Basecamp International Centers believe international volunteering promotes cross-cultural learning that helps create global awareness, understanding between cultures and provides the platform for positive change. Our volunteers have taught in schools, provided disaster relief support for the International Red Cross, conducted essential research to improve the management strategies of threatened environments, built homes for impoverished people, provided vocational training and programs for street kids and have worked in co-operation with hundreds of local organizations to distribute aid and improve the quality of life for people throughout Asia, Africa and Latin AmericaWe have volunteer placement on Social, Heath and Medical, Environment, Children and Building Projects in Nepal, Peru, Ghana, Nicaragua, Tanzania, Costa Rica and Ecuador.Basecamp International Centers welcomes all the interested volunteers from around the world to volunteer and make a difference.
This hospial provide health and medication for patients, according to their illness or needs that any given patient may have at the moment. We have an emergency room for the different treatments that any population may request, we attend anything from minor surgery, to major surgery, seriously illnesses and wounds, women in labor, c-sections, newborns, people involve in serious accidents, orthopedic, infectious diseases etc.. As any hospital work, we work 24 hour, doctors pay a morning visit and an evening visit to our patients who are hospitalized, and there are at least one to two nurses in the wind all the time. Volunteers are needed to assist the staff with various daily tasks that they are developing. This is an excellent placement for pre-med and nursing students, where they will be able to witness a operations and surgeries. It is an opportunity for volunteers to learn how to assist in simple treatment of patients and futhermore to witness medical techniques and learn how health care systems function in a developing country.
Volunteers can assist by doing following tasks:- People with high aptitude of service, and are responsible and willing to work with the spirit of cooperation with our staff. Volunteers must be of age 20 or above with minimum education of undergraduation.
Volunteers with the following special skills are preferred for the placement:- Doctor Nurse Medical Student Pre-Med Student Emergency Medical Technician Wilderness First Responder First Responder Standard First-Aid Health & Hygiene Training HIV/AIDS Awareness Training Public Health Physiotherapy Wilderness First-Aid
What is the purpose of this organization? San Jose Hospital provides health care and medication for patients in response to their unique needs and various illnesses. We have an emergency room that provides a variety of different treatments: from minor to major surgery, treating serious injuries, treatment of infectious diseases, pre- and post-natal care for both women and newborns, orthopedics, etc. The hospital operates on a 24-hour schedule. Doctors pay a visit our patients once in the morning and once in the afternoon, and there are at least two nurses on the wing at all times.What community(s) does this organization assist? We serve several communities in the Carazo deparment. Just to mention a few: Caseres, La Boquita, La Trinidad, Buena Vista, San Gregorio, Veracruz de Acayo, Tupilapa, and Huehuete. People also come to San Jose Hospital from other departments.
Basecam Centers welcomes all the interested volunteers from around the world to volunteer and make a difference. If you are interested in this placement then please contact us for the details:
Email: info@basecampcenters.com
Website: www.basecampcenters.com
Address 186 Princess Street Kingston, Ontario Canada, K7L 1B1
Phone: 613.541.7862
Toll Free : 866.646.4693
Fax: 613.541.1604
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