Medical

Countries: Kenya
Duration: from 2 Weeks to 8 Weeks

Get some useful medical experience under your belt and help to make a difference to local communities by volunteering in Kenya. You will form a vital part of giving locals access to a better standard of healthcare and experience African culture.

Countries: Nepal
Duration: from 2 Weeks

Volunteers on our Projects Abroad Medical placement in Nepal will gain a great deal of valuable work-experience alongside some of the most skilled doctors in the country. You will find yourself coming into contact with conditions that you wouldn't normally see in the developed world.

Countries: India
Duration: from 2 Weeks to 3 Months

Duration: from 2 Weeks

Volunteering on a Medicine & Healthcare Project with Projects Abroad will provide you with an invaluable experience of the challenges faced by medical institutions in the developing world. The placements we provide are suitable for people of all levels of experience, across the fields of Medicine, Physiotherapy, Nursing, Midwifery, Dentistry, Occupational Therapy and Speech Therapy.

Countries: Guatemala, Sri Lanka
Duration: from 2 Weeks to 12 Months

Countries: Kenya
Duration: from 2 to 12

When people think of Mombasa they think of sun, sea, glorious white sandy beaches, safaris and wild animals and what a wonderful time they will have, but if only that could be what the local people would think of. Instead the people of the area are facing one of the deadliest diseases of our time and are having to cope with the many effects of HIV/AIDS.

Countries: Japan
Duration: from 6 Months

Medical placements involve helping at Red Cross Hospitals and provide excellent experience for anyone hoping to work in medicine or health related fields. The work is varied as volunteers will work in a variety of wards helping with many different tasks. Japanese lessons will be provided at the hospitals and volunteers may be asked to teach English to the nursing staff. The more Japanese you know, the more responsible the tasks you may be given. The role of a medical volunteer in Japan is exciting and interesting and offers the volunteer a real insight into both medical care and Japanese culture. All applicants are matched to placements to ensure that there is a good fit between the volunteer and the hospital. Lattitude Global Volunteering is an international youth development charity that has been sending volunteers on challenging structured and exciting voluntary placements around the world for 40 years.

Countries: Guatemala
Duration: from 2 Weeks to 12 Weeks

Countries: Argentina
Duration: from 4 Weeks to 12 Weeks

Countries: India
Duration: from 2 Weeks

Volunteers on our Projects Abroad Medical placement in India will gain a great deal of valuable work-experience alongside some of the most skilled and inspirational doctors in the country. You will find yourself coming into contact with conditions that you wouldn't normally see in the developed world.

Countries: Kenya
Duration: from 1 Weeks to 6 Months

International Volunteer HQ (IVHQ), the world's most affordable international volunteer organisation, offers a range of volunteer projects in Kenya, including teaching, orphanage work, sports education, HIV/AIDS work, music teaching, medical, special needs and women's education.

Countries: Kenya
Duration: from 4 Weeks

Volunteers on our Projects Abroad Medical placement in Kenya will gain a great deal of valuable work-experience alongside some of the most skilled doctors in the country. You will find yourself coming into contact with conditions that you wouldn't normally see in the developed world.

Countries: Ecuador
Duration: from 6 Weeks to 10 Weeks

Winner Best Gap Year Company - Sunday Times. Combine a 6 week internship in either medicine, teaching, care or business based in Quito, Ecuador + 3 weeks of volunteering + 1 adventure week.

Duration: from 2 Weeks

With Projects Abroad you can volunteer on a Nursing or Midwifery placement in one of the many hospitals, clinics, orphanages, and care centres that we work with overseas. As a volunteer you will be expected to become part of the team, shadowing your supervisor, assisting local staff and helping care for patients.

Countries: Mexico