Medical Missions
2020-2021 Medical Missions Projects “Health Care With Compassion”
Africa Youth Ministries is looking for Medical professional Volunteers across the Globe to serve in our medical facilities, partner Government medical facilities, Orphanages, Schools, and Churches. Our major target population is the rural and urban poor with limited or no access to health care. We strive to uplift the health status of the less privileged in specific rural areas of Uganda. During the year 2015/2016 we need OB-GYN, Physicians, General Surgeons, Pediatricians, Dentists, Nurses, Surgical Technologists, Laboratory Technicians, Pharmacists, Optometrists, Ophthalmologists, Pastors, physiotherapists, Medical and Dental Students as well as individuals with no previous medical experience. If you are interested in becoming a team member, or bringing a group to Uganda for a 1+ week mission trip, please contact us for more information. A one week trip will truly be an unforgettable life-changing event for those of all ages. You will have an opportunity to experience the Ugandan culture, evangelize, preach, minister, serve, learn and show your talents with the orphans, and needy people. You will have the ability to offer humanitarian aid, make new friends, explore Uganda's countryside and mountains, while gaining a new awareness for missions and possibly changing someone. Home visits under our Home Based Care for people living with AIDS, will be un- forgettable seeing and learning how rural people live and cope with life challenges. To apply serve with us, complete our online form, Click
Training of Local & Community Health Workers
Duane Crumb of HIV Hope Florida USA and Kennedy Otieno from Kenya Graduates Health Workers of Africa Youth Ministries/Living Hope Health Centre & Partner Churches after a Training Seminar on HIV/AIDS August 2020
| Project Country: | Uganda |
| Project Region: | Africa |
| Project Sub-Region:: | East Africa |
| Medical Volunteers Tenure: | Short & Long Term |
| Group Limits: | 10-30 (All year round) |
| Individual Volunteers: | No Limitations (All year round) |
| Daily living costs: | US$30-50 (accommodation, feeding, local field transport costs, miscellaneous items) |
| Age: | 18 and above |
| Application Process: | Apply Online |
Serving in Rural Uganda Providing the Most Needed Health Services
Under our Home Based Care Program for HIV/AIDS Positive Patients You Can Serve Alongside our Local Health/Community workers and Counselors to Provide Palliative Care
Way You Can Serve
Serving Opportunities while in Uganda will include: surgeries, dental care, eye care, physical therapy, consultations, distribution of medications, house calls, HIV counseling and testing for clients, training of local health workers and providers teaching students, residents, and practicing physicians in hospitals, mentoring on a long term basis and teaching primary care skills to leaders in rural villages. Besides, you will have also an opportunity to take part in the mission’s spiritual program of daily prayer, door-to-door evangelization visits.
Church Based HIV/AIDS & Medical Outreaches
You Can Serve Under Our CBHAMO Program: Africa Youth Ministries and Living Hope Health Centre has for the last 2 years been working with various churches in urban and rural poor communities to provide the most needed medical services for free.
Community Based HIV/AIDS & Medical Outreaches
You can Serve under our Community Based HIV/AIDS & Medical Outreaches where Africa Youth Ministries and Living Hope Health Centre works in partnership with existing government health facilities and community leaders to provide most needed and lacking medical services to poor rural and urban communities:
School Based HIV/AIDS & Medical Outreaches
You can Serve under our School Based HIV/AIDS & Medical Outreaches where Africa Youth Ministries and Living Hope Health Centre works in partnership with Rural & Urban Schools to provide most needed and lacking medical services to students from poor rural and urban communities.
Primary Health Care Services
Africa Youth Ministries/Living Hope Health Centre in partnership with Ministry of Health provides free Community Based Primary Health Care Services and weekly services at Living Hope Health Centre, you too can volunteer under this scheme.
Street Children & Community Medical Outreaches
You can also serve under our Child Headed Households outreach program, in program we teach children on how to manage home affairs, counseling, free mosquito nets, onsite diagnosis of various ailments, play with them, teach them simple hygiene knowledge, teach them about expressive arts to help them in trauma recovery and HIV Prevention Education.
Medical Equipments
The biggest existing gap in the effective health service delivery in Uganda as is any where in the developing, is the lack of appropriate or most needed medical equipments. In rural government aided health facilities, you will at worst not find even find a thermometer, the simplest and cheapest instrument. Health workers are sometimes involved in treating unknown complications. In the past 3 years, Africa Youth Ministries has out sourced used medical equipments which we have used in our own health facilities and the rest distributed for free to our partner health facilities mostly government health facilities. To learn more of the medical equipment needs we have, you can download a comprehensive list, Here You can as well access a copy of our 2010 Medical Equipments Import license issued by the National Drug, to get a copy download