COCO Volunteering Program
Community Children Organisation (COCO) offers volunteer opportunities in community projects throughout Cameroon
Our main goal is reaching to the local communities through out the year by organising different projects and programmes where the people are educated and sensitised on important subjects which goes to gradually remove them out of poverty and improve their standards of living.
Our volunteer program is open for:
- Graduates, undergraduate, Professional and non professionals.
- Anyone who have vocational skills to offer towards the development of a Community
The length of your stay with COCO is variable. If you want to make a real difference, in the community you should consider staying for a minimum of 3 months because it's likely that any shorter time will be insufficient, both in terms of your personal experience and the work that you can do for the organisation. A longer stay provides time for planning out where you can be of the most assistance, fundraising (if necessary), implementing your programs, and, perhaps most importantly, addressing any sustainability issues to make sure that the projects you have worked on can continue after you have left. This can include more fundraising, training, and leaving detailed reports for future volunteers and local staff. COCO also has longer-term positions, especially if you are interested in being a volunteer.
Our Volunteers shall be involved in various community education and sensitisation programs. The various subjects of these programs shall be:
- Computer Education,
- Teaching Position in Primary and Secondary,
- Orphanage /children Home,
- Working with kids in disabled centre
- Civic Education and Human Rights
- Hospital / Maternity
- Sensitisation on HIV/AIDS
- Malaria Prevention
Training using flip charts, videos, pictures, group discussions. Volunteers applying for these Projects should identify and mention the project field in which they are good in so that we can effectively arrange an even distribution during the volunteering period. Volunteers should also mention their language proficiency, because volunteer who are interested in working should be able to speak French and English.
Other free working days shall be used for other social projects such as visiting local schools and children, assisting the rural people in minor tasks such as painting, building and cleaning.
Housing
Our volunteers will be hosted by the host Organisation, Host families, Renting or Hotel Accommodation.
Medicine And Healthcare Internship Program in Cameroon
Our volunteer Medicine & Healthcare internship programs in Cameroon are based in Buea, Kumba, limbe, Muyuka, Tiko. You will be based in a Community Hospital working with cildren and patients who have a wide range of illnesses. In the semi-rural region of the South West Province, the hospital are smaller, but still has a range of different departments where volunteers can work. Small village clinics in Cameroon often lack even basic healthcare facilities, so you will be attending to patients from a huge area, who have often traveled many miles to reach a hospital with the facilities they need. The hospitals/Clinics where we work provide Basic for learning and improving your medicine and healthcare skills. You will find yourself coming into contact with conditions that you wouldn't normally see in North America and Europe, such as malaria and typhoid, on an almost daily basis. Upon your arrival at the hospital you will discuss your work schedule with your Projects Abroad coordinator and the placement supervisor, who will be a member of the hospital staff. Most volunteers choose to spend time in a variety of different departments within the hospital including accident and emergency, pediatrics, maternity, pharmacy, physical therapy and surgery.
Students, RN, LPN who are currently enrolled in medical school and wish to do your elective in Cameroon, you will have a choice of a large hospital in a city, or working in a more rural setting. You will meet one of our supervisors who speak English/French and are very experienced at working with western medical and healthcare students. They will be eager to test out your medical knowledge, as well as give out to you the benefit of their training and experience. Outside of the hospital you will live with local host-families. There is plenty to do in whichever region of Cameroon you are located and, as one of our most popular destinations, there will always be a large Projects Abroad volunteer community available to join you.
