Dental Volunteer Program

Dental Volunteer Program in Nepal

Are you interested in gaining dental volunteer experience in a foreign country? Do you want to explore Nepal's natural beauty and culture while making a positive impact? If so, RCDP Nepal's dental volunteer program align with your interests, as it offers a chance to support disadvantaged communities while advancing your dental career.

RCDP Volunteers offers a unique dental volunteering program in Nepal, welcoming qualified dentists and dentistry students. Nepal, despite its beauty, faces challenges in providing sufficient dental care. The program allows volunteers to closely observe experienced dentists, learn procedures and techniques, and gain insights into patient interactions.

As an international dental volunteer, you can make a substantial impact by assisting local dental professionals in underserved communities, improving dental hygiene awareness, and providing essential care. Join the program to experience Nepal's culture and beauty while making a real difference in the field of dental healthcare.

Volunteer Responsibilities & Impacts

Learning and Watching : You'll observe experienced dentists and specialists to learn dental procedures and how to interact with patients.

Supporting Dentists and Staff: You help dentists by preparing treatment rooms, sterilizing equipment, and assisting during dental procedures. You may also handle tasks like managing patient records and scheduling appointments.

Basic Patient Care: You provide essential care, such as taking patient medical histories, recording vital signs, and ensuring patient comfort during appointments.

Treatment Procedures: With guidance from licensed dentists, you may perform routine tasks like cleanings, fluoride treatments, and X-rays. You'll also assist in identifying dental issues and discussing treatment plans with patients.

OPD Department Work: Your usual place of work is in the outpatient department of dental clinics and hospitals. Here, you care for patients who come for check-ups, consultations, and minor dental procedures.

Teamwork: You often collaborate with other healthcare professionals like oral surgeons and orthodontists to ensure patients receive comprehensive care.

Skills and Qualifications

Dental volunteering opportunities in Nepal is open for the dentistry students or professionals. It is advised you bring certification or proof of studies with you – as this may allow you to be assigned different tasks.

Volunteer Schedule

While volunteering in Nepal dental program, you can expect to have exciting experiences everyday. You will get to fulfill your passion of making a difference while gaining dental volunteer experience in a developing country.

You will work in a dental hospital in Nepal. There is no fixed program because tasks may vary everyday. Get ready to have a great time while helping at all times.

Here is a sample daily schedule:

• 7.00 AM – 7.30 AM – Enjoy delicious breakfast and get ready to start your day
• 7.45 AM – After breakfast, you will head to the hospital to gain hands-on dental volunteer experience, assisting patients, doctors and nurses.
• 12.00 PM – Lunch break: Enjoy delicious traditional Nepalese meal.
• 3.00 PM– You will complete your dental program at this time. Now you can free to explore nearby places.
• 6.45 PM–A great time to enjoy delicious traditional Nepalese meal.

Dates and Fees

Nepal dental volunteer program start every Monday of each month all yearlong. If you experience any travel difficulty or distress getting to Nepal on the day of your chosen program can also start on any other day of the year.

Every year, hundreds of volunteers arrive in Nepal to volunteer from UK and USA based organizations and end up paying up to $2500 to volunteer for 2 weeks. However, RCDP offers the most affordable program fee. Our program fee starts as low as $180. The program fee is divided in as registration fee ($279) and weekly fee. In Nepal, in addition to volunteer programs, RCDP runs many projects to help poor children and orphanages. We are presently running 2 orphanages in Nepal and school construction/renovation program (for detail, visit :http://www.rcdpnepal.org/about_rcdp/achievements.php).

Majority of your health project in Nepal fee is used for your program. However, as RCDP aims is to support poor communities and children, we use remaining saving (if any left)) to run or manage our orphanages and community projects.

Volunteer opportunity in Nepal in dental program weekly fee is divided between room/3 local foods a day (50%) and project donation/support of local project staffs (50%). This allocation may be different depending up on location, project type etc. However, our coordinator will explain these issues before you pay the fee.