Medical Volunteer Western Kenya

Sori lakeside hospital is situated in western Kenya, Kisumu County. The hospital provides both in patient and out patients and holds a capacity of 138 beds. It’s located in Migori county karungu division, Sori trading center.

VOLUNTEER ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Volunteer’s/interns will be working and engage in different groups within the communities. Explaining to the community how T.B is a social problem. Volunteer will be working with local medical doctors and support the health delivery system and will be attending to TB patients HIV/AIDs, giving drugs and recording, booking patients, Assist doctors, Nurses and medical staffs, Assist doctors Examine and treat the patients, Treat minor injuries. Volunteers can also participate in hospital programs like record keeping, Educate patients on the importance of sanitation, nutrition, etc.

Attending to pregnant mother clinic/family planning, giving children injections and weighing and Laboratory services, The volunteer will also serves people who seek out-patient curatives services, immunization for under five years children, family planning, and HIVAIDS guiding and counseling.

Volunteers will have an opportunity to work directly with the rural community and HIV/Aids patients to raise awareness of counseling and testing services availability of ART and opportunistic infection while prioritizing prevention education especially among those who have benefited from ART and sex workers. The volunteer will also assist the AIDS patients through home-based care and nutritional counseling. It will also assist educating/ training in model farms to increase food sustainability.

 Airport Transfer

You will be met by our representative at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi from where you are transferred to the accommodations in Nairobi itself. Volunteers who will be already in Kenya or arriving overland would need to give us their contact details so that the pickup can be arranged from a specific location.