Volunteers

Volunteers are the lifeblood of the IRHS. Without their skilled and innovative support the IRHS would not be where it is today.

Volunteering with the IRHS is an opportunity to make a real difference to many lives in remote and drought-stricken southern India.

The IRHS takes two types of volunteers; medical and non-medical. Medical volunteers play an important role in the following:

• Training the team of paramedics and healthcare workers
• Shaping the way that the clinics are run
• Developing healthcare policy

Non-medical volunteers also contribute, doing a variety of things such as:

• Improving how the IRHS is managed
• Using IT to improve certain things e.g. accounts management, our website
• Improving the way in which the IRHS communicates
• Helping to construct an extension to the Dokur village clinic

All volunteers leave behind lasting improvements in the way the IRHS works, and we believe that sustainable development is the key.

The IRHS welcomes single people and couples as volunteers. All volunteers must be able to demonstrate a useful skill set whether medical or non-medical and have a real belief that they can make a positive contribution to people's lives in India.

Normally volunteers work with us for 2 to 6 months. The minimum period a volunteer can work with the IRHS is 8 weeks. Medical students who wish to do their electives with us must spend a minimum of 6 weeks.

Interested in volunteering with us? To find out more about what both types ofvolunteers do please click on one of the links below. If you're interested in volunteering, please do click on the "practical facts" link below, and contact us to go through the possibilities. We can also put you in touch with previous volunteers so that you can hear about their experiences.

-Medical volunteers

-Non-medical volunteers

-Practical facts