Community Health project
Trip code: ZAF5
 There is an obvious lack of manpower and resources in the local hospitals, which are located in the outer city areas and villages and urgently, need volunteers. Qualified volunteer help in the health care field is always difficult to find and always desperately needed. Rustic Volunteer’s has partnered with local hospitals and communities in South Africa to provide volunteers who have the ability and want to share their knowledge, time, skills and talents with the health care staff of the centers. Participating in a health care volunteer project opens tremendous opportunities for volunteers to immerse themselves in another culture, and provides a positive contribution to the community where the need is the greatest.
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| Project/Volunteer's Life: |
Volunteers will assist local doctors and nurses at a clinic or hospital caring for patients, performing first-aid, handing out food or medicines, taking temperature and blood pressure, and recording patients' medical histories. Volunteers may handle paperwork or do other tasks for the doctor as well.
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| Skills and Qualification |
Volunteers/travelers interested in joining the volunteer health program must possess health care certification, such as an ID as a medical student, EMT or paramedic certification, or nursing or physician's credentials. Medical volunteers without credentials are not allowed to work in this program because of the potential risk. The hospitals require a copy of your resume, clearly stating credentials and education, before your arrival to the project. |
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| Meals/Accommodations: |
Rustic Volunteer Travel manages room/food for volunteers. Volunteers live with the host family and we manage a separate/shared, simple, clean and modest room as well as local meals three times a day. Volunteer will also have an access to our office in South Africa and mobile number of our coordinators. Our staffs also visit volunteers in each 2-4 week interval as a part of the program. Head of the host project serves as an immediate contact/supervisor. Details covering living accommodations provided prior to arrival. |
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| Project Locations: |
 Health projects are available in Cape Town (home to Table Mountain, Victoria & Alfred Waterfront , and City Bowl). South Africa's multicultural metropolitan cities are renowned for its deep rooted African cultural atmosphere where visitors are always welcomed. It's full of contrasts: from traditional culture and history to modern infrastructure and most of the amenities you would expect from a city. Volunteers can organize several combinations of potential excursions during and after the project to visit places of interest. There is a tourist infrastructure already in place that the volunteers can use during weekends. For example: national parks & harbors, hiking, markets, museums, restaurants, nightclubs, festivals/carnivals, wine tasting, art galleries, whale watching, beaches, hotels, and many more.
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| TRIP Upgrade: |
Rustic Volunteer and Travel offers a variety of volunteer projects and travel packages in South Africa. You can customize or upgrade this travel itinerary to meet your specific interests. Please contact our travel advisor for more details: |
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