Livingstone Clinic And Medical Outreach Project Detail

Livingstone Clinic And Medical Outreach Project

Medical Volunteers spend their time providing much needed assistance within the medical establishments of Livingstone.  You do not need to be qualified for our Medical Project; you just need the desire to Impact!

The Medical Project consists of 3 main areas of work

The Clinics -  The role of the volunteer within a clinic is to provide back up and assistance to a very understaffed medical establishment. The main roles within clinics are "baby weighing" and taking "vitals"; blood pressure, temperature and weight of a patient before they see the clinical officer. Volunteers will also be providing basic education on a variety of different subjects through "Health Talks".

Maramba Old People's Home - Medical volunteers provide assistance by helping the elderly residents with their laundry, tidying and cleaning their living areas, working in the vegetable garden which feeds the residents.  The home is poorly funded by the government and the residents mostly have no family or carers to look after them.  Volunteers also provide a friendly face to these people who have little entertainment or interaction by going armed with games, puzzles and a smile!

Home Based Care - Our volunteers accompany community volunteers as they visit bed ridden or immobile patientsacross Livingstone. It is their duty to provide basic advice, comfort and assistance to members of the community with little to no access to clinics or hospitals. This may mean basic First Aid or chatting to patients about the importance of hygiene, a healthy diet and exercise.  Home Based Care is also about assisting those incapable of taking care of themselves by making a patient's bed, doing a bit of simple house work for them, and generally trying to improve their circumstance in the most basic yet effective way.

Please note: You must ensure that you bring originals or certified copies of your medical qualifications in order for you to be allowed to work in specialized sections of maternity wards or laboratories.  

AFTERNOON COMMUNITY PROJECTS

After having spent the morning in a clinic or Home Based Care, you will help out the local community in different areas in the afternoon. You will rotate between the following community projects: 
(Please note that if you prefer to spend every, or several, afternoons a week helping out in the clinics instead of working on the community projects, this can be arranged.) 

Build / paint / refurbish schools and clinics  

Elephant Pepper Project

Home Based Care / Farming

Reading Club

Art Club

Adult Literacy Club

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