Work In a Public Health Project

Project Summary

Project At A Glance

Location: Bangkok , Ayutthaya Start point: Bangkok End Point: Bangkok 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

Thailand is considered a developing country and many citizens live at the poverty level. Many rural families still receive less than basic healthcare because resources and manpower are lacking. Healthcare volunteers in Thailand are needed! People die every day because many villages do not have doctors or basic healthcare facilities such as clinics or hospitals. Loved ones are lost each day to afflictions that could be remedied with simple but essential healthcare and supporting education. Volunteers in Thailand with healthcare backgrounds can help fill this void by offering healthcare instruction in informal education centers, schools or local organizations.

Skill/Qualification Needed

Volunteers interested in joining Volunteer Health Program in Thailand 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 due to the associated, potential risks.

Volunteers responsibilities

Volunteers/interns who are interested in joining our 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. We do not permit volunteers without medical credentials to work in this program due to the potential risk. The hospitals require a copy of your resume, clearly documenting credentials and education, before your arrival to the project. Projects will also require an official copy of your credentials.

In addition to a weekly program fee, volunteers must be prepared to pay approximately $75 USD per week for their own public transportation via tuk tuk, train or taxicab in this immense and cosmopolitan city of Bangkok to travel between healthcare sites and clinics.

Room/Food/Supervision

IFRE manages living accommodations, provides meals and supervision for volunteers for the entirety of their stay in Thailand . IFRE's Thailand office is located in a beautiful area about 50 km from the Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Ayutthaya City – the former capital of Thailand . We offer home base in Thailand . Our Home base is very safe. It is a clean, sparsely furnished home but will meet all your needs as an IFRE volunteer. We try to create a “home away from home” for volunteers staying at our home base. It is a perfect situation for volunteers to live safely and comfortably while making many new friends and sharing experience every day. Most of volunteers project in Thailand are located within 1-10 KM of our home base so you may walk or ride a local bus to your project. In the evening when you return to home base, you can relax, eat dinner, explore local areas or simply share experience with volunteer comrades.

Occasionally, depending on volunteer traffic, available projects or distance to a volunteer's assigned project, we may also place our volunteers with carefully pre-screened host families. Our host families are socially respected and are experienced with hosting international volunteers. They have strong interest in our volunteers' safety and well being and demonstrate this with caution and care. In most host family situations, volunteers will share a room with another volunteer of the same gender. Volunteers staying with a host family will be able to have home cooked meals with the family. Those who have stayed with a host family describe an enriched experience as a result of having done so. Once you have applied, you will receive specific details of your accommodations in your personal placement documents.

Our field staff visits volunteers regularly and always happy to help our volunteers in any way needed. We offer 3 meals a day of local cuisine. Typically, volunteers eat breakfast and dinner at the home base (or host family) and have lunch at their project. We offer fresh, nutritious and safe local foods to our volunteers to eat.