Zambia Medical Programme

A Typical Day On The Project
Please note that your itineraries may differ from this, depending on your own experience and the number of other volunteers on the placement at the same time. Please use this itinerary as an example only.

Here is how a typical day in the life of a Zambia Medical Volunteer might take shape:

07:30 Get up, eat breakfast and start getting ready for your project
08:00 Head off on the short drive to your project
08:15 Start work at your clinic or hospital. To make sure all volunteers get an equal amount of experience, you will be assigned to a specific ward every morning.
12:00 Lunch break. You will be picked up from your project and taken to your volunteer house, where lunch is waiting for you.
13.30 Leave for one of the community projects. You will spend the afternoon playing with the children at the schools, assisting with the Elephant Pepper Project or building and painting classrooms etc.
16.30 End of the working day. You will be picked up from your project and taken home where we evaluate the day and discuss the schedule for the next day, or you can opt to be dropped off in town to check emails.
18.30 Dinner at your volunteer house. After dinner, volunteers often go for a few drinks at one of the local nightspots to relax.