• Good Health And Well-Being

Community Health Development

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2 - 20 weeks  ·  Alder 18 - 50+
rating  Perfect 4.6  · 
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Højdepunkter

  • Experience the Tanzanian way of life and live within the local community
  • Gain professional experience working in health development in a community with limited resources and support
  • Become passionate about health based education and expand your professional skills and experience working in International Public Health
  • Enjoy travel alongside a group of likeminded volunteers, stay in vibrant accommodation and enjoy weekend trips and tours!
  • Gain Swahilli language experience

Særligt velegnet til

Alder 18+
Singler
Par
Grupper
50+
Kørestolsbrugere

Om programmet

The community health development program is for those working in the healthcare sector and are looking to contribute to health-based education and awareness.

The community health development program is for those working in the healthcare sector and are looking to contribute to health-based education and awareness in the local community. Our health programs aim to provide long-term, sustainable support to communities whereby people have the opportunity to ...

Om programmet

The community health development program is for those working in the healthcare sector and are looking to contribute to health-based education and awareness in the local community. Our health programs aim to provide long-term, sustainable support to communities whereby people have the opportunity to be better educated on key health-related challenges including:

  • Women’s Health
  • Maternal Health
  • WASH
  • First Aid
  • Disease prevention and control
  • Dental Hygiene

To ensure safety for both volunteers and community members, health volunteers do not work in hospitals or clinics, where they perform direct medical services on patients. This program works specifically as a capacity-building program where volunteers can expect to develop resources, run workshops, provide talks and educate on health challenges.

We are only looking for volunteers who are either qualified or enrolled in medical education: Medical Students, Dental, Nursing Students, and Midwife Students. When you apply for this placement, we require you to see either qualification or enrolment papers from your educational facility as well as a list of your qualifications, so we can make sure that you are fit and prepared to volunteer in health.

Key program focuses and outcomes:

  • To work with local communities to ethically research and identify core health challenges.
  • To develop a plan of how you will work to collaboratively develop community knowledge around such health challenges.
  • To develop workshops, resources, and curriculums to educate the community on such challenges.
  • To create a plan on how you will ethically conduct such outreach, including where, how, and what efforts will be made to gain the trust and consent of the community, safeguarding, and ethical practices.

Typisk dag

On this program, you will be working with local schools and community groups, promotion health awareness and education on key health related challenges. Therefore, a typical day on this program could look quite different, depending on where your group is needing to work that day. However, a general ...

Typisk dag

On this program, you will be working with local schools and community groups, promotion health awareness and education on key health related challenges. Therefore, a typical day on this program could look quite different, depending on where your group is needing to work that day. However, a general overview of your daily schedule could look like:

7am - 8am - Breakfast

8am - 8:30am - Head to your place of work for that day (school, community group, centre, etc)

8:30am - 12pm - Volunteering and general activities, outreach and program delivery.

12pm - Return home, have lunch relax.

12pm - Afternoon - Working on developing content, ideas, resources, activities, and more!

This program involves working with local community members to identify key health related challenges, then using what you identify the needs to be, developing workshops and resources to promote health based awareness. This means you may spend some days at the accommodation working with other volunteers on developing such workshops and resources, gathering equipment or materials needed, making plans on where you will be conducting your outreach. During your program, the bulk of it will be spent delivering health based education and awareness in local schools and community groups.

This program really draws on your professional health knowledge, and allows you the opportunity to expand your public health skills by working with developing communities who have very limited access to healthcare. This program does not allow you to work specifically in hospitals, as ensuring the safety of both volunteers and the community remains at the forefront of our programs. Focusing on developing health knowledge and awareness at the grassroots is the focus for more long-term, sustainable impacts.

You can spend your free time with other travellers, exploring the city, relaxing, and many continue working on developing ideas, resources and activities for your school in the afternoons also.

At the accommodation, there are several weekend tours, Safaris, daily activities and events which you can also join to make the most of your time here in Tanzania.

Fritidsaktiviteter

There are plenty of good weekend activities that can be done whilst you are in Arusha. With these, you can arrange these from your accommodation, where you will get to join a group to enjoy activities with. 

The main things people can look at doing on weekends would be:

  • Hot springs and waterfalls ...

Fritidsaktiviteter

There are plenty of good weekend activities that can be done whilst you are in Arusha. With these, you can arrange these from your accommodation, where you will get to join a group to enjoy activities with. 

