For specific information on medical volunteer opportunities in each country, please follow the links immediately following.  For general details on Africa medical volunteer placement abroad, please scroll towards the end of the page.

Africa Medical Volunteering Placements

• Kenya Healthcare Volunteering 
• Zanzibar Medical Care Volunteering
• Tanzania Mainland Medical Volunteering

General Description of Medical Volunteer Project Placements

A typical four week  schedule of the Basic international volunteer program looks as follows:

Day 1: Arrival, registration and introduction to the program Day 2: Orientation and introduction to the local language mainly Swahili. Day 3 – 26 Placement with host family and project (eg school for teachers etc) Day 27: Voluntary work Placement ends. Evaluation of volunteer experience.

Africa Medical & Dental Volunteer Service Abroad

Our Africa health volunteer placements are open to medical professionals including doctors, dentists, nurses, medical laboratory technologists, etc. They are also open to students in all medical fields. A professional license, relevant student ID or college letter showing your program and level of study is required at the start of your medical volunteer placement abroad.

Prep-program students (such as pre-meds) should apply for the Africa medical internships, not the medical volunteer program.

All prospective international medical volunteers also need to submit a resume showing their area and level of expertise and what they hope to achieve from the medical volunteer placement in Africa. 

As an overseas medical volunteer (medical students, nursing students or intern), you will work with local staff in support of the health care efforts. You can also work as a dental or medical assistant volunteer at one of the local hospitals. Generally you will assist/support the doctor/dentists or clinician in the normal routine of medical work e.g. taking vital signs, dressing wounds, taking patients history, counseling patients, providing assurance and moral support to patients' family, disbursing minor drugs etc.

There are a number of medical  and dental clinics in Africa where you can provide voluntary services. We also have wonderful international volunteer work opportunities for dentists and dental technicians and hygienists in a number of African hospital dental units.  You will find the Africa dental and medical volunteer abroad opportunity enlightening and rewarding.

International  medical and health care volunteers and overseas interns will be expected to work for between 3 to 8 hours a day. 

Please Contact Us for further details.