Health Projects ( Accra, Akatsi, Saltpond District)

Project At A Glance

Location: Kasoa Start point: Accra End Point: Accra Duration: 2-12 weeks Hours: 30-40 hours per week Food: Local food (3 times a day) Room: Host family or hostel Date: First and Third Monday of each month

Project Summary

Ghana Health Program aims to increase access to basic healthcare for rural people, decrease the prevalence of endemic disease and improve overall village health by providing public health projects and promoting health education in the villages. Volunteers are required in the District to assist the local nurses in the District Hospital in all aspects of clinical nursing, and a primary health work with the community nurses. Here are sample of what you could be doing: Volunteering in the consulting room, dispensary and operating theatre. Helping with Physiotherapy, Treatment of minor injuries, Maternal help and childcare, Assisting midwives on visits, Checking and recording patient's information.

Skill/Qualification

Volunteers interested in joining Volunteer Health Program in Ghana 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.

Volunteers responsibilities:

A volunteer's role can range from observational to basic assistance, depending on your level of knowledge. You'll be working with a doctor, spending time in various departments of a busy Hospital. Departments you might be able to visit include Gynaecology, Neurology, Orthopaedics, Obstetrics, Paediatrics and Surgery. Changing bandages, taking blood pressure and contributing to education about basic prevention are examples of how volunteers engage in this type of placement. An important element of these placements is learning about healthcare practices in different cultures.

Room/Food/supervision

IFRE arranges room, food, and supervision for volunteer from the start to the end of program. During first, week of language and cultural program, volunteers stay in our hostel or with host family in Accra .  Our host family in Accra is located 6 kilometers from the heart of city also giving easy access to volunteer to all part of city.  Our host family cooks Ghanaian foods which include Fufu, Banku and Yam for you. As a part of language and cultural program, you will also learn how to cook Ghanaian food.

During volunteering period, volunteers stay in host family. However, volunteer joining orphanage project will stay with kids in hostel. We arrange a separate room and share bath for volunteers both in host family and hostel.  You can find the details of arrangement for room/food in placement sheets.  IFRE have in Country Coordinator and Staffs in Ghana to supervise and help volunteers. However, volunteers working far from our local office will be visited or will be on telephone contact regularly.