FREDAfrica is dedicated to improve and respect every one’s life.
Under our public health project, with the help of our local community coordinators, supervisors and already existing village action team members, we do a variety of activities aimed at improving lives of people.
We thank all medical volunteers, professionals, nursing students who have offered the locals with such a great health services to all our remote locations.
This has enabled many Ugandans especially those from remote communities re-gain their health and learn to make informed decisions about their families and well-being.
FREDAfrica still calls upon nursing students, volunteers work for medical professions and those interested and or studying global public to join us in improving lives of people in Uganda.
Volunteers in the public health improvement program join in on the work organized by the village action team members.
Volunteer activities may include a variety of the following activities:
- working in clinics and maternity hospitals speaking with women and girls about reproductive, maternal, and child health;
- assisting medical workers in labs and pharmacies;
- joining community public health improvement activities such as building clay stoves, planting vegetable gardens, and renovating natural spring wells; and
- Conducting seminars about community sanitation, household and personal hygiene, nutrition, disease prevention, and sex education.
Basic training and educational materials are on site, but volunteers are encouraged to bring new materials as well.
WHY CHOOSE PUBLIC HEALTH.
Learn the reality on the ground regarding public health in Uganda;
Assist medical professionals to serve more patients in less time;
Witness the grace and resourcefulness of Ugandan health care workers; and
Work alongside community members in real public health related interventions.
Professional medical skills are wanted in our hospitals and clinics
AT YOUR WORKPLACE/ LOCAL COMMUNITY
Volunteers are given a private room and 3 daily meals.
Meals consist of local foods, such as matooke (mashed plantain), posho (corn meal), cassava, rice, chapatti, and sweet potatoes.
They are generally served with peas, beans, fish, or groundnut sauce. Bread and tea are the usual breakfast.
Vegetarian, vegan, and gluten- or lactose-free diets are welcome.
There is electricity but no indoor plumbing. Expect pit latrines and cold bucket showers especially at place of work.
This program may involve working in the sun. Volunteers should bring a hat and walking shoes.
As you’ll be working off the beaten track, expect to ride to work on the back of a motorcycle.
Volunteers working in clinical environments must provide their own uniforms and personal protective equipment.
VOLUNTEERING WITH US IN PUBLIC HEALTH MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN MANY LIVES OF THE PEOPLE IN UGANDA.
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