Volunteer Abroad / Health
Andean communities that rarely see a doctor. Clinics in impoverished areas of Oaxaca. Public health campaigns in Belize. HIV and AIDS outreach in Thailand. Eldercare in India. Be part of the great health work ProWorld is doing around the world. You'll be making a difference for today and tomorrow through important health projects.
The following are examples of volunteer projects. Projects are dynamic and change throughout the course of the year, as well as the volunteer needs at each project. Final project placement for volunteers (especially during the peak season months of May-August) will be determined by site teams based on community need, while also taking into account your skills and interests.
Projects
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Peru
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Description and Impact
The Peruvian elderly often find themselves out of luck and with nowhere to go. Some have been abandoned by their families, while others have...
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This is a featured projectExperience Community-Guided Healthcare
Description and Impact
Meet local health care professionals. Learn basic Spanish medical terminology. See...
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Build and Install Cleaner-Burning Stoves for Families in Peru
Description and Impact
Indoor air pollution is now the fourth largest health risk facing the developing world...This is a featured projectGive the Gift of Clean WaterDescription and Impact
Every year, diarrheal diseases caused by unsafe water are responsible for roughly 1.8 million...
Ghana
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Description and Impact
This organization was founded in 2008 by a doctor with the intention of educating, sensitizing and creating a heightened awareness on the...
AIDS is not as widespread in Ghana as it is in other parts of Africa, but it is more prevalent in rural areas. Other STDs as well, go untreated because people don...
Description and Impact
Meet local health care professionals. Experience clinics and see how a holistic healthcare...
Help collaborative health services deliver quality care to underserved populations in Cape CoastThe disparity between rich and poor is starkly obvious in Ghana’s healthcare system. Without access to good nutrition and basic healthcare, poor and under-resourced...
Growing need for good healthcare strains hospitalsWithout access to basic healthcare, families in rural Ghana face increasing rates of unwanted pregnancies, unsafe abortions, and risk contracting deadly, yet preventable...
Teach women and children how to stay wellWithout access to basic healthcare, families in rural Ghana face increasing rates of unwanted pregnancies, unsafe abortions, and risk contracting deadly, yet preventable...
Belize
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Description and Impact
The availability of high quality medical care is vital to any community’s needs. Developing countries such as Belize often...
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Description and Impact
The small community in San Ignacio has a growing need for elderly home facilities and those willing to help look after the residents. In a...
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This is a featured project
Description and Impact
If you are interested in a career in special education or physical therapy, this could be the...
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Experience Community-Guided Healthcare
Meet local health care professionals. Experience clinics and see how a holistic healthcare system works in the rural areas of a developing country. ProWorld’s...
Mexico
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Description and Impact
One Mexico’s most forgotten group is poor children with disabilities. For these children, overcoming poverty and a disability is a double...
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Promote Healthy Eating to Encourage Healthy Communities
Description and Impact
According to the 2000 census, Oaxaca is the second-poorest state in Mexico. The average...
Thailand
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Experience Community-Guided Healthcare
Meet local health care professionals. Learn basic Thai and see how a holistic healthcare system works in the rural areas of a developing country. ProWorld’s...
Nepal
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This is a featured project
Description and Impact
In Nepal, the health-care problems are varied and enormous. Being one of the poorest countries in the world, the majority of people live...
Brazil
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Description and Impact
Although the Brazilian economy is flourishing, many Brazilians have not felt the benefits of industrialization. The gap between rich and poor...
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The town of Palmeiras is high in the mountains near Chapada Diamantina National Park. The town is typically rural and remote with few families having access to adequate...
Philippines
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This is a featured projectProvide Healthcare to Rural Communities
Thousands of people living just outside the city of Talcoban lack access to the same quality of health services available in the city. Rural health clinics remain extremely...
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Help families make a healthy and balanced diet a priority
Health and balanced nutritional diets are frequently not a priority in many Filipino communities, resulting in higher than normal rates of heart disease, diabetes, vitamin A...
South Africa
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Former President Mbeki was a strong proponent of AIDS/HIV denialism, underfunding inexpensive treatments and promoting alternative “treatments,” such as a diet of...
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ProWorld works with our local partners to help families suffering from extreme poverty or HIV/ AIDS. ProWorld focuses on community empowerment and skills training, helping...
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- 29,000
Trees Planted
- 14
Countries
- 5,100
ProWorld Volunteers
- 22
Schools Constructed
- 6,100
Stoves Installed
- 18,450
Patients Treated
- 4
Centers Built
- $7,100,000
Capital Injected
- 860,000
Service Hours