Description

Teaching English, maybe medical health issues, observing as a volunteer or intern at a local hospital or health center.

Helping with basic child advice including teaching English may help improve the future prospects of those children left behind.

Volunteers take care of children, teach English and carry out other child care activities. Go where few other overseas volunteers go!

Good child care is taken for granted by the privileged but for the poor it is not. This is especially true in developing countries, where there may be no child care available for the poor.

With OpenmindProjects you find child care volunteer opportunities at schools, orphan homes, homes for the disabled, nursery schools and hospitals.

Highlights

Working with local colleagues

Qualifications

Open to all, volunteer tasks vary depending on volunteer skills
Medical professionals especially welcome

Intern Types

• Admin (Health Services)
• Dentistry
• Health Sciences
• Medicine
• Pharmaceuticals

Languages

• English

Cost in US$:

Cost Includes:

• Food
• Housing
• In-country staff support
• Pre-departure orientation/Training
• Registration fees

Experience Required

no

Volunteer Types

Typical Volunteer

Open mind, caring for people

Age Range

20 plus

This Program is open to

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

Typical Living Arrangements

• Guest House
• Home-stays
• Independent living

Participants Travel

Independently

Typically Participants Work

Independently

Application Process Involves

• Letters of Reference
• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Resume

Typically The Application Process Time is

One - two weeks

Open mind projects's Mission Statement

To bridge the knowledge divide between the rich and poor. We do this by helping the underprivileged gain access to better learning opportunities with the help of modern information technology and international volunteers; To contribute to the fight against increasing threats to our environment, nature, and wildlife; To offer international volunteers unique opportunities to help bridge knowledge divides and to help save nature, while growing as persons in our grassroots education and eco projects.

Year Founded

2001