Volunteer Sri Lanka Medical!

Volunteer Sri Lanka Medical!

Many travelers come here every year to experience grand temples, mystical ruins and peaceful beaches lined with clear blue waters. This Sri Lanka medical volunteer program is an eye-opening experience for you. You will gain invaluable work experience while immersing in local cultures and making a difference. We offer medical volunteer and internships opportunity in the Teaching Hospital (THK). Established in 1982, this hospital is the largest tertiary care center in the Southern Province.

This project will be amazing for your future career and offer you a lot of work-experience in varieties of medical fields. Besides, your help will assure that the Sri Lankans get an easy access to adequate health care facility.

Are you interested in a once in a lifetime chance to provide care to those less fortunate and gain valuable medical experience while on an exciting adventure in a fascinating country? Then contact Global Crossroad for more information today!

Volunteer Sri Lanka Medical: Program Dates

Start Dates:

All Volunteer programs in Sri Lanka start every Monday. However, Global Crossroad is very flexible and understands that various travel constraints that you might face.

Fees:

Global Crossroad is committed to offering the most affordable and highest quality Sri Lanka Volunteer trips. We strive to keep our costs low. The humanitarian side of the business is our passion.

Global Crossroad's Volunteer opportunity in Sri Lanka application and registration fee cost US $299. The application fee covers the cost of advertising, program promotion, and office expenses (rent, utilities, and staff salaries in USA office).

In addition to the application fee, you are required to pay a weekly program fee. You will pay your weekly fee directly to your host family and project. This way, the fees that you pay will benefit those who rightfully deserve them, and not for company profit.

The Volunteering programs in Sri Lanka fees will cover expenses that will begin on the first day of the program (usually the first or third Monday of the month) to the last day of the program. If you arrive before the first day of the program or you decide you stay beyond your program’s last day, you will be responsible for the additional expenses, which would typically be around $30 a day for room and meals at a hostel.

Volunteer Sri Lanka Medical : FAQs:

Arrival and Departure

You need to fly into Bandaranaike International Airport for our medical volunteer work project in Sri Lanka. A local representative of Global Crossroad will come pick you up at the international airport on your arrival.

Please fly into Sri Lanka only after consulting with our local country coordinator one day prior to the start date of your volunteer project. However, keep in mind that we do not offer any kind of airport drop-off service at the end of your project.

Visa

You need to obtain a tourist visa. You can obtain a tourist visa by applying for the Electronic Travel Authority (ETA). The whole process takes a couple of minutes and it can be done online from your home. Check out this link for more information regarding Sri Lankan tourist visas.

Vaccinations

Diphtheria, Hepatitis B, Yellow Fever, Measles, Rubella, Mumps, Tetanus, Japanese Encephalitis, Poliomyelitis, and Rabies are the most recommended vaccines by the CDC for those planning to work as a medical volunteer for a week or so.

If you want to learn more about these vaccinations consult with your medical doctor and check out this website 

Where do the volunteers work- hospital or clinics?

While in India, you will either work in hospital or in clinics depending on the availability. In India, Global Crossroad works with a few hospitals. If you are in 4th or 5th year as medical students, or a professional doctors or nurses you can work in more places. Pre-medical volunteers won’t have lot of works to do; they will spend most of their time learning and observing.

Why Medical Volunteering India?

The blend of volunteering and traveling overseas in India is the one that opens your eyes and changes your world perspective, teach you valuable life lessons, and even possibly change the course of your life.

You will gain Hands-on Experience

If you are a medical student and dreaming of being a medical person, then going on a medical volunteer project in India is an exciting way to gain practical medical experience. You get to learn unique methods and techniques used abroad. This is indeed an amazing opportunity to discover and experience the standards of medical practice in the developing country and your home country.

You will gain sense of accomplishment:

One of the most >significant benefits you gain through volunteering abroad is the sense of accomplishments. After joining a healthcare volunteer program, you will work with many other volunteers to make a difference in the life of impoverished people leaving the monetary benefits behind. This humanitarian work will give you a sense of accomplishment and an experience of a lifetime.

You will make a difference:

Being a part of the volunteer in healthcare program in India opportunity not only enriches you with life-changing experiences, but also allows you to make a significant change in the life of disadvantaged India children. You will earn a remarkable sense of accomplishment, pride, and fulfillment knowing that your selflessness and actions have made a significant difference in the lives of those who are less

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You are expected to be open-minded, flexible, humble and patient. You have to be ready to help the people who are in need. Please follow appropriate dress code and as the Sri Lankan common people often have trouble understanding English, please communicate slowly.

Why Volunteer Sri Lanka Medical?

Volunteering in this medical program in Sri Lanka is a life changing experience to gain hands on experience in the medical field while providing significant benefit to poor and disadvantaged people.

You will make a difference.

By providing crucial medical care to those who otherwise would not be able to access it, you will make a significant difference in the lives of your patients, their families and their communities.

You will take on a challenge.

Medical volunteering in Sri Lanka is a great way to challenge yourself and experience new and exciting challenges. By working in this project, you will get to greatly enhance your skills in the medical field as well as improve your people and teamwork skills.

You will collaborate ideas with new people.

Through this medical volunteer project, you will work closely with local medical professionals and volunteers from all over the world, greatly enhancing your ability to work as a team across cultural divides.

You will have Fun While Doing Something Good

Not only will you make a difference in the lives of those you treat, you will have a great and fun-filled experience working with other enthusiastic people and volunteers, experiencing everything this amazing country have to offer.

Other Volunteering Projects in Sri Lanka

If you wish to volunteer in Sri Lanka but lack the medical background or experience needed for this project, have no fear! Global Crossroad arranges many other projects in Sri Lanka, and you can
work in an Orphanage,
teach English,
teaching buddhist monks,
elephant conservation(kegalle),
elephant conservation(pinnawala) and much more

For more information on our exciting programs in India, contact us today.

Medical Volunteer Opportunities in Other Countries

There are sadly many countries in the world in desperate need of medical volunteers, and Global Crossroad arranges volunteering projects to tackle these issues in a wide range of countries. See the list below for some of our most popular and successful medical volunteer programs across the world: