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Health Internship in Jaipur, India
Location: India: Jaipur
Term: Throughout the year
Program Duration: 3-6 months (includes high school academic semester abroad), 7-12 months (includes high school academic year abroad)
Typical Duration of Program: 3-6 months
Dates: Start on any day of the year
5 Manor Road Guildford, Surrey GU2 9NE England
Call Us
Phone: 00447530844071
Description
Located in rural areas, the program delivers care to under-privileged Indian people. This is most suitable for volunteers in India who are medical students or who have completed first aid. The work falls into three categories.
Assisting at health check up camps: carrying out physical examinations, diagnosing and referring patients; distributing prescribed medicines and giving oral hygiene advice.
Health awareness campaigning: delivering health education to local organisations, groups of women, young people and school children in rural villages, as well as working on raising HIV/AIDS awareness and conveying first aid information.
Regular volunteer work: when not involved in health care related assistance, volunteers perform duties under the Education Program for Children Living on the Street.
Highlights
* Love Volunteers is a not-for-profit organisation that provides fun, rewarding, safe and affordable volunteering opportunities in developing countries around the world.
* Since Love Volunteers is a not-for-profit organization, it is one of the most affordable ways to help out in a developing country while being immersed in the local culture.
* Volunteers are accommodated either with a host family or in a guesthouse. In either case, one can expect to share a bathroom. Three meals are provided daily.
* On the day after arrival at the project destination, orientation for takes place, to provide an understanding of the entire volunteer program, of Indian history, culture and traditions. There is an introduction to Hindi, an explanation of the rules and regulations, as well as a tour of the work location and of the local surroundings, including the local market.
* The working week runs from Monday to Friday, with a total of between 20-25 hours worked. Free time in the evenings and weekends is plentiful, and might be spent visiting the countryside, reading, playing sports, as well as planning and going on excursions to local places of interest. On Friday evenings, volunteers in India often organise a get-together to mark the end of the working week.
Intern Types
- Health Sciences
- Medicine
- Nursing
Languages
- English
Cost in US$:
16 weeks for USD 1,970
Cost Include Description:
Includes accommodation, three meals a day, an airport pick-up (if required), orientation and 24/7 in-country support.
Credit Available
no
Volunteer Types
- Academic Reinforcement
- Adult Education
- AIDS
- Childcare/children
- Community Centers
- Community Development
- Community Health
- Consciousness-raising
- Counseling
- Elderly
- Family Planning
- Health
- Health Care
- Health Education
- Home Visit
- Hospital
- Human Rights
- Intervention
- Medicine
- Nursing
- Nutrition
- Orphans
- Population Issues
- Public Education
- Street Kids
- Teaching
- Volunteering
- Women
- Writing
- Youth
- Youth Development
This Program is open to
Worldwide Participant. This Program is also open to Families, Couples and Individuals.
Typical Living Arrangements
- Group living
Participants Travel to India
Independently or in Groups
Application Process Involves
- Other
- Written Application
Typically The Application Process Time is
48 hoursPost Services Include
- Alumni Network
- Exit Debriefing Abroad
Love Volunteers's Mission Statement
We are a not-for-profit organization that provides fun, rewarding, safe and affordable volunteering opportunities in developing countries around the world. Whether you're planning a week helping a local community as you travel around a country, six months learning the local language, or putting your gap year to good use, Love Volunteers has a program that will give you the best possible experience.
Year Founded
2009
