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Project Name : Community Health & Medical Care
Hosting Organisation : Voluntary Workcamps Association of Nigeria (VWAN)
Volunteer Type : SCI Long-term Volunteering
Project Theme : Poverty and social injustice
Hosting Country: Nigeria
Start Date : February 1, 2024
End Date : December 31, 2024
Duration : 3 - 12 Months
Deadline Date : June 30, 2024
Project Languages : English
Location : Permaculture Eco Village - Ibarapa East LGA
Country Languages : English
Number of Volunteers : 5
Project Description:

The project is a health sector that gives concern to treating minor and major illness in the local community.  Treatment of common diseases and child care delivery are major activities of the clinical outfit.  The public health centre gives attention to injury, laboratory tests, minor accidents and work towards preserving infant mortality rate.  

Work Description:

Volunteer will work along with health workers in the clinic or dispensary centres.  Taking part in registration of patients, sample collection for laboratory tests and occasional moving around the sick persons on sickbay.  Gathering prescribed drugs and arranging patients for consultation with Doctors.  Taking care and cleaning of the environment and working with nurses and health officers on call.  The eco - village hospital and maternity treatment care for pedagogy children of different age groups.

Requirements:

The volunteers will be required to have a bit of background on medical tips (either formal or informal) and be able to administer first aid treatment in a minimal way.  Although, no certificate of competence is required, but volunteer should be willing to learn and reay to work with health officers in a group.

Accommodation and Food:

Volunteer living apartment often times stay with host family closer to the project and if interested, volunteer can reside in a self-contain bedroom in project centre with available facilities.

 

Pocket Money:

No pocket money allowance

Visa Info:

Visa Issues: Please note that Tourist Visa is only for 8 weeks while stay for Business Visa or TWP Visa is not more than 6 months. If your stay is more than 6 months, STR Visa should be collected before departure. VWAN will help to administrate and facilitate extension Visa where possible.

Insurance:

The volunteer should obtain appropriate   insurance to cover period of stay in the project.  Host organisation allow this to be evident before placement in the project.  SCI travel Health Insurance is also appropriate.

Fees:

The participation fee is 300€  for 1 month placement for each camp project.

Fees Used for:

 

This covers both feeding and accommodation per week without any extra cost to collect for return trip to Airport. 

Payment is made by the volunteer on arrival to the country.  The participation fee will cover expenses on daily feeding, moderate accommodation, administration, on-arrival orientation, group travels to the project site, preparation, certification and other logistics support.

 

Application Info:

The health institution has been existence to serve about 4 villages in the past 30 years.  The health services serve more than one thousand people from around the community.  Lack of enough workers in the health center is a major problem, so the dispensary requires volunteers to work within the health center.  It is purely humanitarian clinics that gives free medical care for the community under a well-trained hospital personnel

 

Additional Information:

 

Excursion and intercultural evening will be arranged by the host organisation from time to time during the project.  Weekend will completely be free for volunteer to experience community participation in programmes.

Pick up is arranged by VWAN on arrival  and return to the Airport after project.  NO extra fees is required after the payment of Participation fees on arrival.

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