Medical Mission Trips – Ghana

Whether you are traveling alone or want to organize a medical mission trip for a group of students or professionals, OGVO makes organizing a medical mission simple and affordable in Ghana. This gives you the opportunity to travel abroad and work alongside local medical professionals, engaging in mutually-beneficial learning exchanges while providing valuable support to hospitals and clinics within the local communities. You can leave home feeling confident that you’ll be well supported in your new home away from home. Plus, you’ll be in the company of like-minded international medical students and professionals who share your passion for developing your skills and global medical perspective.

On a medical mission trip with OGVO, you will have the opportunity to provide medical care and healthcare education to communities where healthcare is limited or difficult to obtain. By shadowing local doctors and nurses and working under instruction, you play an important role in providing essential care within under-resourced hospitals or clinics.

Medical mission trips with Our Generation Voluntary Organisation (OGVO) provide short-term medical volunteer opportunities abroad for medical professionals, nurses, dentists, college students and pre-med students. Medical missions are available year-round in Ghana, Africa.

OGVO has over 13 years of experience in organizing medical mission’s trips for students, pre-med students and medical professionals, as well as medical mission trips for nurses in Ghana.

On a medical mission in Ghana, nursing and medical students can expect to support a range of tasks, working across a variety of healthcare settings. This can include providing basic patient care, taking vitals, dressing wounds, triage nursing, and helping to prepare medical equipment. There are also opportunities to observe local doctors and nurses in operating rooms, as well as shadow their daily routines.

Examples of medical volunteer opportunities with OGVO in Ghana include: Adolescent Counseling, Community Health Education, Dentistry, General surgery, Laboratory, Nursing, Maternity & Midwifery, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Ophthalmology, Paediatrics, Pharmacology, Physical Therapy, Physiotherapy, Prenatal, Psychology, Radiology, and many more!

Please note, all volunteers are supervised by local staff and under instruction from qualified doctors during a medical mission trip, so regardless of your level of qualification or experience, you can feel confident that you will be well supported to make a valuable contribution on your mission trip.

Program Schedule

Program duration: Volunteer for 1 – 24 weeks
Start dates: Every Monday)
Qualifications required: Medical/nursing students, pre med nursing/medical students, qualified doctors, nurses, CNAs, EMTs, paramedics and public health workers
Placement settings: Volunteers are based in local clinics, hospitals and orphanage homes
Working Days: Monday – Friday (5 days a week)
Accommodation Type: Host family, shared rooms
Program Fees: See the table and the discount below. Program fees mainly help us cover the variable costs, such as food, accommodation, airport pick-up, in-country orientation, etc.

Duration & Fees

 DISCOUNTS

Groups of 4 or more: USD $300 per person, per week, plus $100 for each additional week
Groups of 8 or more: USD $250 per person, per week, plus $100 for each additional week

What is included in program fee?

– Airport pick-up service & transfer to project site

– Accommodation (home-stay)

– All meals (three meals a day)

– Comprehensive pre-departure information

–  24hr in-country support and in-country orientation

– Introduction to host family and program

– Placement, supervision in program and visa support letter

– Application review and processing

– All information before and during your time with us in Ghana

– Cultural activities (personal spending not included)

What is NOT Included?

– Visa costs, Airfare

– Travel and Medical Insurance

– Vaccinations

– Entrance fees to any tourist place

– Internet access

– Buying gifts/souvenirs for friends and family members back home

– Phone calls

– Damage to or loss of properties

– Water/Drinks and Personal spending money