Projects - Health - Volunteers

Liz Stone, a General Practitioner from Shrewsbury, learned about the Partnership from a friend living in Norwich. She had never been to Africa before but volunteered to go to Dedza for three weeks in August 2006 to work in the hospital. She worked in the outpatients department, on ward rounds and in the operating theatre. Liz established a good working relationship with the local staff and was able to gain firsthand knowledge of the working of the District Hospital and its needs.

Liz Stone at Dedza District Hospital

In 2008, we were contacted by Marianne Sondergaard and Carsten Simonsen, two Danish final year medical students who were looking for a work placement in Africa. We were able to arrange for them to spend six weeks at the Dedza District Hospital, where they assisted with various duties on the wards. In 2009 we are helping two medical students from Sheffield University who have arranged a placement at the hospital through a friend in Dedza.

If you are interested in undertaking this sort of project, please get in touch through any of the contacts on the website. Volunteers usually pay their own travel and other costs. Other help could be providing equipment that the volunteers can take with them.