An Average Work Day and Week
Patient consults begin after rounds and go until noon. Volunteers will primarily shadow during this time. The longer you spend developing relationships with our doctors and the more enthusiasm you show for learning, the more they will let you do. Bolivia is a relationship-based society, and your involvement will depend on your willingness to invest in relationships, to ask questions, and to help in any area you can.
Volunteers can also help in the hospital coffee shop, provide administrative support, spend time with patients internalized in the hospital, or share their testimony with patients in the hospital waiting room.
Outside of the hospital, volunteers will help at a variety of other ministries, including orphanages, a school for the deaf, and other hospitals and clinics. We also complete regular outreach clinics in the surrounding communities, going to or- phanages or schools to do checkups on the children.
On Saturday, volunteers often have an opportunity to do some street witnessing in the Principal Plaza of Cochabamba where another Christian organization will be bathing & washing the hair of street children.
Each week, the Guest Hosts plan a variety of activities for the volunteers, providing opportunities for sightseeing, shop- ping, and building relationships with Bolivians. Most weeks will have very similar activities although the activities them- selves may vary. We ask that you participate in all planned activities. For those who stay for a number of weeks, some activities will not be required, such as sight-seeing of the same location multiple times.
If you wish to take part in activities that are not planned by the Guest House Host, please ask for permission first, to be sure that your plans do not conflict with other plans and do not go against Bolivian cultural norms.
Guests are expected to help with meal preparation as well as set up and clean up of meals. For larger groups, volunteers will be placed on rotating teams.
Free time can be used to check Internet or make phone calls from Internet Cafés. Free time can also be used for naps, quiet time/devotions, fellowship, games, etc.
Other activities may be added depending on the teams, time, and finances of each group. Attending a local soccer game may be an option depending on the schedule. Some teams may plan on taking some sightseeing trips outside of Cochabamba.
Patient consults begin after rounds and go until noon. Volunteers will primarily shadow during this time. The longer you spend developing relationships with our doctors and the more enthusiasm you show for learning, the more they will let you do. Bolivia is a relationship-based society, and your involvement will depend on your willingness to invest in relationships, to ask questions, and to help in any area you can.
Volunteers can also help in the hospital coffee shop, provide administrative support, spend time with patients internalized in the hospital, or share their testimony with patients in the hospital waiting room.
Outside of the hospital, volunteers will help at a variety of other ministries, including orphanages, a school for the deaf, and other hospitals and clinics. We also complete regular outreach clinics in the surrounding communities, going to or- phanages or schools to do checkups on the children.
On Saturday, volunteers often have an opportunity to do some street witnessing in the Principal Plaza of Cochabamba where another Christian organization will be bathing & washing the hair of street children.
Each week, the Guest Hosts plan a variety of activities for the volunteers, providing opportunities for sightseeing, shop- ping, and building relationships with Bolivians. Most weeks will have very similar activities although the activities them- selves may vary. We ask that you participate in all planned activities. For those who stay for a number of weeks, some activities will not be required, such as sight-seeing of the same location multiple times.
If you wish to take part in activities that are not planned by the Guest House Host, please ask for permission first, to be sure that your plans do not conflict with other plans and do not go against Bolivian cultural norms.
Guests are expected to help with meal preparation as well as set up and clean up of meals. For larger groups, volunteers will be placed on rotating teams.
Free time can be used to check Internet or make phone calls from Internet Cafés. Free time can also be used for naps, quiet time/devotions, fellowship, games, etc.
Other activities may be added depending on the teams, time, and finances of each group. Attending a local soccer game may be an option depending on the schedule. Some teams may plan on taking some sightseeing trips outside of Cochabamba.
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