Volunteer Nursing

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Hi all - I'm a RN in Florida and I'm looking to volunteer some time (2 weeks) in Africa next summer. I'm hoping someone has already had that experience and can recommend a reputable organization to go through. I'm interested in doing HIV / AIDS work, possibly in Kenya or Tanzania. Any suggestions or advice is greatly appreciated.

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Specializes in ICU, Emergency Department.

I've heard good things about Doctors without Borders, but I know they require a minimum stay in your placed area and I'm certain that it's much longer than two weeks (I think it's something like six months..)

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Specializes in Education, FP, LNC, Forensics, ED, OB.

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I moved your thread to the Volunteer Nursing forum for a better response. Please check out the sticky threads (found at the top of this forum) as well as other threads, for helpful advice.

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Specializes in neuro, ICU/CCU, tropical medicine.

I spent a year volunteering in Ethiopia - but it doesn't sound like that's what you are looking for.

From the research that I did, I suspect that if you want to go for a short mission, you'll have to pay your own way.

I recommend you start looking at the International Medical Vounteers Association:

http://www.imva.org/

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