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Nursing & Midwifery Hospital Placement in Tanzania

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The experience

Join us for an immersive nursing and midwifery volunteer experience in Tanzania. Work hands-on in low-resource hospitals, gain practical skills, and support meaningful healthcare projects. Beyond the hospital, experience local life, culture, and community, meet international volunteers, and make a real impact while learning about global health and healthcare in resource-limited settings.


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: € 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.


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.

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

Discounts on Tours: Get discounts for tours and excursions around town.

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.

Pub Crawls: Be a part of our pub crawls at local bars!

Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.

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


Requirements

Beginner English

Over 18 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers


What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa


Program Details

This project is open to everyone with Nursing or midwifery care interests or nursing background and who wants to help make a difference in the lives of underprivileged people in Africa in the field of medical.

We have a number of departments who would appreciate your help. you can choose to combine different departments at the same time. You will be working with supervisor nurse who will give you full orientation to familiarize with given department and roles to help.

*General medical ward (internal medicine)
*Emergency and accident department
*General surgery department (ENT, Orthopedics)
*Maternity and midwifery department (Labor & Delivery)
*ICU department
*Obstetrics and Gynecology
*Pediatric department


Activities & Shift

Your roles may include some of the following
*wound dressings under direct supervision of nursing staff
*Teaching other nursing students in hospital
*Assisting doctors in procedures such as blood collection
*Recording vital signs including blood pressure, pulse, and temperature measurements (if competent)
*Helping delivery in labor(if competent)
*Supporting patients with mobility between service points
*Providing general assistance to medical staff as needed and as expertise allows
*Performing tasks such as weighing patients and
*Assisting with infant/adult weighing
*Observing procedures,
*Helping ward activities
taking care of patients arriving for out-patient care or on admission
*Changing bandages and monitoring recovery,