Dental Care Internship and Education

location
4 - 24 semanas  ·  Edad 16 - 50+

rating  Excelente 4.8  · 
  Verificado por Volunteer World
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Puntos Relevantes

  • Help give oral health education to school children
  • Volunteers gain experience working in difficult situation for their future career
  • Earn a certificate and reference letter for your professional or academic pursuit.

Puntos Relevantes

  • Help give oral health education to school children
  • Volunteers gain experience working in difficult situation for their future career
  • Earn a certificate and reference letter for your professional or academic pursuit.
  • Make memories you will never forget working and going on excursion with other volunteers
  • Visit any of the 16 regions in Ghana on weekends to immerse yourself in the Ghanaian culture and history


  • Especialmente adecuado para

    Edad 16+
    Solteros y solteras
    Parejas
    Familias
    Grupos
    50+

    Sobre el programa

    Come join us educate school children and the less privilege who can't afford or access dental care services.

    Ghana has a big challenge when it comes to dental care. There is a shortage of dentist to care for the many Ghanaian. These dentist are often located in the big cities leaving the rural areas. There is also lack of basic dental tools and equipment in our rural communities. This brings about lot of ...

    Sobre el programa

    Ghana has a big challenge when it comes to dental care. There is a shortage of dentist to care for the many Ghanaian. These dentist are often located in the big cities leaving the rural areas. There is also lack of basic dental tools and equipment in our rural communities. This brings about lot of dental care issues in the rural areas among the poor. This lack of dentist and proper dental care makes most people in the rural areas result to local remedies that brings about other health hazards in the future.

    Volunteers are therefore needed to support dental care by giving support to dental care nurses and doctors in rural communities, schools and in health centres through medical outreaches.

    Volunteers will help to give education to students, educate them about proper mouth hygiene, how to brush their teeth, how many times to brush their teeth etc and mouth odour; how to treat it as well as other dental issues.

    Volunteers will also help to conduct routine check-ups, examining teeth and gums and diagnosing oral health issue. They will also help in cleaning, scaling and polishing to maintain oral health. Volunteers will again help to remove and repair teeth causing problems in patients. They will also help replacing missing teeth with artificial ones anchored to the jawbone.


    Where will I work?

    Volunteers will work in and around Kasoa and Accra

    Volunteers can bring safety clothes, shoes, face, and nose masks, sanitizes robbing alcohol, hospital scrubs, etc

    What we expect from you

    Must be ready to go on rotation with different health professionals and other workers

    What you can expect from us

    Our staff is available to you 24/7 to give any necessary support. We will assign one staff to take care of your needs.

    Who You Will Work with
    Volunteers work closely with the hospital administration who will assign you to various departments.  

    How Do I Get to the Placement?
    For the first day, volunteers will be taken to the centre. Our staff will show volunteers how to get to the placement, the direction to take, the particular vehicle, and the amount to pay for the transportation. This is repeated the next day if the volunteer thinks he still can't make it until the volunteer can make his/her way. The same is done for the return to the homestay after the work.


    Día típico

    Volunteer will work either at the hospital/clinic. They will some days go on outreach to the community schools and market places. A normal schedule is as follows:

    • 7:00am Breakfast
    • 7:30am walk or a ride to placement
    • 8:00am Instructions on assignment for the day
    • 8:30am volunteer work begins
    • 12:00am ...

    Día típico

    Volunteer will work either at the hospital/clinic. They will some days go on outreach to the community schools and market places. A normal schedule is as follows:

    • 7:00am Breakfast
    • 7:30am walk or a ride to placement
    • 8:00am Instructions on assignment for the day
    • 8:30am volunteer work begins
    • 12:00am Lunch/Snack break/Rest
    • 1:00pm volunteer work resume
    • 4:30pm Closing( Volunteers have the option to continue base on the need)
    • 5:30pm Dinner

    Evenings Time to socialize with host family to know the culture, traditions etc


    Actividades de tiempo libre

    Volunteers have the weekend to explore the 16 regions of Ghana. Each region has its unique culture and tourist sites. Volunteers are advice to read more about Ghana's tourist sites to help them have a fair idea of where their interest will be. 

    We help volunteers to choose tourist sites and give ...

    Actividades de tiempo libre

    Volunteers have the weekend to explore the 16 regions of Ghana. Each region has its unique culture and tourist sites. Volunteers are advice to read more about Ghana's tourist sites to help them have a fair idea of where their interest will be. 

    We help volunteers to choose tourist sites and give advice on safety check, accommodation and recommend tour guide if the need be.  There is a monkey sanctuary, mole safari ride, waterfalls, open street market, museum etc that volunteers can visit as well as local festivals  like akwasidae, Homowow,  Aboakyire, chalewote festival etc.

    During the week days too, volunteers can go to the shopping, market centers or to relax at the beach after volunteer duties ends.


