Volunteer/Internship

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AMREF appreciates your valuable help. Join in on a truly satisfying experience while making a difference.

AMREF National Offices

Please visit the AMREF National Offices websites listed below in order to find the nearest volunteering opportunities for you.

AMREF in Austria
AMREF in Canada
AMREF in Denmark
AMREF in France
AMREF in Germany
AMREF Italy
AMREF in Monaco
AMREF in Netherlands
AMREF in Spain
AMREF in Sweden
AMREF in UK
AMREF in USA

Internship at AMREF

Are you looking for a pre-professional work experience?
An internship at AMREF offers you a chance to gain "real-life" experience through a range of opportunities for students/recent graduates to gain insight into the work of AMREF in providing better health for the people of Africa.

Requirements
• Application or CV
• Letter from learning institution
• Copy of School leaving certificate from ‘O” level / ‘A’ Level
• Letters of recommendation from 2 persons of respect and authority.

Internship/Volunteer Guidelines - AMREF Headquarters and Kenya Country Office

AMREF being a Research and Development Foundation as well as a donor funded organisation recognizes the dual benefits that can come out of attachment and internship programmes including:

• Training for students or interns in relevant fields.
• A legitimate labour pool for AMREF that can cater for short-term work in projects or functional offices.

For this reason AMREF will support attachments or internships under the following guidelines:

  • Internships / Attachments will be granted to students or interns with relevant training to the work they are to perform in AMREF.
  • Internship / Attachment will be limited to a period of three (3) months and can only be extended to a period of six months.
  • AMREF will have no financial compensation obligation to the interns. However a small lunch/transport allowance can be paid according to the prevailing rates in the organisation.
  • Internships or student attachments will be requested and processed through the HR office to ensure compliance to the above.
  • Interns will be required to observe AMREF general rules and regulations as stipulated in the HR Policy and Procedure Manual available at the HR office.
  • The students/interns are expected to use communication facilities at AMREF such as telephone, faxes etc strictly under instructions and only for official work.
  • Dress Code – Interns and volunteers physical appearance and grooming should be smart and decent and always befitting the occasion.
  • The intern’s or the volunteer’s supervisor upon completion of the internship period, will prepare a recommendation letter summarising conduct and performance.
    • The internship may be terminated at any point without warning upon failure to observe any of the conditions stated herein.
    • In the case of an intern’s/volunteer’s unexpected departure, they will need to give at least 24 hour notice.

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Volunteer Physician Programme

Would you like to join the AMREF Volunteer Physician Programme?

We provide physicians from around the world with the opportunity to work with AMREF’s Flying Doctor Service.

This makes it possible for experienced physicians to exchange knowledge and skills in emergency care practices with our Air Ambulance service.

More details here

AMREF is

“AMREF….is firmly established, still growing and a force of immense power for giving Eastern Africa the freedom from disease and want it needs to achieve a new freedom of mind and spirit for society”- Laurens Van der Post forward from 'Go An Extra Mile

Sharing

Sharing what we have learnt from our projects has made it possible for other organisations to replicate what we have done and learnt across the African continent and world wide.
Our health education materials have been used across the globe. We have seen our advice on health policy taken up at community, district, and government levels.

AMREF Resource Centre

Set in the AMREF training centre in Nairobi, the resource centre has an extensive collection of books, periodicals, technical manuals and papers, medical digests and reports, training and learning materials, textbooks and multimedia materials.