MEDICAL MISSSIONS: Bilingual Assistant
The experience
Assistant to Team Leaders in medical missions teams. We host ISL American pre-med & nursing students and work with Colombia doctors to provide medical clinics in beautiful rural Colombia. Travel, serve, & Learn! Your role would be as an assistant to the Team Leader in logistics and as a bilingual assistant during the medical clinics helping the visiting American undergraduate students.
What you offer
24 hours of help per week
Photography:
Take, edit and provide amazing photos.
Video Making:
Create, edit and publish digital videos.
Social Media:
Maintain and update social media channels.
Social Work:
Help with volunteer work in local projects and communities.
What you get
3 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.
Discounts on Tours:
Get discounts for tours and excursions around town.
Discounts on Accommodation:
Get discounts for your stay in other hostels.
Free Laundry:
You can use our laundry room freely.
Free Tours:
We’ll take you on tours and rides around town. For free!
Free Hiking Tours:
We’ll take you on excursions and hikes around town. For free!
Free Parties:
Get free entrance for the best parties in town.
Free Events:
Get free entrance for the best events in town.
Dance classes:
Take free dance classes at our place.
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.
Requirements
Intermediate English and Intermediate Spanish
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
Global Health Teams consist of running a public health service campaign coupled with providing medical intervention. We partner with Colombian doctors in taking medicines to rural coffee villages. Our doctors utilize the intake & examination process to instruct our U.S. premed & nursing student volunteers. Our teams last 7-14 days. You could play a role as a bilingual assistant helping the students and patients effectively communicate.
Activities & Shift
House Visits - Public Health Campaign
Medical Clinics - Intake, interview, examination, diagnosis, prescription
Pharmacy - setup, fill prescriptions
Workshops - sutures, injections, pharmacology, natural medicine
Recreational Activities - horseback riding, paseo de olla, tour, dancing, ziplining, sports, community events
Rules
We are NOT a free lodging program. It costs fifteen dollars per day to participate in our program. The fee covers your lodging in our guest house facility and the program. You must accept being part of the team, from the arrival of the students until the departure of the students.