Spouses and children can accompany volunteers on their assignments. Roles are available for doctors, nurses, medical laboratory technicians, and sanitation engineers. Global Volunteers offers 2-3 week healthcare assignments in Ghana , and Tanzania . AmigosLink offers 6-8 week summer projects in Latin America, designed for high school and college students. After attending training sessions, volunteers are assigned to on-going health programs in host countries.
Students typically live with families in small communities in rural and semi-urban areas.
To consider more possibilities, The International Medical Volunteers Association Directory lists dozens of organizations that seek medical or medical support personnel to help carry out humanitarian missions.