Clinic support
Fridays, 09:30 to 14:30 at Baishmouja Bazar. Registering patients, managing the queue fairly, helping people who cannot read their prescription, and keeping the dispensing table in order.
Get Involved
Volunteer
Fridays at the clinic, days out with a mobile camp, evenings in the computer classroom, or an hour a week from wherever you are. Tell us what you can do.
Roles
These are the roles we have people in today. If you can do something else that would help, say so on the form.
Mobile campaign
Roughly twice a month, a full day away from the office. Setting up, registering, crowd management, and packing down. Physical work and long hours in the heat.
IT training tutor
Teaching or assisting on the Office Applications course at the Abul Khair Computer Training Center. You need working knowledge of word processing, spreadsheets and presentations, and the patience to teach a beginner.
Media and communications
Photography at clinic days and distributions, writing reports in Bengali or English, and keeping the Facebook page current. This is how donors see what happened.
Fundraising
Organizing an appeal, approaching companies and institutions, or running a collection where you live or work. Diaspora volunteers do most of this.
What we ask, what you get
What we ask
- Tell us honestly how much time you have. A reliable two hours a month is worth more than an unreliable promise of every Friday.
- Treat everything you hear about a patient as private. Names
- conditions and household circumstances never leave the clinic.
- Photograph people only with their permission
- and never a patient during a consultation.
- Accept the organization's rule that it takes no political position and runs nothing for profit.
- Turn up when you said you would
- or tell us in advance that you cannot.
What you get
- Training on the job from people who have run clinic days for seven years.
- A named contact in the organization who is responsible for you.
- Your name in the report of any campaign you work on
- if you want it there.
- A written record of your volunteering: whether AKWO issues volunteering certificates and on what basis
How to start
Fill in the form below and a member of the team will call you. The first conversation is short and practical: where you are, what you can do, and which Friday or campaign day suits you. Most people begin by working one clinic morning alongside somebody experienced, which is the fastest way to find out whether the work suits you.
If it does not, say so. We would far rather hear that after one morning than lose somebody quietly three weeks later, because a rota with a gap in it is worse than a shorter rota.
Apply to volunteer
Volunteers
Some of the people already giving their time.
Nusrat Jahan
Volunteer
Volunteer at the Friday clinic and at relief distributions. how long she has volunteered and what she does
Tamanna Akhter
Volunteer
Volunteer with the organization. role, and confirm whether this photograph is of Tamanna Akhter or of Munni Akter
Questions about volunteering
Who can volunteer?
Anyone who can be relied on. The largest single need on a clinic morning is people who write clearly, count accurately, speak kindly to someone who is frightened, and stay until the last patient has been seen. Medical training is welcome but not required for most roles. We ask for honesty about your availability, respect for patients' privacy, and acceptance of the organization's rule that it takes no political position.
Can I volunteer if I do not live in Brahmanbaria?
Yes. Fundraising, communications, translation and partnership work can all be done from anywhere, and Bangladeshis abroad do most of our fundraising. If you are visiting the district, tell us in advance and we will arrange for you to work a clinic day or a campaign while you are here.
I am a doctor or a nurse. How can I help?
Join a mobile health campaign or a Friday clinic. Specialist doctors travel from Dhaka for our camp days, and we always need more. Tell us your specialty, your registration and the dates you could give, and we will match you to a camp. Visiting doctors are named in the report we publish after the camp, with their agreement.
Or give instead
If you cannot spare the time, a donation buys the medicine that volunteers hand out.
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