    Requisitos

    Requisitos

    Edad mínima: 16 años

    Para participar en el programa es necesario tener al menos 16 años en la fecha de inicio del programa.

    Conocimientos lingüísticos

    Tienes que hablar (nivel básico) Inglés

    Requisitos educativos

    Science a nivel de High School

    Restricciones de nacionalidad

    Sin restricciones. Las manos amigas de todo el mundo son bienvenidas.

    Otras habilidades

    Resilient Ability to work under pressure

    Tiempo dedicado

    Necesitaremos tu ayuda los Lunes, Martes, Miércoles, Jueves y Viernes

    Servicios incluidos

    Servicios incluidos

    Servicios de SFLIG volunteers

    As an organization which value volunteers support, we do not charge volunteers to volunteer. Volunteers only pay for their up keep whilst in Ghana and a token given to support girls to stay in school. Volunteering with us means giving a poor girl the chance to get education.


    •  Pre-departure support
    • Airport pick-up on arrival 
    • Orientation and safety briefing on arrival
    • Accommodation (as specified above)
    • Food/Meals (as specified above)
    • 24/7 local support network 
    • Internet sim card
    • Certificate of recognition 
    • Reference or recommendation letter any time the need arise after volunteering
    • Program supervision
    • Donation to placement
    • Donation to  girls support

    Recogida en el aeropuerto Kotoka International Airport

    Volunteers are requested to send a full picture of themselves at the airport  during departure, to make easy identification and our local representative who will pick the volunteer also send the volunteer a picture of him/herself at the airport. This is to help make the pick up process easy. There is a free wifi at the airport for communication when volunteer arrives. Volunteers are advice to connect to the wifi and communicate with the rep doing the pickup, this also helps the volunteer to go through immigration process easily 

    Alojamiento

    Volunteers will stay at the Sflig Volunteers house or  with a host family that will be provided by SFLIG Volunteers, which is very safe for volunteers and this will help them to adjust, adapt and know the Ghanaian culture and that of the community intern will be doing the volunteer work. The selection of a host family will deepen on the information that will be provided on the application form the volunteer will fill and submit. 


    These host families are people who have been investigated and have good record and have good health. There are periodic checks to see if they are still u to standard. The accommodation is part of the program fee. Accommodation in hostiles and dormitories can sometimes be organized for group of interns from 6 upwards working on same or similar project or working at the same project site. Volunteer will have a room of her own or mostly likely to share a room with a fellow volunteer. A bed will be provided and any other necessary things like a table and chair will be provided and volunteer will have access to T.V, radio, electricity, kitchen, toilet and bath, clean water.

    Comida y bebida

    Host families are responsible for providing breakfast and dinner everyday. Due to the distance between project area and home lunch can’t be provided and volunteers are advice to go with a snack. The foods served mainly consist of continental dishes comprising rice, chicken, beef, tea, coffee, bread, eggs, soup, potato, oaths, fruits, fish, etc. Local food

    That is mainly made from the above, tubers, beans and/or maize is served alongside. It is also very common for an intern to find a familiar dish in restaurants in different cities. Volunteers are provided with well treated water which is purchased from certified producers of hygienically bottled or bagged water.

    Volunteers with special dietary needs like vegetarian should let us know, so we can prepare their preferred meal. Those with allergies should let us know too.

    During weekends volunteers can make their own special foods or eat in a nearby restaurant or order for any continental food to be delivered to them

    Acceso a Internet

    Buen acceso al lugar del proyecto

    ¿Qué NO está incluido?

    ¿Qué NO está incluido?

    Boletos de avión

    El aeropuerto más cercano es Kotoka International Airport (ACC) en Accra. Te ayudamos a encontrar vuelos baratos a Ghana. ENCONTRAR VUELOS BARATOS

    Seguro de viaje

    Ir al extranjero es una aventura y siempre es mejor estar preparado. Enfermedad o lesión repentina, cancelación o robo: un seguro de viaje para Ghana proporciona seguridad y es una ventaja tenerlo. OBTENER UN PRESUPUESTO

    Vacunas

    Si tiene intención de realizar un voluntariado en Ghana, debe solicitar asesoramiento médico antes de iniciar su viaje social. Comprueba las vacunas que necesitas para Ghana. COMPROBADOR DE VACUNAS

    Detalles a la llegada

    Volunteers are free to arrive at any day of their choice but we advice volunteers arrive on Fridays or Saturdays, for them to have some rest and settle in before volunteer duties start on Monday (Volunteers are also allowed to determine when they want to start upon arrival). Volunteers can arrive at any time of the day but arriving in the evenings means volunteer will have to spend long time at the airport due to long queue because most  flights arrive in the evening. Therefore volunteers can look for flights that arrives mid morning or early afternoon.

    Our representative will pick up volunteer to the his /her host family's accommodation. 

    This program is all year round and volunteer can extend length of stay upon arrival.

    Disponibilidad
    Enero Feb. Marzo Abr. Mayo Jun Jul Agosto Set. Oct. Nov. Dic.

