South Africa

Rural Community Development Program is a non-profit, philanthropic organization which encourages international volunteers to contribute in sustainable community development that benefits the underprivileged and extremely poor. Healthcare volunteering opportunities are available in Cambodia, India, Nepal, Thailand, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Kenya, Ghana, Argentina, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Peru.

Taiwan Root Medical Peace Corps is a private, non-sectarian, non-profit organization dedicated to improving quality of life through provision of medical services and health education. Volunteer medical professionals—physicians, pharmacists, dentists, nurses, and medical technologists—are needed in many areas within Taiwan and internationally.

TWOWEEKS is an UK-registered charity which enables people to volunteer on a short-term basis, for a minimum of two weeks. TWOWEEKS enables people with a variety of skills to relieve suffering through improved health care, education, and relief of social deprivation.

The Smile Foundation is a South African NGO that assists children with any type of facial abnormality to receive free corrective plastic and reconstructive surgery within South Africa.

The Association of Baptists for World Evangelism, an independent mission agency based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, has healthcare ministries throughout the world, which include full-service hospitals, mobile and itinerant medical clinics, crisis pregnancy centers, and community health evangelism teams. Volunteer anesthesiologists, dentists, dental hygienists, hospital administrators, midwives, nurse practitioners, nurses, obstetricians and gynecologists, pediatricians, pharmacists, and physical therapists, physicians, physician

Rustic Volunteers is a Texas-based nonprofit which helps to connect volunteers to desperately needed projects worldwide. Rustic Volunteers is committed to providing a safe, rewarding volunteer abroad experience for humanitarians worldwide.

Jesuit Missions UK, a nonprofit organization, welcomes volunteers of all ages and backgrounds for short and long-term volunteering opportunities in Africa, Central America, and Asia.

Elim Missions, a UK-registered charity, had mission opportunities in Asia, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas.

LIV Village is a nonprofit organization which exists to raise the next generation of leaders in South Africa, placing orphaned and vulnerable children into a family environment with a trained foster mother to love them, a school to educate them, and where all their physical needs are met. Volunteers can help LIV Village’s children by engaging

Medic Assist International, a UK registered charity, envisions to bring health care to people around the world who need it most, so transforming communities suffering oppression or discrimination. Because projects focus on health care, volunteers with medical skills—consultants, GPs, nurses, and midwives—are needed.

Oasis Global, a UK registered charity, works alongside people around the world to bring hope and transform lives and communities. Being involved in a diverse range of partnerships, projects, services, and initiatives, Oasis Global is able to find suitable assignments for volunteers.

Global Medic Force is an international not-for-profit organization that engages healthcare professionals to rapidly transfer their medical expertise to colleagues in developing countries using an innovative method of clinical mentoring.

Extreme Response International is a nonprofit organization committed to changing the lives of people living in extreme, often life-threatening, situations. Extreme Response International operates a series of programs designed to bring help and hope to those in need, with a particular emphasis on at-risk children and women. Volunteer medical professionals who can perform, teach, and assist

Circle of Love Foundation is a Christian nonprofit organization that seeks to build the kingdom of God by reaching out in the love of Christ to those who are in need. Offering free medical clinics in impoverished areas is the primary vehicle for ministry. Volunteer doctors, dentists, pharmacists, and nurses are needed.

Missions International is a nonprofit organization whose aim is to establish churches, orphanages, medical clinics, and homes among the unreached people groups of Central America, South America, Africa, and Southeast Asia. Missions International has been able to provide much needed medical care in remote areas and disaster zones by teaming up with volunteer doctors, dentists, nurses, etc.

BMS World Mission is a charity that is working in around 35 countries on four continents. BMS personnel are mainly involved in church planting, development, disaster relief, education, health, and media and advocacy. See this link for current vacancies in health ministries.

Iko Poran is a non-profit organization that offers a wide range of meaningful, safe, and affordable volunteer projects in South and Central America, Africa, and Asia.

Do you want to volunteer overseas to make a difference in some of the world’s poorest communities? International Citizen Service is an overseas volunteering programme for 18 to 25 year olds who are UK, EU, or EEA citizens with a current UK address (or have indefinite leave to remain in the UK) or those who have lived

Frontier is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation that offers over 400 projects in 72 different countries around the globe. Volunteers who join a Frontier project make a valuable contribution in becoming active global citizens, committed to making a positive impact during their time abroad travelling. The medical and healthcare projects allow skilled professionals to volunteer in under-resourced communities, helping those in need

IVUmed teaches surgical techniques to local physicians in low-resource countries, focusing on urology and reproductive health. Experts in the fields of urology, anesthesia, and nursing are needed as volunteers to help educate medical personnel in partner hospitals throughout the world. Medical professionals are also needed as volunteers to assist in collecting, creating, and refining the educational materials

GVI Charitable Trust is a charity that works with communities and grassroots organisations by supporting sustainable development initiatives in education, conservation, health, and disaster relief. Volunteers are desperately needed to come and assist on a broad range of projects and initiatives around the world. 

Experiential Learning International is a small non-profit organization that sends interns and volunteer to 27 countries.

HOPE worldwide is a non-profit, faith-based volunteer program focusing on leadership training and community service throughout the world. It brings people from all different backgrounds together to work across the globe serving the world’s poor.

VSO International is a charitable organization that is working to improve health in some of the world’s poorest countries.  Health volunteer opportunities are possible for anaesthetists, general practitioners, health managers, hospital doctors and physicians, medical laboratory staff and scientists, mental health professionals, midwives, nurses, obstetricians and gynaecologists, occupational therapists, paediatricians, physiotherapists, public health professionals, and surgeons.

Baptist Global Response is a nonprofit relief and development organization with a heart to see the poor and suffering experience a full and meaningful life. Medical volunteer positions are available.