Primeros Pasos

Countries

  • Guatemala

Types of Opportunities

  • Medical and dental clinics
  • Development research
  • Children's Health Educator
  • Nutritional Recuperation Facilitator

Costs

  • $300; excludes airfare

Language

  • Advanced Spanish required for medical positions
  • Conversational Spanish required for non-health professional positions

Physicians for Peace

Countries

  • Colombia
  • Costa Rice, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Nicaragua
  • Malawi
  • Philippines

Types of Opportunities

  • International Medical Educators: medical and health professionals that share clinical knowledge and work to train local professionals

Expected Costs

  • Variable depending on country, trip duration 

Language

  • No requirement

Lalmba

Countries Served

  • Ethiopia, Kenya, Eritrea

Types of Opportunities

  • Volunteer opportunities are available for health professionals, and require a 6 month minimum commitment 
  • The following volunteer positions are available: medical directors, project directors, and public health directors (MPH) 

 Expected Costs

  • All costs covered by Lalmba, including flights

Language

  • No requirements

HELP International

Countries Served

  • El Salvador, Peru, Uganda, India, Nepal, Thailand, Fiji, and the Philippines

Types of opportunities

  • Public Health research and programming
  • Community Health
  • Infrastructure development
  • Education empowerment
  • Business entrepreneurship
  • Design and implementation of development projects

Expected Costs

Global Ministries

Countries served:

  • Vary depending on global need

Types of volunteer opportunities:

  • There is a wide range of volunteer needs, including case managers for refugees, teachers, pastors, camp directors, children and youth assistants, health care administrators and practitioners.

Expected Costs:

  • Volunteers must raise/provide all funds, including airfare and in-country costs. 

Language:

  • No requirements