Volunteer for Fundacion Niñez Internacional Medical / Dental Clinic in Ecuador, Basecamp International Centers, Quito, Ecuador

 Description

As a nonprofit humanitarian organization, Fundacion Ni�±ez Internacional strives to help children around 
the world overcome the burdens of poverty to become healthy, educated, self-sustaining and contributing members 
of society. 

This goal is achieved primarily through child sponsorship, which unites children in need with individual 
sponsors who wish to address the childrens immediate and basic needs, and gives them the tools and opportunities 
necessary for success. In addition to sponsorship, Fundacion Ni�±ez Internacional works to further improve 
the living conditions of children and families living in poverty. Through projects such as latrine building, 
clean-water initiatives and income-generation programs, we help families live healthier and

Fundacion Ni�±ez Internacional in Ecuador offers direct sponsorship to over 53,000 children in Ecuador; 
20,000 of which are living in poor neighbourhoods in Quito. Sponsored children in Quito are served through 
community centers in 5 different neighbourhoods which offer health and dental care as well as educational support 
services. 

Volunteers can assist by doing the following tasks;

Volunteers at the Medical/Dental clinics are asked to assist the doctors and dentists in their routine 
check-ups and tasks. Volunteers usually spend at least half of the day working side-by-side with the doctors, weighing 
patients, doing eye exams, helping to administer medicine and be a support for the children and their families 
that come to the centers. The other half of the day is often spent helping to archive patient information, and 
to prepare patient folders and information for the coming day. Volunteers at this clinic receive excellent 
practical experience in how a well managed clinic is run, are able to see the daily tasks and the energy involved 
in administering such a medical center, as well as interact with people who would otherwise never recieve these 
kinds of services. Volunteers at the medical clinic in the past have helped with English classes after the 
doctors are finished for the day (2:30pm) and volunteers are also welcome to help out with sexual education 
workshops for young people on the weekends (often seen as a taboo subject here).

 Requirements 

Volunteers must be of age 18 or above with minimum education of high school. Volunteers with the following 
special skills are preferred for the placement:-

Doctor

Nurse

Medical Student

Pre-Med Student

Emergency Medical Technician

Standard First-Aid

Health & Hygiene Training

HIV/AIDS Awareness Training

Medical Administration

Public Health

Physiotherapy

Child & Youth Worker

Early Childhood Education

At-Risk Youth Work

Leadership Programming

Social Worker (BSW)

References from people who have done Short Term Missions with this organization before are available upon 
request. Submit "I Want to Volunteer!" to receive more information.

 Additional Detail


Basecamp International Centers welcomes all the interested volunteers from around the world to volunteer and 
make a difference. If you are interested in this placement then please contact us for the details:



Email: info@basecampcenters.com	

Website: www.basecampcenters.com



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