The main things people can look at doing on weekends would be:

  • Hot springs and waterfalls day tour (Maji Moto)
  • Moshi Tour, which visits coffee plantation and making, banana plantations, Chugga Caves tour, waterfalls on the base of Mt Kilimanjaro, Moshi town tour, etc.
  • Arusha National Park Walking Safari
  • Mto Wa Mbu 2-day tour
  • Massai Village Tours
  • Mt Kilimanjaro day hike
  • You can do 1-day safaris to Lake Manyara, Tarangire and Ngorongoro

General things around Arusha would be Snake Park, the Cultural Heritage Museum, Mt Meru day hikes, Massai Market, there are plenty of Cafes, hotels with pools, etcetera. 

Krav

Krav

Minimumsalder: 18 år

For at kunne deltage i programmet skal du være mindst 18 år gammel på programmets startdato. Der kan være undtagelser, hvis du kan give tilladelse fra din(e) værge(r), eller hvis du ledsages af dine forældre.

Sprogfærdigheder

Du skal kunne tale Engelsk (intermediate level)

Uddannelseskrav

på Health related qualifications niveau

Kontrol af kriminel baggrund

påkrævet

Nødvendige dokumenter

CV, Certificates and Proof of Qualifications

Nationalitetsrestriktioner

Ingen begrænsninger. Hjælpende hænder fra hele verden er velkomne.

Andre færdigheder

Relevant work experience or qualifications are desired.

Tidsforpligtelse

Der er brug for din hjælpende hånd Mandag, Tirsdag, Torsdag og Fredag fra 08:00 - 12:00

Hvad er inkluderet

Hvad er inkluderet

Tjenester af Boresha Maisha Projects

The fee covers your living expenses whilst here in Tanzania, and a percentage goes towards your placement itself, to further support the projects. During your stay, you will be living at a vibrant volunteer house, located in Njiro, only a short drive from the city centre.

Program Inclusions:

  • Accommodation at our lively volunteer and backpacker’s house
  • 2 meals per day (Breakfast and dinner)
  • Airport pick up
  • Orientation and town tour
  • In-country program support
  • Your placement
  • Program Certificate
  • Access to a range of Day Tours and Safaris to experience more of Tanzania!

Afhentning i lufthavnen i Kilimanjaro International Airport

Airport pick up will be arranged closer to the time. All we require are your flight details and arrival information. 

Indkvartering

During your stay you will be accommodated in the coziest and most friendly hostel in Arusha, The White House of Tanzania. Upon your arrival, you will meet our staff as well as the Mboje family, who runs and manages Fursa Projects Tanzania as well as the hostel. The family also lives on site once in Arusha, and there is therefore always staff around. 

The hostel is a newly renovated big house located in an area of Arusha called Njiro. It is approximately 15 minutes drive fromt the center of the city, but within 10 minutes walking from the house you will find a big compound called Njiro Complex. Here you will find ATMs, various restaurants, gym, cinema, supermarket and much more. From here, it is very easy to either find a taxi or to catch the local mini-buses - dalla-dalla's - and get to the center of Arusha. 

All the rooms in the hostel are spacious and clean with their own private ensuite-bathrooms with hot shower. We have no single rooms, and as a volunteer you will most likely share a room with other volunteers and travelers. However, we find that this makes the experience much richer for the volunteers, as they get to know their fellow house-mates that much better. 

The hostel have various common-areas both indoor and outdoor, where guests and volunteers relax and enjoy their evenings after a day full of adventure - either at their placements or on different trips. As mentioned in the section below, all three meals are included in your accommodation price and all guests and staff enjoy dinner together every night. This is usually a time of day, where guests and volunteers will share experiences and get new inspiration for activities for their days off. 

Included in your accommodation price, you will also find a good functioning WIFI at all times, so you can easily communicate with your friends and family at home.

Mad og drikkevarer

Breakfast and Dinner is provided each day

Internetadgang

Begrænset adgang til projektområdet

Hvad er IKKE inkluderet?

Hvad er IKKE inkluderet?

Flybilletter

Den nærmeste lufthavn er Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) i Kilimanjaro. Vi hjælper dig med at finde billige flybilletter til Tanzania. FINDE BILLIGE FLYBILLETTER

Rejseforsikring

At rejse til udlandet er et eventyr, og det er altid bedst at være forberedt. Pludselig sygdom eller skade, aflysning eller tyveri - en rejseforsikring til Tanzania giver sikkerhed og er en fordel at have. FÅ ET TILBUD

Vacciner

Hvis du har til hensigt at blive frivillig i Tanzania, bør du søge lægehjælp, før du begynder din sociale rejse. Tjek dine krævede vaccinationer for Tanzania. VACCINE CHECKER

Oplysninger ved ankomst

You can start working at this project on the first and second Monday of each month.

When you arrive, you will be picked up from Kilimanjaro and transported to your accommodation at Tribe Nomads Hostel in Arusha City. On your first day, you will receive an in-depth program orientation where we also do a town tour showing you Arusha, how to use the public buses, where to find ATMs, exchange money and much more. The next day one of our staff members will take you to your project showing you the way and making sure you are always safe. 

