If
you are interested in volunteering in the Health sector you will be able to
work in the local hospital and help with
consultations and public health such as, free health screening of
Malaria,Cholera, Tuberculosis etc, Baby weighing,Helping in the maternity with
child delivery and basic health assistant. As a health volunteer you also have
the opportunity to take part in our health talks, which we organise at schools.
Topics we have covered so far include, general hygiene, HIV/AIDS, STDs and
Malaria. We are looking for volunteers to help with these health talks and we
are open to suggestions on topics they would like to present on. These talks
are meant to give primary school children basic knowledge that they can also
take home and teach their siblings and friends. We try to make these talks
interactive and use practical methods, e.g. demonstrating how to wash ones
hands correctly etc. During epidemics, e.g. the recent Ebola outbreak in West
Africa, we also try to reach out to entire communities, through health talks
open to all, during which we also distribute fliers with more information.
Volunteers can also help us organise basic first aid training to local teachers
at our partner schools.
If you have
more experience in this area and perhaps even a medical qualification you could
be working alongside the nurses and doctors and applying / teaching your
skills. During your time, you will be able to identify any problems you see in
the health provision in the hospitals and you will be able to help tackle them
with any you may have.
One of the
good things about volunteering in Ghana is that virtually everyone can speak
English and thus there are no communication difficulties and language should not
have an effect on your placement. All of the volunteers will, through their
project, get to know the culture of Ghana and will also be able to travel
through other parts of the country on weekends. As you will be based in the
same town as the organisation you will always have a contact person and any
problems can be solved immediately.
There is a lot
of work to be done and all volunteers are only placed into a project where
their help is really needed and will for that reason, never have a lack of things
to do in Ghana.
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