Whats a good organization to volunteer with? What kind of volunteering should I do and where?
sb11 asked:
I am a female in my first year of undergrad. I plan to go into medical school to be a doctor. I want to volunteer in the summer for two months in another country. I want to volunteer doing something that would be most closely related to medicine. Like something like help distribute medical supplies or something. I was wanting to go to Africa, but my parents are worried about all the war struck areas and various other things.
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I am a female in my first year of undergrad. I plan to go into medical school to be a doctor. I want to volunteer in the summer for two months in another country. I want to volunteer doing something that would be most closely related to medicine. Like something like help distribute medical supplies or something. I was wanting to go to Africa, but my parents are worried about all the war struck areas and various other things.
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:36 am
it would be nice to be a candy striper they are volunteers who visit the people admitted in the hospitals they dont do anything medical but they help the ill people walk around, play with the children, and have someone to talk to when no one is around i think that candy stripers are wonderful people cause i was in the hospital when i was a child and the candy stripers came to my room and i thought they were a blessing
February 24th, 2009 at 9:34 am
You can try MSF. They’re doing a lot of work related to medicine.
http://www.msf.org/
February 25th, 2009 at 4:04 am
I want to volunteer abroad this summer too, but i am more inclined towards social work (im a psych major).
One the best organizations I found was AmeriSpan, they do volunteer, internships and even language classes.
These are some of what they offer (regarding medicine) :
Argentina
Buenos Aires Medical Observation (Healthcare)
Cordoba Medical Observation (Healthcare)
Cordoba Therepeutic Assistant (Healthcare)
Bolivia
Bolivia Non-Profit Healthcare (Healthcare)
Hospital for Impaired Children (Healthcare)
Ecuador
Aide to Children with Down Syndrome (Healthcare)
Children’s Hospital (Healthcare)
Low-Income Public Hospital (Healthcare)
Parish Outreach to Poor (Healthcare)
Ghana
Health Project (Healthcare)
India
Health Project (Healthcare)
Kenya
Health Project (Healthcare)
Nepal
Health Project (Healthcare)
Russia
State Hospital Mentor (Healthcare)
Thailand
Public Health Work (Healthcare)
Check them out —
P.S: Their prices are the best I’ve been able to find
Good Luck!!!