Help us ‘share skills and promote community’ through the local Church or local Christian organisations. Develop your journey of faith by being blessed and being a blessing.
Quality assured volunteer opportunities for individuals and groups...
Medical & Social Worker placements, Trauma Counselling
Community Development, Eco-projects
Teaching opportunities & Vocational Skills
Reconcilation Projects, Monotheistic Forums
Church Preaching, Teaching & Outreach Opportunities
Nepal... a range of Nepalese community and environmental projects combining genuine Christian service and opportunities to experience the culture and clean air from the Himalayan foothills to the Chitwan jungle villages; Pokhara hospital medical placement, the hospital specialises in caring for people with leprosy.
Kenya... lots to be involved in... medical & social work placements; trauma counselling; community development; environmental projects; Church preaching, teaching and outreach opportunities.
Holy Land... Hospital placement & focus on Church unity, Church equality & Church outreach [please note that the Holy Land placement is on hold due to the current troubles];
Jordan... medical placement with a specialised and internationally renowned TB hospital; consideration being given for a third community project with an established Bedouin network in South Jordan.
South Africa... where our Mission Associates have a long term community development project;
Scotland... preaching stations, panel events, monotheistic forum;
Jordan, Kenya and Nepal feature as follows, for all opportunities please see the link below or the Main Menu
KENYA
Kitengela Sub county level 4 Hospital
Super medical elective opportunity through Christians Abroad's registered Kitengela partner,,,
The Hospital serves a community from the Maasai and other communities from around Kenya, along with refugees from the DRC Congo, Burundi and South Sudan. It is located along Kajiado Namanga Road bordering Tanzania towards the Amboseli National park, 110 km away. All within the Kitengela Municipal Council area with a population of close to one hundred and fifty thousand.
NEPAL
Christians Abroad is a medical placement partner with the International Nepal Fellowship, Green Pastures Hospital, Pokhara.
For almost 60 years, the INF Green Pastures Hospital has been providing internationally renowned treatment and care for people living with leprosy.
There are two types of volunteer opportunities available, for a wide variety of medical specialisms (for example, including palliative care and biomedical engineer professionals).
Firstly, short term, up to 90 days, as a Christians Abroad volunteer with INF on a tourist visa.
JORDAN
This specialised Tuberculosis hospital in the north of Jordan is internationally acclaimed for the care it provides.
There is a busy out patients clinic along with a spacious and bespoke hospital wards. The diagnostic laborartory is well equipped.
The doctors and nurses are predominantly international, with a good mix of Jordanian staff.
NEPAL
We have an excellent partnership with a Christian Fellowship in Kathmandu, Nepal, along with a quality hospital placement in Pokhara.
In Kahtmandu, Pastor David has opened his home to a group of orphans and welcomes volunteers to ‘live in’ (volunteer separate accommodation floor, all well managed) and assist him and his wife Maryah, and join the small fellowship as they worship in their church, rebuilt after the 2015 earthquake with help from previous volunteers. Pastor David also helps to lead a network Nepali churches. Recent visits to David have resulted in a range of volunteering opportunities opening up through his ministry and personal contacts in the city, and in the Chitwan jungle villages. The various projects, which are described in more detail and illustrated with photos, can be accessed in the 'View all opportunities' page.
We have a community development project developing in the Himalayan foothills with another Nepali partner. Please contact recruit@cabraod.org.uk for more details.
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All opportunities are managed within a Christian community in the country where they are located. Every project described has agreed to Christians Abroad's Safeguarding policy for children and vulnerable adults. All vounteers placed by Christians Abroad will be covered by a DBS UK government clearance certificate or similar. Christians Abroad has an active policy of monitoring each project and placement every two years in a four year cycle. We offer personalised support to any volunteer placed through Christians Abroad. Help is given in preparation. whilst overseas and on return as agreed with the volunteer or with the participant in any adventure holiday or workcamp. The purpose of 'sharing skills and promoting community' is to provide the opportunity for service in a Christian context, to promote and enable enrichment and development of the project itself and of individual volunteers and participants. Such development is not always straightforward and will be challenging.
