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We are looking for volunteers!

Join our health campaigns in Sub-Saharan Africa

Your experience and commitment can save lives and improve health in the communities that need it most.

Cristina Rodrigo, responsible for Volunteering

"Volunteers multiply the impact of Fundación Recover"

«Volunteers are our main lever to expand the impact that Fundación Recover can achieve, as well as to strengthen the capacities of local staff, which helps to make our work sustainable and long-lasting.»

Marta Marañón, General Director of Fundación Recover

What we need

Requirements to be a volunteer with Fundación Recover

Why join

Benefits of participating in our medical campaigns

You will enjoy a enriching experience at a professional and personal level. Our volunteers and collaborators stand out:

Why join

Benefits of participating in our medical campaigns

You will enjoy a enriching experience at a professional and personal level. Our volunteers and collaborators stand out:

You won't be alone

We also have a local team committed and ready to help you

At Fundación Recover, we know that traveling to Sub-Saharan Africa can be a challenge, but don't worry: we won't leave you alone. We have local team in Cameroon who, in addition to having deep knowledge of the community's needs, will also be there to support you on the ground (even accompanying you personally if your mission takes place in Cameroon).

“Both from Spain and from Cameroon, we take care of our volunteers so that they do not feel alone in their missions on the ground. Our commitment is to be by their side at every stage, offering the support and accompaniment they need to focus on what they do best: improving lives.”.

Emilie Ngono
Representative of Fundación Recover in Africa

team of medical volunteers in Africa

Would you join us?

Fill in your details here to become a volunteer

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Frequently asked questions

What requirements must volunteers meet?
  1. Being Healthcare professional with experience (doctor, nurse, technician, management staff) from, preferably, one of these specialties: gynecology, pediatrics, internal medicine, physical therapy, surgery or mental health. If you have another specialty but are interested in collaborating, feel free to contact us as well.
  2. To talk French, At least at the conversational level, to be able to carry out campaigns in Cameroon, Benin and Ivory Coast, French-speaking countries.
    Speaking English only in the case of some specific campaigns that are carried out in English-speaking countries such as Tanzania.
  3. Having availability to traveling for at least 8 or 10 days in the field (Sub-Saharan Africa)

They usually last between 8 and 10 days, although depending on the campaigns they can last longer.

The Recover Foundation covers the insurance, accommodation, and maintenance of the volunteers who travel with us.

The volunteer must take care of both the ticket and the visa.

It is important to speak French, since most of our missions are in Francophone countries (Cameroon, Ivory Coast and Benin), although we also develop specific campaigns in English-speaking countries such as Tanzania.

Mainly in Cameroon. Sometimes trips are made to Benin, Ivory Coast, Burundi and Tanzania.

Typically, campaigns are short-lived. On occasion, we propose exceptional campaigns with a longer duration.

Mauritania

2.6 Doctors/10,000 Inhabitants

Resource 8

From 2026

1 health centre supported

Cardiovascular Risk Campaign and Telemedicine

Incidence in 6,000 people

Namibia

5.5 Doctors/10,000 Inhabitants

Resource 8

From 2026

2 healthcare centres supported

Equipment, maternal and child health, and Telemedicine

Incidence in 7,000 people

Namibian Village

Sahrawi refugee camps

Population > 200,000

0.5 Doctors/1000 Inhabitants

Resource 8

From 2025

2 health centres supported

Telemedicine, infrastructures

Incidence in 13,000 people

Sahrawi camps - kindergarten

Spain

6.21 Doctors/10,000 Inhabitants

Resource 8

Since 2007

Resource 7

1,024 health and management volunteers, and non-health volunteers, offering their expertise

8 partner hospitals in the country

Resource 9

More than 90 companies/entities have collaborated with their projects

Tanzania

0,1 Doctors/10,000 Inhabitants

Resource 8

Since 2018

1 health centre supported

Operating theatre and other equipment, volunteering, telemedicine

Incidence in 10,140 people

Uganda

1,6 Doctors/10,000 Inhabitants

Resource 8

Since 2023

1 health centre supported

Telemedicine

Uganda context photo

South Sudan

0,4 Doctors/10,000 Inhabitants

Resource 8

Since 2023

2 health centres supported

Ophthalmology campaigns

Incidence in 15,000 people

Mobile Clinic H Yambio South Sudan

Republic of Chad

0,6 Doctors/10,000 Inhabitants

Resource 8

Since 2018

1 health centre supported

Grants for laboratory training and equipment, nutrition unit and patient intervention in Spain

Incidence in 10,000 people

Image source: CC BY 2.0, Link

Equatorial Guinea

3,5 Doctors/10,000 Inhabitants

Resource 8

Since 2023

3 health centres supported

Telemedicine

Incidence in 1,000 people

Guinea Ecautorial context photo

Cameroon

1,24 Doctors/10,000 Inhabitants

Resource 8

Since 2007

71 health centres supported

Resource 10

Hospital management, electricity, water and sanitation infrastructure, health campaigns (child malnutrition, cervical cancer, cardiovascular risk, malaria, sickle cell disease), equipment (operating theatre, laboratory and physiotherapy equipment, X-ray machines, ultrasound machines, electrocardiograms, incubators, dental chairs, ambulances, etc.), training scholarships in Spain and Africa, telemedicine, intervention of 63 patients in Spain.

Incidence in 998,218 people

cameroon

Burundi

0,65 Doctors/10,000 Inhabitants

Resource 8

Since 2024

1 health centres supported

Reference anatomical pathology laboratory

Incidence in 78,031 people

Democratic Republic of Congo

3,7 Doctors/10,000 Inhabitants

Resource 8

Since 2017

7 health centres supported

Training in Spain, laboratory equipment, drinking water, photovoltaic energy and telemedicine

Incidence in 30,500 people

congo

Photo by Russell Watkins, Department for International Development

Burkina Faso

1 Doctor/10,000 Inhabitants

Resource 8

Since 2007

3 health centres supported

Intervention for cardiac patients in Spain, telemedicine

Incidence in 60,000 people

Pielá - water well - Burkina Faso

Côte d'Ivoire

1,6 Doctors/10,000 Inhabitants

Resource 8

Since 2017

23 health centres supported

Telemedicine, hospital management, maternal and child health, mental health, sickle cell disease, diabetes

Incidence in 148,000 people

côte d'ivoire context

Benin

0,62 Doctors/10,000 Inhabitants

Resource 8

Since 2018

2 health centres intervened

Maternity infrastructure, drinking water, energy, ultrasound equipment, management

Incidence in 20,850 people

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