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Without boundaries, we make a difference

Medicine changes fast, but the values behind good care are the same everywhere. We welcome volunteers from around the world to train and work with our team, so knowledge and skills are passed on.

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Dr Enock Cohen Kabuye and volunteer Christian Bentler in surgical scrubs

Our volunteers

Volunteers from Germany, Finland, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Mexico, Japan, the UK, the USA and Belgium have worked with us, in the wards, the lab, maternity and on community outreach.

Ingeborg Horjus
Ingeborg Horjus, Netherlands Laboratory

In 28 years at Meppel hospital, Ingeborg watched patients leave the lab remembering only the "Ow! That hurts!". At GCGH she set up a "Wow Laboratory" with a new CBC machine and trained our staff, so that giving blood becomes a better experience. She donated the CBC machine, a Clinitek 500 urine analyser and other laboratory equipment.

A volunteer working with GCGH staff in clinic
Janca Prauseova, Czech Republic Public health

A public health specialist who led initiatives across medical disciplines, immunisation and community outreach.

A volunteer in the maternity ward
Liisa Karvonen, Finland Maternal and child health

A nurse who took time off at home to volunteer in our Maternal and Child Health department, and an inspiration to many.

Mrs Smet holding her GCGH certificate
Mrs Smet, Netherlands Nursing and community outreach

A nurse from the Netherlands, Mrs Smet gave her time and skill to our patients on the wards and to families in the community on our outreach days. Her care and hard work made a real difference, and the hospital thanked her with a GCGH certificate.

Ms Arijatu Bangura
Ms Arijatu Bangura, Sierra Leone / UK IT and administration · Long-term supporter and seasonal volunteer

Originally from Sierra Leone and now based in London, Ms Bangura is a long-term supporter of GCGH and volunteers with us in season, helping with IT and administration.

Rabbi Aaron Malinsky, Fred Keays, Dr Enock Cohen Kabuye and Adam Hirschfield with the Ambassador of Belgium to Uganda

Volunteers from Belgium

Rabbi Aaron Malinsky, Fred Keays, Dr Enock Cohen Kabuye and Adam Hirschfield with the Ambassador of Belgium to Uganda, after a meeting at the Embassy of Belgium about Belgian volunteers at GCGH.

Volunteers from the Netherlands, 2016

Bram De Langen and his wife Ingeborg Horjus came from the Netherlands to work with us in 2016. Ingeborg donated our CBC machine, a Clinitek 500 urine analyser and other laboratory equipment, and trained our lab staff.

Visitors with GCGH staff in the operating theatre
In the GCGH operating theatre
Bram De Langen at the GCGH reception desk
Bram De Langen at our reception
Ingeborg Horjus at the Equator monument in Uganda
Ingeborg Horjus at the Equator
Bram De Langen at the Equator monument in Uganda
Bram De Langen at the Equator

Volunteers at work

GCGH nurses and clinicians with a volunteer beside the hospital car Doctors from the University of Leeds on their elective at GCGH, in a teaching session with our staff Volunteer preparing vaccines Volunteer examining a baby with its mother Volunteer with a GCGH staff member Volunteers and staff in a planning meeting A volunteer and a GCGH clinician during a procedure Visiting doctors with a GCGH colleague in the intensive care unit Volunteers from Europe with GCGH staff in Kampala Volunteer preparing dressings Staff and a volunteer during a procedure A volunteer assisting GCGH staff with a patient Volunteers treating a patient A volunteer in the laboratory

How to volunteer

  1. Email your CV and the dates you can come to volunteers@galilee-medicare.org.

Jobs, internships and training

We recruit and train in internal medicine, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, surgery and laboratory sciences. Our labs offer attachments and internships for students in Uganda, Africa, Europe and America.

jobs@galilee-medicare.org
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