Location
  • India
    • Jaipur
Length
1 to 6 weeks
Project Types
Health Education Health Medical

Program Details

Language
Hindi
Age Min.
16
Age Max
72
Timeframe
Short Term Spring Break Summer Winter Year Round
Housing
Guesthouse Host Family Hostel Hotel
Groups
Small Group (1-15)
Travel Type
Budget Family Older Travelers Solo Women

Pricing

Starting Price
250
Price Details
$250 for 1 week and thereafter $200 per week.
What's Included
Accommodation Activities Airport Transfers Meals Wifi
What's Not Included
Airfare Domestic Airfare SIM cards Travel Insurance Visa
Sep 29, 2023
Feb 01, 2024
11 travelers are looking at this program

About Program

Are you planning to join in the field to volunteering in India through medical projects? One of our NGO is providing support to the population living in slums, backward and rural areas. We have a Clinic Building which is located in the rural part of Jaipur. The clinic is 15 minutes of drive from the center of Jaipur City. The clinic runs every day for 5 hours and provides treatment to the targeted population which lives rurals, backward & slums part of Jaipur. The clinic is not fully furnished but it has basic equipment for the treatments. There is Doctor, Nurse, Compounder, Counselor, Receptionist & local volunteer which directly provide health check-up, treatment of general sickness, STI Treatment & HIV/AIDS Counseling and Education Services.

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Program Highlights

  • Get the Hands on Experience work in local clinic hospital.
  • An entry in your CV as you have worked in under-developed country that will boost your profile in job market.
  • Gaining medical experience
  • Opportunity to learn Indian culture, language and their traditions.
  • Developing your communication skills & Learning Hindi

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Program Reviews

4.63 Rating
based on 8 reviews
  • 5 rating 62.5%
  • 4 rating 37.5%
  • 3 rating 0%
  • 2 rating 0%
  • 1 rating 0%
  • Impact 4.65
  • Support 4.75
  • Fun 4.5
  • Value 4.5
  • Safety 4.9
Showing 1 - 8 of 8 reviews
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Kamila
4/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Medical volunteer

I had the best time during this volunteer program, i learnt a lot regarding to medicine and Indian coulture. I had a chance to assist the staff by operating medical devices, measuring blood pressure and make injections. Everybody was very friendly and I felt comfortable working in a small team in the clinic.
I would recommend it to anyone interested in working in healthcare and gaining some medical experience. I think 2 weeks is a minimum.
The program is mainly observational, and without knowing Hindi I missed a lot on what the patients and doctor said, so make sure you learn some basics beforehand, to not feel left out. Not everything was included(tickets for sightseeing, transport for the evening shift).

10 people found this review helpful.
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Aditya
4/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Medical Project

My experience was definitely very unique here. I definitely recommend people to volunteer with this organization especially if they want to get medical experience. I only would add one thing which is ensuring that we work more than 4 hour shift because there are people who want to grasp more hours. The location was great because we also get to go sightseeing in Jaipur. Also, this program allowed us to better understand Indian culture specifically Rajasthani culture and how medicine works differently than where I’m from.

Pros
  • Gain medical experience
  • Cultural diversity
Cons
  • Shifts end soon
  • Transportation is not covered for everything
27 people found this review helpful.
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Mina
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Superb experience

I was in jaipur for the medical program with Volunteering with india. We could assist to the medical checkup of youngsters from other states who were found working in factories and now are temporarily living, learning and playing at the NGO center. After that we went to the street for medical checkups inside an equipped ambulance (bus-ambulance). The Bus-Ambulance is divided in two parts, First for Doctor and second for pharmacist. It was a great experience and I was able to learn from other fields of the volunteer programs.

What would you improve about this program?
Nothing, This was superb. not need to improve anything in this program.
72 people found this review helpful.
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Bina
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Best time in my life

Mobile medicine is a nice idea for local people who are in need or who live in some rural areas. During the experience of medical project here, I had chance to understand the local medical conditions and problems in India. I could discuss those problems with local workers, and tried to find a better ways of volunteering. I could participate in the process of medical consultation, preparing and giving medicine.
After a strong cultural impact due to diversity in the approach with the patient, inadequate medical devices and a huge language barrier I found a wonderful team that taught me to recognize the associations of Indian drugs, the most common diseases in India and to deliver medicines to patients.
So, even without ‘standard’ medical acts, I felt part of the team and it just made me feel like I was doing something.
Definitely I would do this experience a million times again.

If you did this all over again, what's one thing you would change?
Nothing , it is superb. This was the best experience in my life. i Can't forget it.
75 people found this review helpful.
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Tina
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Life time experience

The medical program with Volunteering with India is an incredible adventure on a bus-ambulance in which volunteers help the medical and pharmacist in assisting rural areas of Jaipur that otherwise would not have access to treatment.
We also checked the physical conditions of children in the village once a week. I have also learned some local language to make a better interaction with local people. I really learned a lot by the observation and enjoyed these days! We also had similar program in my hometown, and I will bring my experience back to make a better medical service.
I was so proud of myself at the first time that I finished the all process of preparing medicine and giving them to the patients by their language. This is my life time experience.

What is your advice to future travelers on this program?
it is not necessary to be a medical student in this program.
77 people found this review helpful.
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Isabella
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Amazing experience

The medical program with Volunteering with India is an incredible adventure on a bus-ambulance in which volunteers help the medical and pharmacist staff of the TAABAR ngo in assisting rural areas of Jaipur that otherwise would not have access to treatment.
After a strong cultural impact due to diversity in the approach with the patient, inadeguate medical devices and a huge language barrier I found a wonderful team that taught me to recognize the associations of Indian drugs, the most common diseases in India and to deliver medicines to patients.
So, even without ‘standard’ medical acts, I felt part of the team and it just made me feel like I was doing something.
Definitely I would do this experience a million times again.

71 people found this review helpful.
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Tzu huan
4/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Medical project

Mobile medicine is a nice idea for local people who are in need or who live in some rural areas. During the experience of medical project here, I had chance to understand the local medical conditions and problems in India. I could discuss those problems with local workers, and tried to find a better ways of volunteering. I could participate in the process of medical consultation, preparing and giving medicine. We also checked the physical conditions of children in the village once a week. I have also learned some local language to make a better interaction with local people. I really learned a lot by the observation and enjoyed these days! We also had similar program in my hometown, and I will bring my experience back to make a better medical service 😊

What was the most surprising thing you saw or did?
I was so proud of myself at the first time that I finished the all process of preparing medicine and giving them to the patients by their language.
76 people found this review helpful.
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Teresa
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

A worthy experience

I was in jaipur for the elephant program and I met a volunteer for the medical program at the guesthouse. We started sightseeing together and then we decided to exchange our experiences as volunteers. Therefore we asked the crew if we could join one day from the other program of each other.
Since my program was in the morning and hers in the afternoon, I was able to spend one afternoon with the staff from the medical program. We could assist to the medical checkup of youngsters from other states who were found working in factories and now are temporarily living, learning and playing at the NGO center. After that we went to the street for medical checkups inside an equiped ambulance. It was a great experience and I was able to learn from other fields of the volunteer programs.

73 people found this review helpful.

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