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Be a Health Volunteer
Location: Nepal: Kathmandu
Program Duration: 1-2 weeks, 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks
Call Us
Phone: +9779841179335, +9779851090474
Description
Share your skills and take a meaningful journey. Qualified volunteers are needed to reach needy people and address their problems in health care. This project of Multi Explorer Nepal is an endeavor to reach the needy and disadvantaged people in Nepal.
The doctor-patient ratio is very poor, with one doctor caring for approximately 16,000 patients-even in cities. The lack of availability of qualified health care workers has resulted in many health problems in Nepal. We receive a lot of requests from local facilities for Internists, Urologists, Surgeons, Oncologists, Ophthalmologists, Nurses, Dentists, and EMT's. You will play a critical role in the villages and towns where you'll serve.
Your role as a Health Volunteer
1. You will be engaged in the health placements by assisting local doctors, nurses, and other medical staff
2. You will also assist in the treatment of patients
3. Examine and treat the patients
4. Treat minor injuries
5. Educate patients on the importance of sanitation, nutrition, etc.
Highlights
A huge number of Nepalese people never receive proper health care in Nepal. The government run health centres established to provide health care to the villagers are very poor in resources and also under staffed. Most of the Nepalese cannot afford to visit doctors as the doctor fees are highly expensive to these poor people. And on top of everything, most of the doctors are stationed in the hospitals of Kathmandu and running their own clinics, many Nepalese are still deprived of health care benefits. The situation in rural areas are even worst in the absence of doctors and other medical staff.
Qualifications
Any volunteer interested in joining our health volunteer program must have proof of certification as a medical student, nurse, doctor, or other medical-related experience. (Note: Volunteers without professional medical credentials are not allowed to work in this program because of risks involved.
Languages
- English
Cost in US$:
Starts at USD 345 for 1 week
Cost Includes:
Cost Include Description:
1. Meal and accommodation (Nepali standard) with host family during placement
2. Transportation (pick up and drop off to/from airport and placement)
3. Intensive training and orientation appropriate to the length of your stay
4. Stationeries during training and volunteering
Supervision
5. Sight seeing in Kathmandu for a couple of days
Credit Available
no
Volunteer Types
- community health
- health
- health care
- health education
This Program is open to
Worldwide Participant.
Participants Travel to Nepal
Independently or in Groups
Multi-Explorer Treks's Mission Statement
We, Multi Explorer Nepal, have been helping many helpless children and women. Over the past few years we have been providing food and clothing for 50 orphan children along with educational sponsorship. Through our women's development project, 30 women in Kathmandu are presently receiving day to day literacy classes along with skill training. We are proud to say that we have recently also opened a disabled centre with the capacity for 25 children with services in special education, physiotherapy and speech therapy. Along with our own health centre, we have affiliation with several hospitals throughout Nepal.We look forward to improve our quality and increase our projects or program for making better Nepal and for better future
