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Spend your time volunteering in many different project areas from field dressing clinics to local orphanages on this medical programme. You can also assist the varied work of the Home Based Care team, which provides aid to the local community at the southern end of Lake Malawi.
Volunteer Role
This programme is suitable for both qualified and non qualified volunteers. It is also ideal for medical students wishing to gain experience in this field.
This programme consists of many different project areas which involve a variety of volunteer roles. They are as follows:
Home Based Care
- Putting together lessons on home based care activities such as: HIV/AIDS, malaria prevention, personal hygiene, drug administration, recording information, first aid, wound care, bed bathing, infection prevention, sexual health awareness, nutrition and digestion, TB and rehabilitation.
- Possibly helping to set up a new Home Based Care programme in another village.
Malaria Project
- Assist with malaria prevention techniques to help minimise the epidemic and protect the local communities against the mosquito transmitted disease, such as manufacturing specially custom designed mosquito nets and spraying interior walls of buildings with mosquito repellent.
- Conducting malaria prevention research and education lessons to the local community.
Field Dressing Clinic
- This is an afternoon activity held at the dressing clinic, and involves cleaning wounds, dressing/ bandaging wounds and making referrals to hospital if further treatment such as antibiotics are required.
Local Orphan Centre
- Suited to any volunteer, though recommended to those with little or no previous experience.
- Get involved with pre-school teaching to prepare the children for their education ahead.
- Help with feeding each day.
- Teaching the importance of health and nutrition and HIV/AIDS prevention.
- During the afternoon, there is the opportunity to develop some sport activities and games with the children.
HIV/ AIDS awareness
- Health talks in the communities.
- Drama workshops on HIV/AIDS.
- Home-based care support programmes.
Local community hospital and clinic
- This option is suited to volunteers with previous medical experience as you will be assisting medics to provide primary health care to patients.
- There is also work for non-qualified volunteers. This will involve shadowing local doctors, helping with admin duties or data entry for patients.
For all projects it is important to remain flexible in your attitude and work ethic and be prepared to help in any of the areas that are developing and use your initiative to instigate new project areas with the advice of project staff. Thus we do ask that you arrive with an open mind, positive attitude and strong work ethic in order to utilise your time best and in a way that leaves behind a lasting impression of your time and the volunteer project in Malawi. Itineraries and activities are subject to change. What’s Included in the Programme
- Project Fee: this entails financing that goes directly back into the project you are involved with. This project fee facilitates funding for items such as building materials, equipment, supplies, foodstuffs etc.
- Airport transfers to and from Lilongwe International Airport
- Orientation on arrival
- All accommodation during your stay at shared volunteer house
- Full support and assistance from your co-ordinator throughout your time in Malawi
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner each day
- 24-hour support number and contact for emergencies
What’s Not Included in the Programme
- Personal travel insurance for the duration of your placement, which should include cover for repatriation
- All flights
- Private Airport Transfers if arriving outside of the specified dates, at the cost of US$175 in cash, per person, per transfer
- Any extra nights of accommodation at the volunteer house: this costs US$25 per night
- All items of a personal nature, such as curios, gifts, clothing (work and other)
- E-mail/Internet and telephone calls
- Public transport to and from the community hospital when necessary
- Soft drinks, beer, wines and spirits
- Visas
- Any excursions over and above your planned itinerary in Malawi
Prices and Durations
Malawi Medical Volunteers - 4 weeks $1,919
Malawi Medical Volunteers - 6 weeks $2,559
Malawi Medical Volunteers - 8 weeks $3,199
Malawi Medical Volunteers - 12 weeks $4,479
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