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Nurse Tele-nursing Mission Trip in Ghana
Medical,nurses,doctors,medical students and internship placement in Ghana
Mission Statement:
Overview of the Project
As health authorities in Ghana are seriously working hard to improve the health system in Ghana, so as R.V.O-Ghana has taking it upon ourselves to assist with the improvement of the health services in Ghana by inviting trained and pre-trained health professionals and volunteers with the interest across the world to come and volunteer in some of the health centers of Ghana.
Most of these placements are in the poor communities in Ghana where health professionals are needed most. R.V.O-Ghana organizes placement for volunteers who are interested in working at the childcare and maternity hospital.
In this project, volunteers are expected to work alongside the local Nurses and Doctors; The work is mostly depending on volunteer''s level of knowledge, experience and skill.
Through this project, we aim to increase access to basic healthcare for rural people, providing public health services in all aspects of clinical nursing, with a primary health work with the community nurses and promote health education in the villages.
Role of a Volunteer
The work is mostly depending on volunteer''s level of knowledge, experience and skill. Volunteers would be mainly involved in care of patients, replacing bandages, checking blood pressure, first aid treatment, assisting in the delivery of babies, weighing of babies.• Assist doctors and nurses in local hospitals
• Change bandage ,Deliveries
• Take blood pressure
• Educating people on basic prevention and first aid / healthcare education
Health volunteers must have the proof of qualification as a health professional, medical student, doctor or nurse. Volunteers must have medical background to volunteer in this project. Pre-medical student must also indicate their interest on the application form.
R.V.O-GHANA manages room/food for volunteer. Volunteers live with host families and we manage a separate room and local meals three times a day. Volunteer will also have regular visitation to project site and host family, 24hrs every week access to our office in Ghana and mobile number of our coordinators. Our staffs also visit volunteers every week as part of the program.
Our Healthcare Project Locations and Descriptions
RVO organize teaching project/Placement in all the regions of Ghana. Healthcare project in small and urban towns like Kumasi, Cape Coast, Accra, Brong Ahafo, Koforidua, Konongo, Nkawkaw, Sunyani, Tamale and Nsawam.
In these towns you can find unique tourist attraction centers, shops where you can do shopping’s, banks, telephone booths and internet cafes available in these towns.
Where volunteer can go for weekends and longer periods:
Ghana is a land of cultural diversity and contrast. It has many cultural and unique tourist attraction centers to offer volunteers. Cape Coast is a true cultural and historical town, most tourist love traveling to this town because of the Elmina castle where slave trade begun, the Kakum Canopy walkway, the cape coast castle and the ancient buildings.
R.V.O staff is ever ready to offer volunteers guidelines before traveling.
A typical day of a volunteer in the Project
7 AM – 8 AM: Breakfast: Join nurses and doctors and Start Working in Clinic
9AM – 4 PM: Lunch break and Join nurses and doctors again Working in Clinic
Evening: Free time. Volunteers can visit local pubs with their local host families or friends.
Dates of Project: 1st and 15th of every month, and because this project is ongoing volunteers can choose their own available date to volunteer.
Description:
Details of project, Host family and other information for Healthcrae Placement:
Name: AVAILABLE PLACEMENT
Volunteering period: 2012 -2013
Area of placement requested: HealthCare Project.
Country: Ghana
1. General Project Information:
Name and address of local contact or country co-ordinator
(Please call my mobile phone number for emergency or if any)
Name: Amoakoh Richmond
Address: Box RY 655 railways-Kumasi, Ghana.
Tel: 233-24-4591378
Email: rappito2001@yahoo.com
Project Information:
Volunteer will work at the Onwe Govt. hospital in Onwe, a Village near Ejusu, and the town of the famous Yaa Asantewaa. The hospital which was established by the Seventh Day Adventist church for the community in 1987. The hospital has the following wards:
Males Ward, Females Ward, Children’s Ward, Special Ward, Female Surgical Ward, Male surgical ward, Maternity Ward, Delivery Ward.
Below are the staffs assistance in the hospital:
Lab – 1, Dispensary- 3, Ward Assistance – 6, Nursing officers – 2, Senior Enrol nurses – 2, Administration staff – 4, Medical officer – 1 and Medical assistance –1.
There are 30 beds in the hospital.
Volunteer main responsibilities:
As a volunteer at the Onwe Govt. hospital in Onwe, You will be expected to work alongside the nurses and the medical officers to attend to patients, give medicines and also help them relax.
The work is mostly depending on volunteers level of knowledge, experience and skill. Volunteers would be mainly involved in care of patients, replacing bandages, checking blood pressure, first aid treatment, assisting in the delivery of babies, weighing of babies.• Assist doctors and nurses in local hospitals
• Change bandage ,Deliveries
• Take blood pressure
• Educating people on basic prevention and first aid / healthcare education
Volunteer will also have regular visitation to project site and host family, 24hrs every week access to our office in Ghana and mobile number of our coordinators. Our staffs also visit volunteers every week as part of the program.
Total Working days and hours per day:
Working days and hours per day will be according to the volunteer’s abilities. But generally depends on the schedule arranged between participants and our staff with the project host.
The work is mostly 6 hours daily and it begins from Mondays-Saturdays
Where volunteer can go for weekends and longer periods:
Ghana is a land of cultural diversity and contrast. It has many cultural and unique tourist attraction centres to offer you. Cape Coast is a true cultural and historical town, most tourist love travelling to this town because of the Elmina castle where slave trade begun, the Kakum Canopy walkway, the cape coast castle and the ancient buildings.
Please you are to inform the RVO -co-ordinator for advice / guidelines before travelling.
2. Accommodation:
Volunteer will live with a local host family in Ghana.
Type of room: shared flat for volunteers.
The following would be provided in the room/house:
Desk, mattress, fan, pillow, light, Bed, lock on door. Electricity (220 voltages)
Volunteer is advised to bring: mosquito net, bed spread/pillow cases
Type of toilet available for volunteer: water closet (w.c)
Water available: pipeborne water/treated water
Host family information (name of household)
Ama Duffie (Host mother)
Robert Berko (Host Father)
INMATES OF THE HOUSE:
Edward Essuming -3yrs (Son) Student
Enoch Mensah -22 yrs (Nephew) student
Distance in miles and time to nearest major town:
20 minutes drive to Kumasi .
Name and distance of nearest commercial airfield or bus station:
Ejusu Lorry Park and it is 5 minutes drive.
Distance and location of nearest phone/internet café:
Phone booths available at project site but you are to travel 20 munities to Kumasi for internet café ..
Nearest medical services for minor problems:
Onwe Gov
Profession:
Nurse
Specialty:
Tele-nursing
Region:
Africa
Country:
Ghana
Starting date:
2012-Jun-29
Ending date:
2013-Jun-29
Posted:
2012-Jun-29
Paid Opportunity:
Volunteer