Meaningful Public Health Volunteer Opportunity in Ecuador
1 week ago
This is a unique opportunity for motivated individuals to gain knowledge about the fields of medicine and public health in the Amazon rainforest.
Interns will work in the Napo province, which has limited access to healthcare and a lack of educational resources for disease prevention. They can support staff at a local hospital, rural health clinic, or a public health organization in the non-profit sector.
Detailed Job Description:
- Assist doctors, nurses, pharmacists, dentists, and other healthcare professionals with their daily tasks
- Participate in medical activities such as taking vital signs, measuring height and weight, and recording temperatures
- Support medical home visits and brigades in local communities
- Contribute to ongoing public health projects, including hygiene and nutrition talks with school-age children, interactive health games with children, creating brochures and pamphlets with preventative health information for parents, GIS maps of vaccination records, and an inventory of local agricultural products and their nutritional facts
- Develop your own public health project based on the immediate needs of the placement organization and supervisor approval
- Learn about traditional medicine by connecting with local healers and plant experts within our network
A typical day for a public health intern looks like: wake up and have breakfast with the host family, head to work around 7:30/8am, arrive at the internship location, take an hour lunch break, re-enter the workplace and finish up the day's activities, return home around 4/5pm for dinner with the family
About the Placement:
- Interns live with host families, allowing them to build meaningful relationships with locals during their time in the Amazon
- Host families often have their own agroforestry farms and invite interns to join them when they plant, weed, and harvest crops
Please note that all information above is subject to change. Please check the most up-to-date information on the Global Nomadic website when applying.
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