    Cuotas del programa

    4 semanas (estancia min.) 948€
    5 semanas 1.047€
    6 semanas 1.147€
    7 semanas 1.247€
    9 semanas 1.446€
    11 semanas 1.646€
    24 semanas (estancia max.) 2.943€
    Cuota promedio 180€/semana

    Cuotas del programa

    180€ cuotas semanales 4 - 24 semanas Edad 16 - 50+

    Métodos de pago

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    Duración

    4 - 24 semanas

    Depósito

    El depósito es simplemente para reservar tu vacante de voluntario. Los pagos se gestionan a través de PayPal, nuestro proveedor global de confianza. Si no tienes una cuenta PayPal, también puedes pagar con tarjeta de crédito.


    Pago final

    El pago final se acordará con SFLIG volunteers durante el proceso de solicitud. Las soluciones habituales son la transferencia bancaria o el pago en efectivo en el lugar del proyecto.


    Conoce a tu anfitrión(a)

    SFLIG volunteers

    Excelente 4.8 rating (36 reseñas)

    Sin fines de lucro - fundada en 2011

    Verificado por Volunteer World

      Ratio de respuesta excelente

    Coordinado por

    Sally

    Idiomas hablados: Inglés

    sobre la organización

    Solutions for Life Initiative Ghana (SFLIG) connect passionate people seeking to “give back” to the very people whose lives depends on it where there is mutual benefit

    Conoce a tu anfitrión(a)

    SFLIG Volunteer and Internship program is an initiative developed to improve the lives of children, especially girls from orphanages and broken homes and to provide support to single mothers. Our aim is to improve the lives of people from difficult backgrounds through school enrollment, housing provision, medical care and start-up capital for single mothers. Through these endeavors we hope to alleviate poverty and promote community growth.

    We are committed to achieving first six Sustainable Development Goals of the UN:

    1. No poverty
    2. zero hunger
    3. good health and well-being
    4. quality education
    5. gender equality
    6. clean water and sanitation.

    We introduce volunteers to our rich hospitality and culture. Ghana cannot be compared to any other country in Africa,
    We are dedicated to the concept of volunteering within our organisation. We welcome and celebrate the skills, knowledge and passion of people who are committed to making a change. We are proud to be part of their journey of self-discovery – a journey where, we find, the rewards are tangible and memorable.

    SFLIG offers volunteer experiences in many different categories. These include teaching, medical, working with children and creative art centres. Any one of these categories provides the volunteer with countless opportunities to see first-hand the challenges that exist for the less privileged in Ghana and to, more importantly, have a positive impact on the lives of those they meet.

    Mission

    Our mission is to help connect individuals and groups looking for the opportunity to give back to society to the very people who needs their support where both parties benefit. Volunteers experience new culture and life whiles helping to better the lives of the community. 

    Vision

    We envisage a voluntary journey where volunteers discover themselves and receives more than they give.

    Objective

    Our main objective is to mobilise resource to educate and empower the less privilege especially women and girls through volunteering and internship support.

    36 reseñas · rating4.8

    I had an amazing experience with SFLIG volunteers. From the start, the coordinator, Sally, was very helpful and welcoming. Before arriving, any questions or concerns were quickly answered. Throughout my stay, Sally continued to be friendly, showing me around, sharing the culture, and making some ...
    Rona Brown rating5

    2024 at Teaching Support in schools

    I volunteered with SFLIG Volunteers for 9 weeks in a school. They are in the Liberian refugee camp located in Ghana. Both of them were very welcoming, and I enjoyed the time so much spending with the children and learned a lot from them. It was my first time in Africa, but I had no issues during ...
    Emi Erving rating4

    2024 at Health Care and Medical Outreach

    Overall an amazing experience that is more than worth the cost and distance to travel! The people in the hospital (St. Gregory’s Catholic Hospital) where beyond kind and welcoming. They were eager to teach me, let me observe and eventually supportive in me doing things like setting and IV or doing ...
    Luca Elisa Baumgartner rating5

    2023 at Child Care Support

    My husband and I spent 4 month in Ghana from June - September 2023. Originally we wanted to stay for two month, but we extended our stay twice because we loved it so much 🥰 Sally is the perfect host and took wonderful care of us. We quickly became close friends (we always call her our ...
    Rachel Lespeance rating5

    2023 at Teaching Support in schools

    This experience is one of inspiration. I gave the children the supplies I brought. I have help and worked along side loving care givers teaching, learning to cool and encouraging the children in every way. Everyone has been kind and welcoming and the children have captured my heart ...
    Anna Kobsman rating5

    2023 at Creative Art Teachers

    Volunteering is a great unforgettable experience. So happy. I choose SFLIG volunteers!. Safe accommodation, best support and care of the organization. Insight into culture and customs of Ghana. Very heart warming people. Here you can truly impact with your skills and knowledge. So many different ...

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