Healthcare & Nursing in Nakuru
Calling all medics! If you are studying nursing in the UK, your skills can be honed and put to excellent use by volunteering on placement in a hospital in Kenya's fourth largest town.
You can also book any of our Adventure Activities simply by using our online 'basket' facility to help create your KenyanAdventure.
If you would like more information or for a member of the team to give you a call, please get in touch - we would be happy to help.
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If you are a qualified medic and are looking for a working holiday or currently studying nursing and need to gain some vital hands-on experience during or after your studies, your KenyanAdventure can lead to you to making a real difference by working in a Provincial Hospital with our volunteer nursing project.
Conditions can be difficult and add to an already testing challenge as staff are sometimes overwhelmed by the volumes of patients who require much-needed treatment but it is of profound benefit to local communities when volunteer nurses come from abroad as they can make a lasting impact and life-long friends in an invaluable role.
You will be assigned as a member of a department team during your stay on our and working together with a Ward Sister to treat patients. Wards can be very basic in comparison with Western standards but are clean and adequate. Working hours are Monday-Friday 9am-3pm though you can choose to extend your shifts if you wish. You will be staying with a local family nearby to an authentic African experience and will be within a short distance of your assigned hospital.
A Typical Day...
Your daily duties are likely to vary and depend on the hospital department you work with, its requirements, staffing and volume of patients. If you have a specific request/question, please do not hesitate to get in touch and we will be able to find out the answer for you!
It is important to know exactly what you get with your trip so you can plan ahead with no unwanted surprises!
What's included:
- Project placement for duration of your stay.
- Project placement for duration of your stay
- Accommodation with family home-stay for duration of your stay
- Airport pick-up
- First night stay in hotel
- Transfer from airport to project location
- Project Orientation
- Breakfast and evening meals
- In-country support through Project Co-ordinators and In-Country Co-ordinator
- Emergency support in UK
- Cash injection into the you project you work on to help supply equipment
- Transport to project if required (provided if longer than 30 minute walk from homestay)
What's not included:
- Flights.
- Personal travel insurance
- Visa
- Return Airport Transport
- Lunch
Arrival Airport: Nairobi (Jomo Kenyatta International)
Project Start Dates: 1st or 3rd Monday of every month throughout the year
Project Length: Minimum one week, maximum six months
Minimum Age: 18. 16+ considered with parental approval
Qualifications: Proof of medical background/current course/qualification. Reference may be required
Remember, unlike most other volunteer travel companies, every time we send a volunteer to Africa, we donate a part of your trip fee directly into the project you visit Africa to work with to fund materials and equipment. If you work with this project for just two weeks, your donation money will help to fund one of:
- Hospital fees for a local school for three weeks
- Sanitary towels for 50 local women for a fortnight
- 3000 paracetamol tablets
