Placement Overview

At this rural hospital you can be one of few volunteers to get a real glimpse of life in this developing country helping at this rural missionary hospital in a little visited area of Tanzania.

Your Experience

Here you will be given the opportunity to get involved with a variety of very different tasks from administration, computer work or general maintenance around the grounds-all areas where help is appreciated.
Based in Nyangao near the border with Mozambique and not far from the coast volunteers will get involved where their help is needed most. English is spoken by staff and you will not be asked to do anything that you have not been shown before or are not comfortable doing.

Placements are allocated after arrival to each volunteer based on the volunteers interests and skill level.

As a volunteer you will help to fill a gap and will assist Monday to Friday.

Volunteers stay on site at the hospital in basic shared rooms with  other visiiting guests.

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Current need
Experienced long stay administrators to help in various departments.
Requirements:Volunteers must be confident travellers who can approach their volunteering role independently with a ‘can do' attitude. The hospital has no volunteer schedule in place to receive casual short stay volunteers.Volunteers will be working alongside hospital staff and must be willing to work cooperatively with other members of the staff team.
There are no organized free-time activities for volunteers at this placement although weekends can be taken to visit the coast and explore the local villages independently or with other volunteers.

What's included in this programme

Staff accommodation
Donations are not included and volunteers are strongly encouraged to do some fundraising before arrival.

This programme is ideal if...

I would like a challenging placement where I can really make a difference
I am thinking about a long stay but am unsure about committing before trying the project out
I am an independent person who gets on well with people of different backgrounds

I have a nursing/medical background and would like to offer my skills and expertise
I do not have any experience of working in a health care setting but would like to learn and help in any way which can make a difference.

Tanzania at a glance

Only in Tanzania will you find such an incredible diversity of landscapes from herds of antelope on the Serengeti plains to brilliant coral in turquoise seas.
Not to missed: the magical spice island of Zanzibar, Serengeti NP, Ngorongoro Crater, Mt Kilimanjaro, Olduvai Gorge, Lake Manyara NP, Rift Valley Escarpment, tea estates in the south and Isimila Stone Age site.
Hottest month: January
Time difference: GMT + 3 hrs