Join or run your medical missions in Tanzania

Kilimanjaro area medical missions, Tanzania

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Our partnership with local organisations and hospitals in and around the town of Moshi (starred bottom centre), in the foothills of Kilimanjaro, has led to the establishment of medical missions at their request.

With them, as part of their integrated health plan, you will deliver healthcare and medical support to the people of the area, who are largely the Maasai people.

How our medical missions work

Medical missions are held June - Feb

You may volunteer in hospitals all year

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Medical Mission group memberships

Drs, Nurses, Midwives, Dentists, & students

  • working under government hospitals

  • working under church hospitals

  • working out of Moshi, or Arusha towns

  • one off, or annual

  • 1-4, or 5-12 weeks

  • Join us as a group of people you know

  • Join a group that is here and get to know new people

Bringing your own Medical Mission Team to Tanzania

See our exemplar 14 day medical missions for groups of 3 and 7 volunteer members, for an indication of the cost factors, of a medical mission in Tanzania with GAFV.

Factors to consider when planning your medical mission with GAFV.

Transport

3 members can travel in one car, 7 members can travel in 2, or in one minibus.

7 members can travel in 1 minibus, and 16 can travel in 2.

Volunteers

Your group must consist of qualified healthcare practitioners, and you can include healthcare students, and other volunteers.

Medical Mission Duration

Healthcare Professional licences are issued by the Tanzanian government to foreign practitioners for (i) 1-10 days, (ii) up to 3 months, and (ii) up to 12 months.

A 10 day licence enables you to practice over 3 weeks (e.g. from Thurs to a week Weds), and to observe in hospitals at other times over 2 - 4 weeks.

Medicines, vaccinations, and bandages

You provide all of the necessary items to complete your mission, sourcing them from your country (for which we request customs exemption), or sourcing them in Tanzania.

Our medical missions types

Distances

Driving time

30 minutes

Local

1 - 10 km

60 minutes

Outlying

10 - 25 km

90 minutes

Distant

25 - 40 km

Map:

distance in 10km radii from Moshi, and Arusha towns, and hospitals

Exemplar costing for 14 days for groups of 7, and 3

Medical Mission Appeal

For those joining us on a medical mission, we invite you to match or exceed the $90 pax we donate, so that more healthcare professionals from developing countries can gain this cross border experience