Health & Community Care -Volunteer/Internship

The community healthcare project is a holistic program that works with marginalised communities to provide culturally appropriate health education. This program provides cultural mediation between these communities and local health and human services through the provision of health workshops and medical recording for the community.

The aim of the Health and Community Care Project has been conceived to provide supplementary and complementary healthcare services in thePunjabregion, to support those which currently are insufficient to provide themselves in their basic needs. We plan to develop community and individual health care education, medical care, wellness and fitness support and community care resources.

The research stage of this project currently includes identifying the needs of community members, and delineating medical rights and incentives provided legally to marginalised groups by the Indian government. This program seeks to build a working, sustainable and non-dependent relationship between the migrant communities and the government hospital through hospital visits and assessing and analysing the system in relation to their needs. Future plans are for the establishment of a MAFAC (Mobile Ambulance and First Aid Clinic).

Past research and educational activities for the HIV/AIDS and drug addictions project have also been carried out. There is scope for new interns with a strong interest in this field to build on these experiences and implement new subprojects. Boxing clubs have also run in the past and interns with appropriate skills are also welcome to continue these classes, which are very popular.

Other Health and Community Care areas and activities include:

• Hygiene and sanitation - clean and safe water
• Preventive healthcare
• Promotion of nutritional food and eating habits
• Facilitation of mobile first aid and clinical facilities
• Developing equal opportunities and support for challenged and specially-abled
• Promote recreation/leisure facilities and activities and setting up exercise gyms, games stadiums and adventure sports centres
• Elderly care
• Yoga & Ayurveda facilities

Extra skills required for the health and community care project:

• Specific skills in related field are highly desirable;
• The capacity to initiate and maintain a project with little resources;
• Good research skills;
• The ability to understand the wider implications the project are also a plus.