes sustainable development (2) Enable travelers to experience different and more rewarding kinds of tourism. (3) Encourage travelers to volunteer for the benefit of others and thus to serve as a good-will ambassador to other countries in the world. (4) Encourage travelers from all over the world to come to Israel for ecological and community-based projects, in both the Arab and Jewish sectors, and experience firsthand the unique cultural and natural diversity in this region. (5) Support environmental and humanitarian projects that promote understanding and good will between ethnic societies in Israel. (6) Conduct further research in the field of ecological tourism, such as the 'Ecological Footprint' as a tool for sustainable tourism development. (7) Establish an in-depth and up-to-date data base of the relevant projects worldwide. (8) Create a platform from which to explore the various organizations that support the environment and actively encourage volunteering.

Year Founded

2005