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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.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Charity Work
Teaching
Babysitting and creative play
Help around the house
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.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
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.
Languages spoken
Cree: Fluent
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.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
