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Min stay requested: at least 1 month
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Description
We are a cross cultural medical couple with 2 lively boys, going to work in a jungle hospital in northern Sierra Leone. We are looking for someone to care for and teach our 2 boys for up to 25 hours a week.
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Types of help and learning opportunities
Charity Work
Teaching
Babysitting and creative play
Help around the house
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Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
An experience of living in rural Sierra Leone jungle, getting to know a cross-cultural family and engaging with the local community.
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Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
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Help
We are looking for someone to take care of our boys Monday to Friday and direct them with homeschool work, play, football and friendship.
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Languages spoken
Cree: Fluent
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Accommodation
The hospital compound comprises the hospital and administrative buildings. The staff residences are a few minutes walk along a narrow track, interspersed with many mango trees from which you will see monkeys swinging. There is no mains electricity in the hospital or village but we have power 7-10pm each night via the generator and at intermittently at other times
You will have a private room and bathroom in separate accommodation to us as a family but close by. The climate is hot all year round and either dry (Sept-April) or humid (May-August). There is good running water, which is essential to be able to cool off from the constant heat! Expect to sweat a lot! We enjoy it when the power is on and the fans can run. -
What else ...
The hospital attracts a significant number of expat volunteers - mainly British, Dutch, German and other europeans. The majority have a medical role in the hospital. This means that although it is a small remote place it is not entirely socially isolated. Trips to the beaches on the stunning Freetown peninsular at the weekends are possible. Otherwise it is a quiet life in the jungle, walks and jogs in the early morning are possible.
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A little more information
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Internet access
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Limited internet access
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We have pets
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We are smokers
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Can host families
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How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
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My animals / pets
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