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WORK EXPERIENCE PLACEMENTS

Zambia is relatively unsung, but it encompasses everything magnificent about Africa!  Our Work Experience placements are based in Livingstone town, a quaint but lively area very close to the magnificent Victoria Falls and the Zambezi River.

A Work Experience placement is an excellent way to observe experts in your field and learn how they work in Zambia. The experience you gain will be an excellent entry on your CV or Résumé. It will also be invaluable to you in the future and totally different to what you're used to in your home country.

All our Work Experience placements are tailored to your requirements, to ensure you gain the maximum benefit and experience from the placement, so we’ll have detailed discussions with you to ascertain what you’re looking for.

Below are brief descriptions of some of the placements currently available. If you don’t see a placement that suits you, please contact us, because we can probably arrange it for you!

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The town of Livingstone in Zambia where you can do voluntary work in teaching, work experience, law, medicine, care, sports
The town of Livingstone

LAW PLACEMENTS

You will work in a firm of solicitors, gaining experience in the day-to-day running of a law practice. Your experience and preferences are directly relevant to your placement and are taken into account when arranging your placement. For example, if you are going to specialise in a particular area of law, we will arrange to place you in a practice that either specialises in, or has a reasonable-sized department that deals with, the area of law that you're particularly interested in. These could range from civil and criminal law to conveyancing, probate and property law. 

The exact elements of your work may vary, depending on what is required at the time you’re there and what cases are being handled during that period. The types of work which may be available are as follows:

  • Accompanying and assisting solicitors as they investigate cases

  • Researching information relevant towards the case

  • Helping prepare the case

  • Generally helping whenever and wherever your assistance is required

The town of Livingstone in Zambia where you can do voluntary work in teaching, work experience, law, medicine, care, sports

MEDICAL PLACEMENTS

Our medical placement is based about 30km just outside of Livingstone town centre.

The clinic is based on some farmland out in the bush in a fairly remote area which is currently being run by some American Missionaries. They have managed to convert one of the out buildings into a medical centre enabling them to do some tremendous work in helping the local communities.

Although the clinic is fairly small the work they have been able to do has been extremely beneficial to the local villagers. The clinic consists of 2 exam rooms, 1 private room for serious cases and two small wards with 3-4 beds in each, one for men and one for women.

They are also looking into obtaining some ultrasound equipment to enable them to monitor pregnancies more efficiently. Thee Clinic provides treatment in their HIV referral clinic which is open every Thursday. An additional part of the community service they provide is a truck which goes round to all the local villages to collect patients for treatment.

Many of their cases generally involve pregnancies, snake bites and testing for Malaria or HIV. For those who may have broken bones, they need to be referred to the hospital in Livingstone town centre, although they are able to stitch up minor wounds at the clinic. Currently the HIV centre has 5-6 patients.

You will be assigned to a doctor or nurse and they will help show and explain to you the workings of their job. Most of your work will involve helping and assisting the local doctors and nurses with their daily rounds, making medical notes and updating records. You may also be asked to help with computer entries, and help clean equipment and various areas within the clinic. The type of work you will be allocated will depend to an extent on your own abilities and on what is required at the time you're there.

Requirements:

  • You must have some medical experience or currently be training in the medical sector.

  • You will be required to send a copy off your CV and a letter of motivation explaining why you want to take part in this placement and what you hope to gain from it, these will be sent through to the clinic to confirm if you have been accepted onto the placement.

ACCOMMODATION:

You will be accommodated in a small, modern, and lively hostel situated in the center of Livingstone. The hostel has a very large private garden shaded with huge mango trees, and a crystal clear swimming pool. It also has a lively, sociable bar area where many activities are arranged.

Livingstone has a colonial feel to it and you will find a wide variety of restaurants, bars, and shops. Your accommodation is ideally situated and can offer excellent trips to places such as Lusaka.

You'll share a room with 3 or 4 other Travellers volunteers. Breakfast and evening dinner will be provided by the hostel but you will need to arrange for your own sandwiches to take to the school, which can be bought at a very cheap price from the local shops.

At the time of writing, facilities at the hostel include; a swimming pool, recreation room with TV, internet cafe with internet access, a dining and kitchen area where food can be stored and access to telephones.

The hostel also has an in-house booking centre, where many local activities can be booked (wildlife safaris, river cruises, river gorges, bungee jumping, white water rafting, treks, etc). They guarantee to offer the best deals in town and to beat any other lodge or booking center!

The hostel also looks into Community Projects and staff empowerment. Many guests comment on the quality of their staff. They are their greatest asset and many have worked for them in excess of 4 years with the longest serving 8 (since they first started). Staff turnover is very low and a family atmosphere has been created that adds tremendously.

They are also involved in a number of community projects. Last year they raised over US$2000 for a local school. They sponsor a local youth football team, the police regatta team, local fund raising events and an annual day out for orphaned children on World tourism Day. They also sponsor Independence day celebrations.

There are plenty of opportunities to socialise with other volunteers, and there will more than likely be a group of you out there at any one time.

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The hostel in Zambia has a nice pool and shaded garden area

TRAVEL AND SUPPORT
You have the option to arrange your own flights or we can assist you with your flight arrangements. If you would like us to do this for you, we will liaise with you regarding available flights and dates to suit you. All arrangements for your flight bookings/payments will be fulfilled by Murray Rogers Travel Ltd., ATOL No. 6856. (Read more about Murray Rogers Travel Ltd.) Where possible, we arrange for two or more people to travel on the same flight and we will let you have the names and telephone numbers of other volunteers on your flight, so that you can chat to each other or even meet up before leaving for your placement.
Where possible, all flights we arrange for you have changeable return tickets because many of our volunteers choose to extend their stay once they are in their destination country. Changeable return tickets enable you to do so, within the limits of your visa and the level of your air ticket, of course. If you choose to book your own flights, you should endeavour to get a changeable ticket.
We meet you at the airport regardless of whether you make your own travel arrangements or not.

Support:
You will fly into Livingstone Airport where you will be welcomed by a member of our Project staff. He/she will arrange your transport to the project. You'll be introduced to everyone, including your Supervisor and other volunteers and staff.

As with all work experience programmes, you'll get out of your placement what you put into it. Using your initiative and being pro-active are important qualities for this placement.


Victoria Falls, about 20 minutes from Livingstone

VISAS:. In countries where visas or immigration documents are required, we'll send you all the necessary forms and information and make the process very easy for you.

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SPECIALS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Volunteer Feedback
How your money helps
Read about how your placement and money contributes to helping an extremely poor community school in Zambia and to paying for the education of the poorest children

PRICES: Livingstone: Africa is all about colour!
Livingstone: Africa is all about colour!

To see the Prices of this project and all our other projects in Zambia, please click here

Prices include
  • Food & accommodation while on your project,
  • 2 T-shirts, if required for your project
  • All support and backup during your programme
  • Meeting you at the nearest airport, where appropriate, but exclude international travel.

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the list of all our projects in Zambia

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