Medical Outreach and Aids/HIV Education.
Surrounding the beautiful areas of St Lucia are many rural villages which have little healthcare resources for the thousands of people who live there. This project provides direct assistance via home-based care visits and by educating and supporting people to live in a healthier and more sustainable way.
We offer you the opportunity to become involved at the grass roots level by assisting caregivers in offering basic medical treatment and care, providing people with advice on health matters and helping them to build a better life in their homes. We also work alongside nurses in the local clinics. With HIV having such an impact on these communities, raising awareness and educating both young and old people on the virus is also an important part of this project. With its variety and direct positive impact on individuals and families, this really is an unforgettable and life-changing experience.
“Home based care was amazing, and was the project that I probably enjoyed the most. I felt privileged being able to see patients at home, and it was really rewarding when we could do something to help them. It was an absolutely fantastic experience.”
Jenna Crook, UK, May 2009
Your Experience
During your trip you may have the opportunity to experience:
- Assisting with much needed home-based care for sick patients in their rural homes and helping them to get the treatment they need from the local clinic
- Helping to raise awareness on preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS virus and explaining how people can live positively with HIV in the local community
- Helping to improve living conditions, nutrition, school equipment and vegetable gardens for the most needy families and helping them to become self sustaining
- Immersing yourself in the local Zulu culture and learning the language
- Gaining basic medical experience in local clinics and during home-based care, with supervision from nurses and our staff
- Making friends for life!
The Medical outreach program is situated in St. Lucia, North East Coast of South Africa. A safe and charismatic town within walking distance of the beach.
St. Lucia is situated within the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, a beautiful area that was declared as South Africa’s first Natural World Heritage Site by UNESCO, and which is called by many “Africa’s premier bush-and-beach destination”. Encompassing almost half a million acres, it is a stunning and ecologically diverse area, where five different eco-systems join, and where you find savannahs, wetlands, swamps, beaches, and a great wealth of wildlife. The area is home to the Zulu tribe; a group of people with a very lively and colourful culture. It is within this impressive setting, we offer you the opportunity to gain a unique insight into the rural South African medical field, and to make a positive impact on the local community through our specially structured Health and community assistance programme. You will also get involved in a wide range of community outreach community initiatives….an unforgettable life-changing experience.
During your placement, you will stay at our large and comfortable project house situated in the middle of St. Lucia. It is a fully furnished house with a large lounge, satellite television, barbeque area, garden, and a swimming pool in a very safe residential area. The volunteer house is approximately a 10 minute walk to the town and a 15 minute walk to the beautiful St Lucia beach and river estuary. The house is staffed with a full time cook, laundry / cleaning staff and a maintenance person.
Project “Day in the life” of a Worldwide Experience Volunteer:
Here is how a typical day in the life of a St. Lucia Medical outreach and HIV / AIDS Education volunteer might take shape. Please note that your itineraries may differ from this, depending on your own experience and the number of other volunteers on the placement at the same time; this is simply to give an example:
07:00 Get up, eat breakfast, and start getting ready to depart for your project
08:30 Head off to meet the local care giver and drive to the local homes that need medical assistance
09:00 You may visit 2-5 homes in the morning giving medical assistance and care in the rural villages around St Lucia
12:30 Lunch break. You will be transported back to your volunteer house, where lunch will be waiting for you
13:30 Start of your afternoon projects. You may help the painting or refurbishment projects to help on 10 Families
16.30 End of the working day. You will be picked up from your project and taken home, where we clean tools, evaluate the day’s work and discuss the schedule for the next day
18.00 Dinner at your volunteer house
| Two weeks – £745 Three weeks – £970 Four weeks – £1,195 Five weeks – £1,395 Six weeks – £1,595 Seven weeks – £1,795 Eight weeks – £1,995  |
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