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Cape Town Medical and Community Programme
Your time on this project will be spent helping out in various clinics in the communities nestled on the outskirts of Cape Town. You will also be able to assist in a number of other excellent schemes to increase the development of these areas, which also aim at supporting the much wider community.
Voluntary WorkMedical Role: Throughout the project you will spend the mornings helping in the various community clinics by assisting the supervisors with the many people who need help. The clinics care for small sick children who have nowhere else to go for help. This works allows you to make an extremely positive impact on the rural health service, in the areas that are most in need of it. You will be making a profound difference to the lives of those in the surrounding communities.
Many children with special needs attend the day care centres in the area and you are able to help in these during the afternoon.
Project Requirements: To apply onto this programme, you must have previous medical experience and a basic medical background. If you are planning to enter medical studies after the project, this will also be acceptable.
Community Development Role: After spending the morning working in the clinic, you will spend the afternoons working on projects to assist the communities in different areas. You will be rotating between the following community projects:
- Build and paint schools, the reading programme: Volunteers will be helping with the maintenance side of things – fixing fences and windows, rebuilding and painting.
- Education and Care Centre: This centre houses 115 children and has just 7 teachers to educate them. Your work here will be assisting the teachers with the afternoon after-care by doing things such as helping to serve meals, playing with the kids, reading and helping with other skills (art, music and dancing). If volunteers have adult skills i.e. computer, admin, financial or training, these can be great skills for the teachers to develop.
- Community Development Project: This development project was founded in support of both orphans and children who suffer from HIV/AIDS and living in and around the local area. Many of the mothers within the communities have volunteered to care for the children of the project because they believe that it is important to show their support and love to the children.
LocationYour work will introduce you to the communities of Red Hill, Masiphumelele, Seawinds, Fish Hoek and Ocean View and the clinics located in them.
Accommodation and MealsYour accommodation will be a fully furnished house located within the lovely seaside town of Fish Hoek close to a great, safe beach and Cape Town itself just a short drive away. You will be provided with three meals a day.
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Programme Overview
Duration and Prices: 4 weeks £1299, 8 weeks £1999, 12 weeks £2699
How to book & pay:
£195 to secure your place, balance is due 12 weeks before departure.
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What is included?
Project fee/donation
Airport transfers
Orientation
Daily transfers
Accommodation
3 meals a day
Weekly laundry service
Outings to Cape Point, Boulder beach, Robben Island
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What is not included?
Visas & Flights
Extra activities
Travel Insurance
Vaccinations
Personal items
Beverages
Internet, email and phone usage
Additional Transport | Summary:
Your time will be spent helping out in various clinics in Cape Town. You will also be able to assist in a number of other excellent schemes to increase the development of these areas.
Other voluntary work in South Africa
Programme dates: Starts on the first and third Monday of each month. Please note: the project is closed from Dec 15th-Jan 12th. |
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