- Tanzania
- Arusha
About Program
The community health development program is for those working in the healthcare sector and are looking to contribute to health-based education and awareness in the local community. Our health programs aim to provide long-term, sustainable support to communities whereby people have the opportunity to be better educated on key health-related challenges including:
- Women’s Health
- Maternal Health
- WASH
- First Aid
- Disease prevention and control
- Dental Hygiene
To ensure safety for both volunteers and community members, health volunteers do not work in hospitals or clinics, where they perform direct medical services on patients. This program works specifically as a capacity-building program where volunteers can expect to develop resources, run workshops, provide talks and educate on health challenges.
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Program Highlights
- Experience the Tanzanian way of life and live within the local community
- Gain professional experience working in health development in a community with limited resources and support
- Become passionate about health based education and expand your professional skills and experience working in International Public Health
- Enjoy travel alongside a group of likeminded volunteers, stay in vibrant accommodation and enjoy weekend trips and tours!
- Gain Swahilli language experience
Program Impact
Key program focuses and outcomes:
- To work with local communities to ethically research and identify core health challenges.
- To develop a plan of how you will work to collaboratively develop community knowledge around such health challenges.
- To develop workshops, resources, and curriculums to educate the community on such challenges.
- To create a plan on how you will ethically conduct such outreach, including where, how, and what efforts will be made to gain the trust and consent of the community, safeguarding, and ethical practices.
Fursa projects have a primary focus on having a sustainable and ethical impact on the community and placements we work with. As such, your program does have set guidelines and key focuses that ensure the people you work with are protected, their needs are put first, the community remains at the forefront of development and to ensure a that volunteers continually contribute to long-term, overarching goals.
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Location
Arusha, a city in Tanzania, is nestled between Mount Kilimanjaro and Serengeti National Park among other reserves filled with wildlife.
