Volunteer Programs in Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic

Acquire hands-on experience while working alongside fellow interns (or volunteers) and medical staff at a hospital or neighborhood health clinic in the Dominican Republic. Aldeas De Paz offers the Medicine and Healthcare program, which provides you insight into the daily operation and routines of local healthcare facilities. For a minimum of two weeks, you will experience the apparent contrast between the realities of health care in a developing country and Western medical practice. As clinics and hospitals in the country strive to become modernized, they face numerous challenges. You will witness medical conditions that have remained untreated, which in turn have developed to an advanced pathological stage. This project broadens your perspective by giving you real responsibilities. You will gain experience in different departments: maternity (only female volunteers), pediatric, emergency, diabetes, HIV prevention, and nursing. You could be assigned with hospital administration and management as well, wherein your tasks could include assisting with statistics and accountancy.

The Dominican Republic is home to white beaches, mangrove lagoons, underground caves, and the highest mountains of the Caribbean! Sounds like somewhere you want to be? You will most certainly fall in love with this beautiful country and its rum factories, barefoot beach bars, surfing opportunities as well as the warm and welcoming people! More importantly however, you can make a real difference by devoting your time to enrich the lives of those who have, for example, poor access to quality education.