ZAMBIA / Kaya Responsible Travel
Work on a medical project volunteering in Zambia working with home visit programs and hospices to provide much needed assistance for understaffed medical facilities. Covering all aspects of medical care and home help, the project will be shaped to the volunteer’s skills. In the afternoons, volunteers have the option of continuing medical work or taking part in additional community projects which are run in the town.
Lack of funding results in staff shortages in all areas of the medical and nursing field. Volunteers assist and support the trained staff at a level suitable to their experience in order that more people can be seen faster, that the needy are given attention and support that is difficult to provide and provide an invaluable helping hand in a system that is struggling to cope with rising HIV numbers, limited education and a lack of resources.
The role of the volunteer will very much depend on their level of experience. Qualified practitioners will be able to use their skills where they are most needed, where more general work includes recording data, taking vitals, conducting tests, preparing patients for their appointment and conducting health talks. Within hospices and home visits, volunteers will help with chores and provide comfort and so entertainment for patients who are bedridden. Community projects in the afternoon are an optional alternative to medical work and include building and refurbishment work, some agricultural labour on the elephant pepper project (working to keep elephants out of the villages and provide additional income for the poorest communities) and various art, craft and literacy classes within the community.
For more information on this placement, please contact The Kaya Team on:
info@kayavolunteer.com
http://www.KayaVolunteer.com
(0044) 161 870 6212
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