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We offer opportunities for medical students, doctors, nurses, dentists, midwives, physiotherapists, lab technicians, pharmacists, pre-medical students, and gap-year students passionate about healthcare to complete internships, observerships, clinical skills training, or elective placements in hospitals in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Participants may also join community outreach programs with local doctors and volunteers, gaining hands-on experience.
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.
Amount: € 210 Per week
Fee pays for: Benefits for travelers, Materials for volunteer activities, and Donation to project
Description: Program fees are €30 per day, which includes accommodation, breakfast and dinner Monday–Friday, and full board on weekends and public holidays. There is also a €100 organization fee, a €50 supervision fee, and a €50 hospital registration fee, all paid once at the beginning of the program.
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.
Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.
Discounts on Tours: Get discounts for tours and excursions around town.
Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.
Get free drinks or beverages.: Drink up! Get free and tasty drinks for yourself.
Free Events: Get free entrance for the best events in town.
Yoga classes: Take free yoga classes at our place.
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.
Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely
Dedicated Workspace: Specific space for you to work remotely
Beginner English
Between 18 and 80 years old
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
If you are looking for a medical volunteer abroad experience, then this medical program in Tanzania may be ideal and the best fit for you! You will work in Dar es salaam Tanzania, at a busiest public hospital, which receive medical students from all over the world.
Volunteers will rotate in a variety of departments, including nursing and dentistry, EMD and Trauma, Orthopedics, Maternity or midwifery, pediatric, neonatal ward, Clinics in OPD, Internal Medicine department, practice wards and Surgical departments.
Depending on your experience, you will be allowed to Suture, check up the patients vitals, or assist a surgeon. Volunteers also help collect information and measurements from the patients such as blood pressure, temperature, and height/weight and be available to assist the doctors and other medical staff when required.
When you join this medical volunteer program , your responsibilities will depend on your education, experience and qualifications. While volunteers will not be allowed to perform major diagnostic or surgical work, you will have a vital role to play in assisting and interacting with patients.
Your Activities will start around 8am where there will be a morning reports from night shift and ward rounds, with whole team of doctors, Nurses and students. It's interactive ward round will depend on department you are rotating, after round you can go to theater, or to OPD Clinics or stick in the ward to help other doctors to accomplish the ward round orders.
Leaving time is 3pm, but once you done with your day activities, you can leave the hospital. And you will have time to explore nice beaches, the city, or local dishes, and more.
