MEDI TRIP
PUBLIC HEALTH
TANZANIA
Work with a local NGO delivering community-based public health and medical outreach, supporting disease prevention, health education, screening, and referral services within local and rural communities. Delivery community aid-work in outreach activities, home visits, and health promotion initiatives, working alongside local professionals and public health professionals.
ABOUT THIS PLACEMENT
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Age requirement: 18 years +
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Requirements: Degree/University/College level minimum second year Public Health, Global Health, Healthcare or related studies.
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Professional Volunteers with related study or experience are welcome.
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Number of volunteers: Solo individuals, Groups are welcome
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Duration: From 2 weeks to 12 months.
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Start date: No specific start date, start at any time during the year.
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Fees:​
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Book between 2 weeks and 12 months (see exact fees)
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Includes accommodation​
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Placement preparation, facilitation & coordination
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Airport pick up + drop off​
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Placement coordinator - daily work mentor with 15+ years Public Health experience in Tanzania
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Medi Trip Placements
Founded and run by a medical professional, Medi Trip is vocationally led, skills focused and community centred. At Medi Trip we are distinguished in being able to use our experience and expertise to pick the most suitable settings for our professional volunteers to experience. When you volunteer with Medi Trip, your volunteer placement would have been chosen specifically to suit your area of interest. Each of our placements are carefully assessed and selected for suitability to our professional volunteers, as well as how much contribution goes into the local health and social welfare.
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Program Overview
This is a community-based public health outreach program in Arusha, Tanzania, focused on improving health, safety, knowledge, and socioeconomic stability among individuals and families facing complex social and health vulnerabilities.
The program operates at the intersection of public health, social care, and community-based prevention, addressing upstream drivers of poor health outcomes across the lifespan.
Afya Femme works in close collaboration with Tanzanian healthcare professionals, counsellors, social workers, legal officers, and community leaders to support communities affected by challenges such as disease prevention, FGM risk, early marriage, gender-based violence, malnutrition, infant and child vulnerability, and barriers to health access.
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This is not a short-term intervention model.
We do not replace health or social systems.
We strengthen community-based pathways already in place.
The program prioritises prevention, health education, referral systems, and socioeconomic protection, recognising that health outcomes are shaped by legal access, income security, education, and psychosocial safety.
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Public Health Focus Areas
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Communicable and non-communicable disease prevention, including health education around hygiene, sanitation, HIV awareness, chronic disease risk factors, and community screening support (non-clinical)
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Community health screening and referral support, assisting with basic, non-invasive health checks, follow-up encouragement, and linkage to local healthcare facilities
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FGM risk prevention and early identification, including community education, safeguarding pathways, and referral to health and social services
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Early marriage as a driver of adverse health and education outcomes, with focus on prevention, rights awareness, and links to reproductive, maternal, and mental health risks
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Gender-based violence (GBV) awareness, prevention, and survivor referral pathways, including psychosocial support, health system navigation, and safeguarding protocols
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Maternal, infant, and child health (MICH), including nutrition education, growth monitoring support, household food security, and early identification of health risks
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Menstrual, reproductive, and sexual health education, including hygiene, infection prevention, family planning awareness, and access-to-care pathways
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Economic vulnerability as a determinant of poor health outcomes, addressed through income-generating initiatives, livelihood stability, and health-protective economic support
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All activities are coordinated with local professionals and aligned with ethical, non-clinical public health practice.
Your Role as a Volunteer
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You will work with Tanzanian coordinators and public health professionals, supporting outreach, education, monitoring, and community engagement activities.
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Assist with health education and medical outreach
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Help lead clinical checks, medical screens and appropriate referrals
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Support community workshops and group sessions
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Assist with basic monitoring, health tracking, and documentation
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Help develop culturally appropriate educational materials
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Support livelihood-related initiatives linked to health protection
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Participate in supervised community outreach and home visits
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How the Program Works
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Communities are engaged through outreach activities, home visits, and small-group workshops, designed to meet people where they already are, socially, economically, and culturally.
The program integrates health education, psychosocial support, and economic stabilisation, recognising that prevention requires more than information alone.
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Community Health, Livelihood & Prevention Support
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Activities may include:
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Supporting community-based health education sessions
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Assisting with reproductive, menstrual, and general health education
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Supporting nutrition awareness and household food security initiatives
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Assisting income-generating skills programs linked to health protection
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Supporting production of reusable sanitary products to reduce health-related vulnerability
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Legal, Psychosocial & Health Literacy Components
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Legal rights education related to family, marriage, and child protection
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HIV awareness without stigma
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Gender-based violence awareness and referral pathways
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Psychosocial support activities facilitated by trained local staff
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Health literacy, confidence, and community leadership workshops
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Where will you stay?​
You will stay in a volunteer house. where we provide safe, clean and comfortable accommodation, comfortable bedding, breakfast and dinner (dinner's Monday to Friday) and housekeeping. This will be a quiet and friendly neighbourhood 15 minutes from the main hustle and bustle of town. You will have wifi, hot showers, 24 hour gated security, a domestic/cook (who will happily do your laundry for a small fee) and a coordinator who will ensure you settle in quickly and comfortably into your new town. This is a shared home where you will be staying with other volunteers from across the world, so you will never be on your own in your new environment. The house is impeccably clean, well kept, modern and spacious.
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Important VISA & Permit Information
You will be required to pay a for a VISA for voluntary work assignment. Please enquire for details.
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Where do my fees go?
All of your fees are spent locally. Fees ensure you have above standard accommodation, that you have a personal coordinator picking you up at the airport, orientating you and you have a coordinator day to day and your program is planned and facilitated specifically for you, to match your skills and get you to provide the very best to those that need you.
Is Africa safe for me to travel alone? Do I need to be with other volunteers?
​Regardless of whether you're volunteering on a clinical mission, you're still a tourist. Forward planning is key to protecting yourself from risk as you would anywhere in the world. As a group or a solo traveller from abroad, you will attract attention but, you will also have a great support system in your volunteer coordinators, fellow travellers/volunteers and ​supervisors. It's important to try and be conscientious of your new surroundings and respect and follow local customs as much as possible and insure yourself from any possible risks.
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Africa is a large continent with every country varying greatly in local culture, customs, rules and regulations. Research your destination as much as possible and ask as many questions as possible. We would never place you at risk or in harm's way, however it is important you take ownership of your journey and behave responsibly.