Health Volunteering in Siem Reap, Cambodia

Travel to Cambodia and help build houses and sanitation systems for the impoverished neighborhoods of Siem Reap. This internship offers a unique opportunity to learn khmer building techniques, while contributing to an incredible cause. You’ll join an organization addressing the extreme poverty in the Siem Reap province where many live without access to clean drinking water or proper sanitation systems. The main focus of their work is in supplying and constructing proper housing and WASH systems to those without. The organization also runs a community center where education and vocational training programs are held. As an intern, you’ll gain insight into project management while getting involved with construction too. Your days will be spent either on site helping to build wells, khmer-style houses, or fitting solar panels, or at the organization’s main office, assisting with logistical planning and scheduling for projects or liaising with local suppliers and builders.

The Cambodia Clean Water Project saves lives and helps protect livelihoods by giving rural communities access to clean drinking water. In Cambodia, 1 in 7 children dies before the age of five from preventable diseases such as typhoid, malnutrition, malaria, dengue fever, and diarrhea. Dirty water is the common denominator for all of these conditions and the direct cause of many. Moreover, when adults fall victim to such illnesses and are unable to work, it is not long before entire families go without food, and the cost of medicines and treatment can leave a family struggling with debt for years. Volunteers spend days building and installing bio-sand water filters at the project, which are a low-cost way to provide potable water to impoverished areas from any source (i.e. pump wells, pit wells, rivers, ponds). Sand filters are a relatively new technology in Cambodia and are highly effective as they are easy to construct with locally available materials as well as simple to install and maintain.

Interested in helping others while simultaneously experiencing a country full of ancient history? Then Cambodia is the right choice for you! Bordering to the most touristic Southeast Asian country, namely Thailand, Cambodia can offer you equally amazing experiences. With its fascinating beaches, historic temples, delicious cuisine and caring people, you can experience Southeast Asia's charm while avoiding the hecticness of mass tourism. Besides all the beautiful aspects worthy of visiting, there is also a strong demand for people to address issues that Cambodia is facing today. And that is exactly where you step in! Whether you want to assist in the medical field, protect the environment or help to educate local communities, there are plenty of opportunities for you to help as a volunteer.

Become involved with the functions of a medical institution catering to underserved communities in a developing country. Join our medical internship in Cambodia and get the chance to observe procedures in various departments. This program is based in a large state hospital; and your placement will be tailored to your education, interests, or level of experience. You will be assigned in a department that suits your preferences, though we cannot give assurance that all departments will have an available position for you all the time. You could work in Psychiatrics, General Medicine, Obstetrics, ICU, and Pneumology, among several others. You are requested to stay at least two weeks in each department, where you will shadow and observe specialist doctors. If you demonstrate enthusiasm and build a good relationship with the staff, you could be given more to do. The more you prove to be trustworthy, the more you will receive bigger responsibilities.

Join us for the adventure of a lifetime! Volunteers For Peace (a Vermont-based nonprofit) can place you on a team of international volunteers who contribute to a meaningful community service project designed, planned, and hosted by local partners. We offer the most affordable projects and the best way to meet people from all over the world. Work project types vary by country but may include environmental and wildlife conservation, historic preservation, educational and language learning, archaeology, organic farming, and arts and festivals. We also have social services projects, which could involve working with children, the elderly, or refugees. Projects are designed to combine service with recreational activities and cultural exchange – whether by visiting local beaches, learning local dances, meeting local officials, or volunteering with residents at the place you’re visiting. Each project is unique, but all bring people together for the most meaningful travel experience imaginable. Please note that VFP can only place US Citizens. This is due to our agreements with our international partners.

Be part of a pioneer humanitarian project in the villages of northwest Cambodia. Working in partnership with the Shinta Mani Foundation, we will set up a mobile dental clinic and provide first-time dental care to needy children in a village outside Siem Reap in Northern Cambodia. Outside the clinic, volunteers have the chance to get to know the local village people and take in rural life in the countryside. Volunteers work in the clinic for 6 days. After the clinic, the journey continues with sightseeing of Angkor Wat and the surrounding area.

Do more than experience Cambodia in this Globe Aware volunteer program abroad. Make a real, lasting impact on the lives of children and people from village communities by participating in a range of projects. These include repairing homes in indigent areas, assembling wheelchairs, and interacting with students in a local school. Cambodia is one of Southeast Asia’s most fascinating countries. Siem Reap and the Angkor Wat temple complex are among the country’s top tourist draws; however, most Cambodians don’t benefit from the blossoming tourism industry. A large percentage of people still live in poverty and children are in need of attention. With your participation in this volunteer program, you’ll have the opportunity to make a difference in any way you can. The Volunteer Vacation program of Globe Aware is based in Siem Reap. You’ll live in a simple hotel setting together with other participants. Accommodation amenities include running hot water, electricity, and flushing toilets.

People and Places supports a range of health initiatives based in and around Siem Reap, and volunteers will be placed on a project according to their particular skills and experience. Opportunities include working in community centers in rural villages where subsistence farmers and fishermen live in communities lacking piped water, sewage systems, and basic healthcare services we would otherwise take for granted. Another placement involves working with the lake doctors who send floating clinics to remote villages in and around Tonle Sap Lake. The following skilled/qualified volunteers will be welcomed in these projects: * Registered doctors, dentists, and nurse practitioners to help the Lake Clinic team * Occupational therapists, speech therapists, and physiotherapists * Nutritionists * Healthcare professionals can help organize and deliver workshops in basic health and hygiene * Drug and alcohol therapists