Voluntary Work in Rehabilitation Center

This multifunctional Rehab-Center takes great care of people with special needs. The center focuses on the Kindergarten and the elementary school. 75% of the school’s pupils are disabled children who need professional staff members to take care of them. Teacher working there, however, never received such education. The Rehab-Center also offers consulting, an operating room and a hospital division. The working staff is always overworked.

There is no doubt that volunteers are always appreciated. Besides, the centre produces prostheses. It also gives shelter to more than 30 people who were abandoned by their families. Everyone  willing and able to help those disabled people, to give them a new self-esteem, is welcome! Qualified volunteers, e.g. nurses, physiotherapists, teacher etc. contribute just as much as unprofessional volunteers. Those may organize free time activities or HIV / AIDS educational campaigns.

Accommodation and Meals:  

Volunteers are usually accommodated by hosting families. You will receive three meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner) there and eat together with the family. Hence you get to know the eating habits of Cameroonians and you will receive an intense insight into the culture of Western Africa.

What is included in the Price?

• Airport Pick-up:
  Arriving in a new country is always exciting. We want your arrival to be as relaxed as possiple. One of our staff members will pick you up at the airport and bring you to your host family. He/she will be waiting for you at the airport with a sign with your name on it.
• Orientation Program:
  Within the first days of your arrival one of our team members will pick you up and show you around. We try to do the orientation with several volunteers simultaneously, so there will be idel options to gain new contact.
• Accommodation:
  You will stay in well selected host families in your own room. This families could be with or without pets or children. The accomodation will be as close as possible to the project. In general you can reach the projects by foot or by public transport.
• All Meals:
  3 meals per day are offered wihin the host family (breakfast, lunch and dinner).
• Contact Person on the Project:
  For any questions, problems or obscurities you can always contact one of our local team members.
• 24 Hour Emergency Service:
  For any questions, problems or obscurities you can always contact one of our local team members.
• Certificate after successful Project:
  After the succesful project each volunteer will recieve an official certificate of participation.

What is not included?

• Visa
• International Health Insurance
• Flight
• Transportation costs inside the country
• Personal expenses

More Tips and Information:

• Project Start:
  The projects run all throughout the year. Therefore your project will start on an individual date depending on actual openings and your schedule.
• Time of Arrival:
  It is quite comfortable to arrive a few days before the start of your project. You will have enough time to recover from the journey and to do the first trips. This allows you to acclimatise and to get to know your host family, the country and the people.