Medical Internship in the Peruvian Amazon
Highlights
- Gain knowledge about the medical issues, problems and method of treatment in a developing country like Peru!
- Suitable for pre-meds, medical students, nursing students and professionals!
- Improve your Spanish skills with our 4 hours per week Spanish lessons!
- Explore the Amazon Rainforest during our excursions to the jungle including camping trips or a chocolate making workshop!
- Visit indigenous communities, Boiling River, Austrian German Community, nearby retreat center with Ayahuasca ceremonies, etc.
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About the program
Interested in being a medical volunteer/intern in the Peruvian Amazon? If yes, please apply to this program and help us to provide a better healthcare service.
This new medical program supports the healthcare system in one Amazonian village, where the community struggles with inadequate infrastructure, overcrowding, and limited resources. Volunteers help staff at local health care center by offering medical support and assistance. This medical project is ...
Typical day
VOLUNTEER SCHEDULE:
Day One: Our local coordinator/staff will give volunteers/interns an orientation and will accompany them to their program. Volunteer will be shown how to manage the commute (tuk tuks, walking, colectivos). Volunteer/interns will be introduced to the site director and discuss their ...
Free-time activities
FREE TIME ACTIVITIES AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE BENEFITS:
-We are able to offer volunteers/interns up to 4 hours per week of Spanish lessons. Our Spanish language teacher is committed to helping volunteers/interns improve their grammar, vocabulary and speaking skills in a real life-environment. ..
Requirements
What's Included
What's NOT included?
Details on arrival
ARRIVAL & ORIENTATION:
Our Personnel will meet volunteers/interns at David Abensur Rengifo airport or bus station in the city of Pucallpa and bring them to our village. This ride from Pucallpa to our village takes approximately 5 hours. We recommend volunteers to arrive on weekends (Friday, Saturday, or Sunday), so together we can explore the village and get to know some of our village touristic attractions before starting volunteering on Monday.
Volunteers can arrive at any time of the year.
Program fees
Meet your organization
Semillas Life
Agency - founded in 2018
Verified by Volunteer World
Coordinated by
Christian
About the project
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