DSF in Bolivia – Spring 2019

Categories: Bolivia, Completed missions, Completed projects

Join our Community Health Development Program

From 2015 to 2020, Terre Sans Frontières will send cooperatives to Bolivia, Honduras and Tanzania with the support of Global Affairs Canada. This program, entitled Volunteer Cooperation from Professional to Professional, aims to strengthen the individual and organizational capacities of several partners in the areas of dentistry, optometry and homeopathy.

Framework of intervention

Location: Bolivia, Altiplano Region

Work environment : Pucarani and Laja Hospitals and Palcoco and Curva Health Centers in La Paz Department, Bolivia

Dates: May 2019

Partners: COCAWI, Centro de Orientacion y Capacitacion Wiphala

Mandate: objectives

Theoretical and practical training

Dentistry

Oral surgery
Dental restoration
Disinfection and sterilization
Infections and abscesses
Post-endodontic and post-extraction interaction
Special component on the management of hemophiliac patients

Dental hygiene

Clinical intervention in hygiene
Using the cavitron
Cross-contamination
Sterilization

Strengthening the prevention program jointly with local professionals

Visit schools to reinforce the screening program in place and the commitment of teachers and school administrators.
Follow-up of training on the promotion of good oral health (daily brushing, use of dental floss, etc.) to the teachers of the schools visited.

Volunteers

1 dental hygienist and / or 1 wanted dentist

Arlette Jimenez, Dental Hygiene student

Requirements and skills

Experience in international cooperation
Previous experience an asset

Work language
Spanish

Funding
Volunteers will have to make a financial contribution to Terre Sans Frontières in the form of fundraising

Personal skills

Adherence to the values and beliefs of DSF and TSF
Very good adaptability
Very good ability to work in an intercultural context
Very good ability to work in a team
Good sense of organization and planning
High degree of professionalism

Mandatory meetings
Before departure, TSF organizes at its offices a pre-departure meeting to prepare the volunteers, as well as a meeting on return, for a return assessment.