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Medical Volunteers

Our projects that need medical volunteers give you a chance to do your bit for the healthcare of the underprivileged, be it in a rural clinic or a busy hospital or medical centre.

Who can be a medical volunteer?

Our medical volunteer projects are perfect for people with medical experience but can also be a way to get yourself some experience in the medical field. Some projects do not require any previous medical experience; you can talk to a travel advisor to see which would be the best medical volunteer project for you.
 
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Bushman Clinic and Medical Project Namibia
Learn and build on your medical skills at a large practice, before using them at a rural Bushman clinic. There’s also the chance to nurse animals at a wildlife sanctuary – your patients could be baby baboons or tamed cheetahs. From £1649

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Cape Town Medical and Community Programme
Help doctors with sick children in the mornings and get involved in building and painting schools, AIDS support and an education centre in the afternoons. You’ll make a difference and have time to explore Cape Town’s sights. From £1299

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Community Volunteer Projects Ghana
Whether you work in an orphanage, women’s centre, school or clinic, you’ll be giving something back to an underdeveloped but extremely friendly community. Living with a local family will give you extraordinary insight into Ghanaian life.
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From £899

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Ghana Community Development Project
Choose from teaching, health care, orphanage, community development or AIDs prevention projects, in rural and urban areas. You’ll work and live with local people, giving you a unique insight into their lives, and take a tour of Ghana.
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From £999

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Kenya Community Outreach
Help provide AIDS victims with food, shelter, emotional support, education and increased awareness of the disease. Children who have lost their parents to AIDS are given the chance of a better future through this programme. From £899

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Kenya Medical and Community Programme
Volunteers with medical qualifications assist in hospitals while those that don’t are just as valuable in the orphanages. Plus, you’ll be involved in tough but very rewarding work to improve life in Nairobi slums. From £1295

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Lake Malawi Medical Volunteer Project
Put your medical experience to use by working at hospitals in one of Africa’s most beautiful but deprived countries. Non-medics can make an equally worthwhile contribution in orphanages, teaching and making the children smile again.  From £949

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Namibia Medical Volunteer
Help out in hospitals and rural clinics, giving valuable support to doctors and nurses. Those with medical experience will diagnose illnesses and treat injuries – those without will be supervised and their help will be just as valuable. From £999

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Senegal Community Volunteer
Enrol on one of many challenging but rewarding projects in Senegal - teaching English, looking after orphans, caring for the disabled, increasing awareness of HIV and AIDS, building schools or teaching vocational subjects. From £949

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South Africa Orphans and HIV AIDS Education
Get a feel for Zulu culture and help counteract the effect of AIDS. Play games with orphans, raise awareness of HIV and AIDS and destroy the myths surrounding them, visit sick people at home and help build classrooms. From £1295

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Zambia Medical Programme
Give some much-needed assistance to medical staff. Help out at a hospital or clinic in the mornings, then dedicate your skills to playing with children, renovating schools or the Elephant Pepper Project (!) in the afternoons. From £1299

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