The AFRICAN CULTURAL EXCHANGE, a US-based nonprofit organization invites health care professionals and students to participate in its health care recovery program in the nation of SIERRA LEONE, West Africa.

1. This project entails a unique opportunity for Doctors of all specialties, Medical and Surgical Residents, Medical students, Dentist and Dental Students, Nurses, and other health care professional to travel to and work within the health care system in a recovering nation.

2. Choose a time-frame that is consistent with your current work or study schedule and join a motivated team of professionals in helping to rehabilitate a health care system that has been devastated by a decade of conflict and lack of maintenance.

3. If you would like to help with the recovery Sierra Leone’s health care system and gain a unique experience, simply select the rotation(s) that is most convenient for you and return the attached application form. Or you may complete the application online.

ABOUT SIERRA LEONE
Located on the West Coast of Africa, with a population of approximately 6 million inhabitants, Sierra Leone is about the size of South Carolina in the U. S. Although English is the official language, Krio is the preferred language of the capital Freetown and much of the rest of the nation. Named by 15th century Portuguese explorers, Serra Lyoa (Lion Mountain), this mountainous tropical nation is rich in natural beauty and mineral resources. In the late 1700’s liberated slaves from North America sponsored by private British patrons, founded a province in Sierra Leone and named its capital Freetown. Over the past decade, internal and regional conflicts have left the nation’s infrastructure and health care systems in disarray. Thereby the people have suffered heavily, giving the nation some of the worst health care statistics in the world. However, the future is promising as the nation now eagerly enters its postconflict reconstruction period.