Fursa projects have a primary focus on having a sustainable and ethical impact on the community and placements we work with. As such, your program does have set guidelines and key focuses that ensure the people you work with are protected, their needs are put first, the community remains at the forefront of development and to ensure a that volunteers continually contribute to long-term, overarching goals.

We will recommend that you arrive to Tanzania by the end of the week so that you have the weekend to settle in and get comfortable in the house and area before beginning your work the following Monday. 

Tilgængelighed
Jan. Febr. Marts April Maj Jun Jul Aug. Sept. Okt. Nov. Dec.

Programgebyrer

2 uger (min. ophold) 398€
3 uger 596€
4 uger 795€
5 uger 994€
7 uger 1.392€
9 uger 1.789€
20 uger (max. ophold) 3.977€
Gennemsnitligt gebyr 199€/uge

Programgebyrer

199€ pr. uge 2 - 20 weeks Alder 18 - 50+

Betalingsmetoder

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Duration

2 - 20 weeks

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Final Payment

Din endelige betaling vil blive aftalt med Boresha Maisha Projects under ansøgningsprocessen. Almindelige løsninger er enten via bankoverførsel eller kontant betaling på projektstedet.

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Boresha Maisha Projects

Perfect 4.6 rating (31 feltrapporter)

Agentur - grundlagt i 2014

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Vært er

Lucy

Spoken languages: Engelsk, Swahili

Om projektet

Boresha Maisha Projects seek to provide communities with education about sustainable solutions to their problems through the work of experienced volunteers.

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We wish to create possibilities for communities and individuals to grow and develop in order to create a better future. We seek to provide communities with education about sustainable solutions to their problems instead of fast and easy solutions. How do we plan to do that? By continues education provides by experienced individuals with knowledge and specific education to a certain field. And this is where we need you!

Dealing with the challenges of today requires problem-solvers who bring different perspectives and are willing to take risks. We are searching for strong individuals, who wish to bring their knowledge and education and pass it on to communities and work places in Arusha, Tanzania. We believe that this education and sharing of knowledge is the way to solve many of the problems, the developing countries in the 21st century are facing. But we need you to help us with it.

Boresha Maisha Project emerged out of a pursuit to inspire and support the community. Having seen the bad effects of "voluntourism" many of the volunteering platforms create, we wished to find more sustainable projects, where the impacts will last and not just be forgotten with the next arriving volunteers. We wish to create platforms specifically for volunteers with the appropriate skills and this way ensure that the volunteers will be in surroundings where they feel safe and have an expertise. Look through our projects and see if we have one, that fits you. They get updated regularly, so don't worry if you don't find the one, you were looking for.  

Established in 2017, we’re an organization driven by progressive ideas and bold actions. Help us break the circle of "voluntourism" and projects who are ruining communities and families instead of keeping them together.

31 feltrapporter · rating4.6

Sara Jane Karatha rating4.8

2023 at Community Health Development

I am studying medicine at home and a part of my studies is to do a placement which you can choose to do abroad and I chose Tanzania which was the best decision I made 💫 volunteering is an experience like no other, which isn't just about travelling, but is about getting to truly develop your ...
Candice Gruyaert rating2.4

2023 at Community Health Development

Everything for my time in Arusha was well planned. However, when I arrived at the hospital on my first day of work, they did not know about my academic background AND about the existence of this programme. Also, the hospital already had many volunteers working, leaving me looking lost. The staff ...
Gina Ronan rating4.8

2022 at Community Health Development

I really loved my time in Tanzania, more than I could have ever imagined. I worked with two schools doing all sorts of workshops and lessons on health based awareness and education. We focused on a few key areas which are the main challenges facing communities in Tanzania. Volunteering was one of ...
Megan Tatham rating5

2024 at Animal Welfare and Rescue

Amazing opportunity to help animals and gain invaluable experience.I loved volunteering here so much! Dr Evarest is amazing! He's a great man that cares deeply for all animals and people. This volunteering is like no other animal rescue as it's really hands on, not just feeding and cleaning like ...
Floo Vander Meeren rating5

2024 at Medical Work & Support

My stay at the hostel was great. The girls who work there and the owners are very friendly and social. My volunteering program was at Kitogani District Hospital where I would assist the doctors where they needed me. The people at the hospital were very welcoming and because it is a local hospital ...
Lena Brandstätter rating5

2024 at Childcare, Sports and Teaching Support

I was working at the preschool for six weeks and this time completely changed my outlook on life! I bonded with the kids so quickly and was able to give them a safe environment to play, learn and make mistakes. Sadly, it was very difficult to communicate with the teachers, as they barely spoke any ...

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