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Midwifery Internship and Volunteer Project in Ghana
The experience
St. Miracle Works Educational Foundation needs midwife interns and volunteers to assist our partnered hospitals and clinics in Ghana. These health facilities offer maternity services and diagnosis, treatment of malaria, typhoid, diarrhea, as well as provide contraceptive services, immunization for infants, ante-natal care, ultrasound scan services, and HIV/AIDS counseling and testing.
What you offer
30 hours of help per week
Elderly Care: Assisting and spending time with the elderly.
Child Care: Caring for, playing with, and spending time with children.
Social Work: Help with volunteer work in local projects and communities.
Additional fee required
Amount: US$ 30 Per day
Fee pays for: Benefits for travelers, Materials for volunteer activities, and Donation to project
Description: Volunteers' fees cover accommodation, 3 meals daily, airport pickup, orientation, visa support letter, pre-departure information pack, donation to project and placement, in-country supervision & support by project staff, utility bills, certificate upon project completion, reference letter upon request.
What you get
2 days off per week
Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.
Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.
Team Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other people.
Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.
Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.
Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.
Discounts on Accommodation: Get discounts for your stay in other hostels.
Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.
Language lessons: Take free language classes at our place.
Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.
Certificate: Get a certificate of completion after you finish your experience.
Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely
Requirements
Beginner English
Between 18 and 70 years old
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
What's not included
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
Program Details
St. Miracle Works Educational Foundation needs midwife interns and volunteers to assist our partnered hospitals and clinics in Ghana. These health facilities offer maternity services and diagnosis, treatment of malaria, typhoid, diarrhea, as well as provide contraceptive services, immunization for infants, ante-natal care, ultrasound scan services, and HIV/AIDS counseling and testing.
Volunteer will also be able to participate in health education focused on providing expectant and nursing teen mothers who visit these health centers. Main topics include family planning and reproductive health, dietary nutrition for babies, and prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV/AIDS. Weekly immunization services are provided at the health center, as well as some outreach into remote village areas.
Volunteer with medical training/expertise and knowledge in the medical, nursing, midwifery or public health fields (students, groups, families are welcome) can help by providing curative and preventive health services. This is a challenging medical placement due to lack of facilities. Volunteers need to bring their own medical scrubs, gloves, mask for personal use.
Travel tips
Volunteers will arrive at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) in Accra, the Capital city of Ghana. After been through arrival formalities, SMWEF staffs will meet you at the airport holding a placard at the arrival hall. Volunteers will be picked up from the airport to their accommodation where they will be having their volunteer work placement.
Benefits for volunteers
Build cross-cultural understanding and global awareness through immersive experiences in diverse communities.
Make a positive impact on community health and well-being through meaningful contributions and service.
Activities & Shift
Volunteers wake up and breakfast time is 7:00-7:30 am.
Work starts by 8 am.
Lunch break is 12:00-12:30pm
Closing period is 2pm depending on the workload.
There are other options which volunteer decide to help the children with homework and learn extra co-curricular activities like local games etc.
Dinner is usually around 5:00 pm-5:30pm.
We work from Monday to Friday in the week.
Weekends are free and volunteers have opportunity to visit tourist attractions like cape coast forts & castles, highest waterfall, monkey sanctuary, canopy walk among others within the country.
Rules
We expect all volunteers to respect our local culture, directions, be flexible and humble themselves during their stay at our place.