2024 at Construction & Renovation
Nursing Assistance
Highlights
- Work alongside and under the supervision of local staff, and get the chance to dress wounds or administer IV injections.
- Gain professional and personal experiences while interning/volunteering in Ghana as a nurse.
- Experience authentic Ghanaian culture and traditions by living with a local host family.
- Enjoy optimum flexibility in your program duration, which could be one week to one year!
- Go on weekend excursions or join social events together with other OGVO volunteers and interns.
- Work alongside and under the supervision of local staff, and get the chance to dress wounds or administer IV injections.
- Gain professional and personal experiences while interning/volunteering in Ghana as a nurse.
- Experience authentic Ghanaian culture and traditions by living with a local host family.
Especially good for
About the program
This project is also ideally suited to professionals interested in using their skills to help, as well as university medical and healthcare elective students.
OGVO’s Nursing interns in Ghana are able to learn about & experience various medical conditions not normally seen in Western countries. As a Nursing intern in Ghana you will develop your nursing skills in a hospital environment that is different from the one that you are probably used to. At times ...
Typical day
Start your day after a good night's sleep in your host family’s home. Get dressed, eat breakfast and grab a tro-tro or shared taxi to get to the hospital. Don’t forget your white coat!
Your day starts at about 8am, Monday to Friday. This will, however, depend on the department you are working in. ..
Free-time activities
During weekends Volunteers/Interns have the opportunity to visit all that Ghana has to offer. Weekend trips available include visits to Mole National Park in the Northern Region of Ghana. This National Park offers a great Safari-like experience and is one of the biggest Elephant Sanctuaries in ...
Requirements
What's Included
What's NOT included?
Details on arrival
This program is available all year round, so volunteers or interns can arrive any day of the week or any month of the year with advance notice!
Program fees
Meet your organization
Our Generation Voluntary Organization
Non-profit - founded in 2004
Verified by Volunteer World
Coordinated by
Frank
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